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Home Coming: Richmond, North Yorkshire
An intimate tour of a writer's home town, one catastrophic facial injury at a time.
Here's Why So Many People Stay Friends with Their Exes
Researchers found that individuals' reasons for staying connected with a previous partners could be boiled down to four common themes.
An Artist-Slash-Model Explores His Identity as an Immigrant
In the fashion industry, it is said that models are to be seen, not heard. Sang Woo Kim isn't playing ball.
What Leonard Cohen Taught My Dad (And Me) About Being a Man
The intellectual, detached masculinity of Cohen's music bridged a gap between generations.
Satanic Art: A Fight for Freedom
Is Satanism the most inclusive religion? Lucien Greaves, co-founder of The Satanic Temple believes it is.
Lights! Cameras! Azerbaijan! How I Lost My Life to the Eurovision Song Contest
When I left Harvard with a degree in experimental psychology eleven years ago, I had no plans to sacrifice my career, marriage, and sanity to the Eurovision Song Contest.
The Personal, Experimental World of Performer Erin Markey | Not Dead Yet
Just when you thought alternative comedy couldn’t get more interesting...
Vomit, Anal Beads, and Crucifixes: The Things You Find When Moving into a New Place
The traces of the people who lived there before you can be horrifying.
How It Feels When the Person You Love Has Depression
I'd never dated anyone who hadn't been on antidepressants, or spent time in a psychiatrist's office. That dark, brooding, introspective type: It draws me in.
Why I Ghosted My Boyfriend and Best Friends
We talked so much online that we became unable to deal with the emotional fallout of our lives IRL.
GlobalGathering Was England's Thrust into American Dance Festival Culture
THUMP UK's John Calvert got stuck into the beauty and madness of it all.