Istanbul: pride in the face of oppression

Standing in Taipei’s Café Dalida with an espresso martini in hand, not long after a 13.5-hour flight from London, I’m taken aback by the sheer amount of queerness that surrounds me. Pride flags hang f

Growing up in a very insular Muslim community in east London, my life was dictated by tradition. I am gay and non-binary, but for my family, I was simply “a son” — the bearer of the family name, the d

Danny Bird You open your book by recounting a chance visit to an old mosque in Cyprus. What was so significant about that moment? Tharik Hussain Nothing changed for me on the day itself, because I kne

The rise and fall of an undervalued institution

The world changed on 7 October 2023 when Hamas made incursions into Israeli territory from the Gaza Strip. In a series of coordinated attacks, Hamas murdered more than 1,200 people and took a further

PHOTOGRAPH: LOUIE BANKS. STYLING: BILLY LOBOS THE BEGINNING ...