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Meet the mudlarkers uncovering London’s hidden history

It’s a hazy morning in the centre of London along the bank of the river Thames. Looking downstream stands London’s tallest building, The Shard, and dotted around are other landmarks of the UK’s capital – The Oxo Tower, the Tate Modern art gallery, and the ever-grand St. Paul’s Cathedral.

As thousands of tourists, city workers and London residents stroll along the footpaths, and the sound of slow-moving traffic blares from the main road, just below eye level Caroline Nunneley and Sean Clarke are

Surreal scenes from the streets of Southern Thailand

Around the year 2000, having recently completed a degree at Bangkok’s art-specialising Silpakorn University, Sakulchai Sikitikul was working for an advertising company in the city. Having grown up on the opposite end of Thailand, in the southern Songkhla province – over 450 miles away as the crow flies – a part of him always yearned to return home.

Eventually, that urge would develop into an impulse, and in 2003 he returned to take over the family business, selling spare parts to local people a

Gritty photos of Belfast amid The Troubles

Around the turn of the year 1991, while living in his native Denmark, Krass Clement received an invitation to stay at the Tyrone Guthrie Centre in Annaghmakerrig, Ireland – a much-loved residence for artists and creative workers. Having never been to Ireland before, he set off in his Peugeot Cabriolet convertible, driving across much of northern Europe before reaching the island via a ferry crossing.

“It was kind of an anachronism for the Irish roads and weather,” Clement says of his convertibl

Intimate portraits of today’s American nomads

In the Autumn of 2017, while sitting in his New York City home, photographer Tim Eastman picked up a copy of Jessica Bruder’s book Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century. Now adapted into the Oscar-winning film starring Frances McDormand, the book explores the lives of Americans, known as ‘workampers’, who moved in RVs (motor vehicle homes) and converted vans following the 2008 economic crisis, who travel across the US between jobs for mostly seasonal work.

“I’ve always had a

Desolate and haunting photos of Pitcairn Island

Around the year 1992, while living a fairly normal life for a seven-year-old-girl in Ireland, Rhiannon Adam’s father came home one day with a proposition. A boatbuilder by trade, he’d harboured a dream of upping sticks and sailing around the world. Despite his family’s reservations, after seeing an advertisement on a pub notice board, they ended up selling everything they owned and buying a 42-foot steel boat, embarking across the globe for the next eight years.

Just before leaving, to win a yo

Photos capturing the final days of British rule in Hong Kong

Towards the end of the year 1996, Birdy Chu was in the freezing cold midst of the Canadian winter when he made the decision to return to his place of birth – Hong Kong. In less than a year, the city-peninsula, which had been a colony of Great Britain since the mid-19th century, was to be passed back to China in what was known as ‘The Handover’.

“The Handover [was] a very crucial year in Hong Kong history – a year of transition,” Chu says. “So I came back here to capture the historic moment.”

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Photos exploring Black Britishness in the 21st century

Over two years ago in January 2020, while Johny Pitts was living in Marseille, southern France, he received a visit from poet Roger Robinson and his partner Nicola Griffiths. Having previously collaborated on Robinson’s T.S. Elliot award-winning book A Portable Paradise (Pitts provided the photograph for the front cover), the pair toured the best sights the city had to offer, all the while discussing their favourite topics: poetry and photography.

With ideas bouncing off each other freely, one

Mad Radio unveil their full summer beach party season plans

Barcelona stalwarts Mad Radio have revealed the line-ups for their full season of summer Mad Radio At the Beach parties. Set across secret beach locations a short bus ride away from the city centre, the four events feature some of the biggest and brightest in the scene.

The first party this Saturday on 30 July, is headlined by Berlin-based digger So-Fi, bringing her unique bass-flecked style to the sands, along with London’s Art of Dark resident Vass. Running from 15:00 to 02:00, alongside them

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