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Here’s the twelve stand-out shows we saw at the Edinburgh Fringe 2023
As the Edinburgh Fringe 2023 nears its end, we look back on the best of the comedy crop we saw at this year's festival.
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15 comedy shows you need to see at the Edinburgh Fringe 2023
As the world’s biggest arts festival returns, here’s our must-see shows from the brightest talents in British comedy
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Punk Prayer: How punk and Riot Grrrl music inspired queer mystery novel Scorched Grace
The debut mystery novel from Margot Douaihy combines punk music and queer culture. It's also won the support of 'Gone Girl' author Gillian Flynn. Here, Margot explains some of the key influences behind the book.
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You have questions? Munroe Bergdorf has the answers
To mark International Transgender Day of Visibility, one of the UK’s most outspoken champions of trans rights – Munroe Bergdorf – fields an array of questions from the great and the good.
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2022: the year that trans writing blossomed on the book scene
2022 lacked blockbusters books, but fringe fiction flourished and works in translation soared. From trans writing to boundary-pushing themes, we look back at the main trends this year
We look back at the main book trends this year
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2022: the year that football finally came home
The triumphant roar of the Lionesses has provided the wake-up call that the game needs
The triumphant roar of the Lionesses has provided the wake-up call that the game needs
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2022: the year sex parties went mainstream
After Covid, people wanted a taste of hedonism, and sex parties — once dismissed as seedy and sleazy — started being spoken about openly
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2022: the year that TikTok went weird
2022 will be remembered as the year that we saw more micro-movements than ever before. Here are five that, five years from now, we may just remember
2022 will be remembered as the year that we saw more micro-movements than ever before
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2022: the year that misogyny was back in fashion
Despite the so-called breakthroughs in women’s rights following #MeToo, it seems like everywhere you look these days there’s a dude with a crap beard and a six-figure net worth ranting about the ‘war on men’.
t seems like everywhere you look these days there’s a dude with a crap beard and a six-figure net worth ranting about the ‘war on men’
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2022: the year that the Queen died
Following the death of Queen Elizabeth II, the UK entered an official 10-day period of mourning. One journalist — a staunch republican — recounts what he saw
One journalist, a staunch republican, recounts what he saw during the 10-day period of Royal Mourning
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Welcome to Rolling Stone UK’s 2022 year in review
The deranged mood of the country is potent — so let’s attempt to review our year in UK society and culture
The deranged mood of the country is potent — so let’s attempt to review our year in UK society and culture
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The North Face remaster classic icons
Check out the Icons RMST collection now.
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Hard Knox: how self-injury as entertainment captured our imaginations
A new book explores the surprising and previously unexplored territory of self-injury in culture and entertainment. In this extract from ‘Which as You Know Means Violence’, art critic Philippa Snow discusses the adolescent, self-destructive harm of Jackass’s Johnny Knoxville, alongside writer Hunter S. Thompson and filmmaker John Waters
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Comedian Tiff Stevenson on sexism at Edinburgh Fringe
Comedy may be more diverse than ever, but it’s a very recent situation, writes Tiff Stevenson. The comedian recalls the Fringe’s evolution from sexist hellhole to a more inclusive festival
The comedian recalls the Fringe’s evolution from sexist hell to a more inclusive festival
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15 rising stand-up comedy stars you need to see at Edinburgh Fringe 2022
As the festival returns for its 75th anniversary, here are some must-see shows from the rising stars of the UK comedy scene
The must-see shows from the rising stars of the UK comedy scene
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The ballad of the Kangaroo Bandit
In this extract from ‘Haramacy’ — an essay collection exploring visibility, invisibility, and race — writer Joe Zadeh reflects on mixed-race identity, growing up in northern England, and the seemingly invisible bank robber ‘the Kangaroo Bandit’
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Their lives were documented online from birth. Now, they’re coming of age
The ‘Truman babies’ — the children of families who shared their lives on YouTube since birth — are now growing up. Rolling Stone UK speaks to the ‘family vloggers’ of this first heavily documented generation
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The Crimewatchers of Greater Manchester
In the Greater Manchester area, a group of anonymous locals are working together to fight crime. Rolling Stone UK meets the Crimewatchers in their small town of Droylsden
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Why our obsession with ‘good taste’ will only ever hold us back
In this extract from her new essay collection Poor Little Sick Girls, Polyester zine founder and editor Ione Gamble explains why the taste hierarchy in the arts is just another way for rich people to assert their dominance over the working classes
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Thomas Sabo unveils Rebel At Heart collection for Spring/Summer 2022
You can take a first look now