'70s

Buzzcocks’ Steve Diggle: life lessons from a punk pioneer
Music

Buzzcocks’ Steve Diggle: life lessons from a punk pioneer

‘I thought I was going to die’ — The Buzzcocks guitarist reflects on life, death, and the group’s indelible legacy: ‘I joined a punk band and was sniffing speed. The world fucking changed’

Written by: Jeremy Allen

Forgotten shots of Europe’s underground music legacy
Music

Forgotten shots of Europe’s underground music legacy

From the ’70s and ’80s — Freshly uncovered after two decades in storage, Bruno Stettler’s photography showcases the biggest stars of the 1970s and ’80s.

Written by: Miss Rosen

A visual history of San Francisco’s industrial scene
Photography

A visual history of San Francisco’s industrial scene

Kalifornia Kool — Spanning the late ’70s and early ’80s, Ruby Ray’s photography captured the DIY misfits of music, art and literature.

Written by: Miss Rosen

Ray & Liz: an exploration of family life in Thatcher’s Britain
Film

Ray & Liz: an exploration of family life in Thatcher’s Britain

On the breadline — In Ray & Liz, photographer turned writer-director Richard Billingham presents a tale of deprivation and loneliness set in the West Midlands – based on his own upbringing.

Written by: Josh Slater-Williams

The story behind BOY, the cult London fashion label
Culture

The story behind BOY, the cult London fashion label

Punk Mecca — A brand for the ‘disenchanted, misunderstood and rebellious’, BOY has been clothing the capital’s subcultures for over four decades.

Written by: Miss Rosen

Uncovering the world’s largest collection of drug ephemera
Print

Uncovering the world’s largest collection of drug ephemera

The LSD library — A compulsive collector since the 1970s, Julio Mario Santo Domingo has accrued nearly three house’s worth of literature, knick-knacks and paraphernalia – covering everything from cocaine to opium, black magick to beat poetry, erotica to romanticism.

Written by: Alex Robert Ross

'Great photographers need determination not talent'
Photography

'Great photographers need determination not talent'

Advice from Chris Killip — Photographer Chris Killip captured the North of England's deindustrialisation in a way no one else did. Now, almost three decades later, he looks back at what it takes to create images that truly record a place and time.

Written by: Biju Belinky

Bixiga 70: The afrobeat collective stirring Brazil's cultural melting pot
Music

Bixiga 70: The afrobeat collective stirring Brazil's cultural melting pot

The beat keeps moving — São Paulo ten-piece Bixiga 70 are putting a fresh, progressive spin on Brazil’s rich tapestry of African and European musical traditions.

Written by: Alex King

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