Den upprätta revolutionen : eller varför människan går på två ben

What if you had the chance to tell your hero just how much they meant to you? If Nick Drake came to my house and knocked upon the door I’m sure I’d be more happy than I’ve ever been before… In If Nick Drake Came to My House, Mackenzie Crook – the creator of Detectorists and Worzel Gummidge – explores […]

The Big Book of Rock & Roll Names tells the behind-the-scenes stories of how the world’s most popular and influential rock and pop acts got their names. By turns fascinating, funny, and bizarre, the pages offer insight into the peculiar choices and idiosyncratic psychologies of hundreds of top musicians from the 1960s to the present. Originally […]

For almost 30 years as label boss, producer, and talent conductor at XL Recordings, Richard Russell has discovered, shaped and nurtured the artists who have rewritten the musical dictionary of the 21st century

For some, coffee is a means of getting through the morning. For others, it is a way of life. Fascinated by artisanal coffee culture, celebrated photographer Horst A. Friedrichs turns his lens toward every aspect of coffee – from beans to espresso machines, and from baristas to consumers. Stepping inside the worlds best coffee shops, […]

‘At 16, I pretended to fall in love with Alyssa…’ Meet James and Alyssa, two teenagers facing the fears of coming adulthood. As their story is told through chapters which alternate between each character’s perspective, however, this somewhat familiar teenage experience takes a more nihilistic turn. With James’s character becoming rapidly more sociopathic, they are […]

Explore the captivating world of 1970s California skateboarding through Hugh Holland’s lens in Last Days of Summer. This complete archive, enriched with many never-before-seen images, an introduction by acclaimed artist Shepard Fairey, and extensive interviews, unveils the evolution of a legendary subculture and the photographer who documented it all. From 1975 to 1978, Hugh Holland immortalized the burgeoning […]

Ester Nilsson är tillbaka. Även denna gång handlar det om kärlek, vänskap, relationer – och hopp. När Ester dök upp förra gången delades läsarna i två läger: de som tog henne till sig, och de som undrade vad hon höll på med. Tiden har nu gått. Ester och väninnorna tar fortfarande kärleken på största allvar. […]

Författaren Jamaica Kincaid reser till Nepal för att samla fröer till sin trädgård. I tre veckor vandrar hon upp och ner bland Himalayas sluttningar och blir betagen av det storslagna landskapet, de otillgängliga byarna och de tio meter höga rhododendronbuskarna. Men i bergen lurar också mindre trevliga inslag, såsom blodiglar och den maoistiska gerillan som […]