“Am I filming from love or am I filming from fear?” This is the question that London-based filmmaker, storyteller and integrative coach, Maleena Pone, was constantly asking herself when filming her debut Channel 4 documentary Saving Mum: Our Family Secret.

What if dance could dismantle oppression? Artists Davi Pontes and Wallace Ferreira have spent years collaborating and developing choreographic methods to challenge the very structures that constrain bodies through race, sexuality, and gender. Their latest work, “Repertório No. 1”, interrogates the widespread societal violence enacted on black bodies and imagines how to create a future where the body can become a space of protection against the mechanisms of brutality.

Africa has made waves in society by presenting a rejection to woke culture and binary thinking, which has echoed globally as seen in ITV, BBC Radio One, BBC Radio 4, BBC Sounds, and acclaimed podcasts such as Steven Bartlett’s Diary of a CEO and The Jordan B Peterson podcast.

It is an afternoon in London as Africa jolts her infectious smile over Zoom, and the warmest inviting “Hello darling!” as she opens up to talk about how society is constantly decentering human authenticity by enforcing collective thinking and rigid societal standards.

Ahead of presenting the Spring 2024 iteration of Out, an award-winning performance celebrating queerness through dancehall, the transdisciplinary experience-maker Ray Young speaks to us about the creative approach of their dynamic duet piece that celebrates how queerness intersects Black and Caribbean communities alongside confronting how homophobia and transphobia may haunts them.

MCQ's debut collection, Genesis II, emphasises accreditation and collaboration with a new platform led by emergent global creatives, and fuelled by creativity and a ‘test and thrive, test and learn’ mindset.

In comparison to its neighbouring regions, Iran not only permits gender confirmation surgery, but subsidises it. On the surface, in ‘putting their money where their mouth is,’ Iran’s support and advocacy for the fair treatment of its transgendered citizens appears to be a gleaming gold star for human rights, however, examined in full context, we quickly learn this is, regrettably, not the case.

Where is the Softness is a series that explores the things that make life a little more… soft. Through the lens of our models—Rebecca Louisy, Cairo, Georgia Rose, and Tinuke—it explores the themes of belonging, comfort, and collective experience. From the mythic image of Hercules carrying a pillar to the whimsical notion of a little cloud, their insights have inspired the art direction of this series.

Kareem Abdul brings to life an editorial focusing on modern elegance, combining contrast and texture through the use of soft draping and sharp tailoring to create a clean and timeless look with a fresh edge. Bold but natural and polished, each image tells its own unique story.

In this editorial, photographer Leonie McQuillan explores the nostalgic presence of love, symbolised through the cutting of fresh fruit in South Asian communities.

In this photostory we share a snippet of the story of Fatima, an aspiring Woman’s football player and refugee who has continued to pursue her dream of playing in the nationals after escaping the Taliban in her home country of Afghanistan and resettling in Italy.