Section: Culture & Legacy

Creative forces for good

Interview

Erik Harley does mind the bollocksSpain’s urban avenger exposes architectural dick-waving
Interview

Jock ZonfrilloThe MasterChef judge and chef – in his own words
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Meet the fairy people who worship natureThe Kalash is Pakistan’s last-remaining animist tribe
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The secret to being ZenAn interview with a modern-day samurai
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“There’s power in the Second Spring!”Lisa Snowdon wants to help us embrace positive thinking
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“Books change you for the better”Meet Mexico’s most acclaimed author – Juan Villoro
Long Read

The Writer’s BlockHow ten top writers cope with a fear of the blank page
Interview

The citizen way of thinkingReformed ad man Jon Alexander creates a better future
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“Activism came from punk”Moby on veganism, scepticism and punk rock
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Cool ideas for a hot planetInside the nonprofit that turned festival activism into an art form
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Wing and a prayerTim Flach’s rare and endangered bird portraits are punk AF
Interview

The sustainable sea chefEnter Chef Ángel León’s marine pantry of the future
Photo Essay

Night MarketFood for thought in Taiwan
Interview

Hedonism with heartWake the Tiger at the world’s first ‘Amazement Park’
Photo Essay

Georgian wine, eggs and the miracle of lifeLooking for the spiritual meaning of the kvevri
Interview

Spawning a different planetJapanese photographer Tony Wu celebrates the ocean’s remarkable ‘alien’ creatures
Interview

Beneath the surfaceAn epic voyage with underwater photographer Cristina Mittermeier
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Let’s talk about death, babyMeet the people reducing the stigma around dying
Interview

A tapestry of Black historyGeorge McCalman’s vivid portraits highlight Black pioneers
Conversation

Rebel rousers and rooted memoriesDana Thompson and Jeremy Umansky go wild
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Young, hip and brownWhy we need new platforms for South Asian stories
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“It started with the arrival of a boat”Safwat Saleem’s art balances sugar and pain
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“Social anxiety pizza for one!”Illustrator Grace Miceli likes to draw it out
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The Sound of Temperature RisingChristine Sun Kim’s heated soundscape focuses on climate change
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The future is neonElectrifying artist Alicia Eggert illuminates hope
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“Will our legacy be pyramids of garbage?”Q&A with Lebanese-Egyptian artist Bahia Shehab
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The art of serious playYana Buhrer Tavanier on the Fine Acts inspiring change
Interview

Everything Will ChangeCan this dystopian road movie from the future save us?
Feature

The sex robots are comingAnd so are we
Feature

A look at Jerusarema MbendeThe sexually-suggestive UNESCO-protected dance based on a mole
Feature

Generation NextWhat 7 culinary gamechangers predict for 2023
Video

‘The Real Ross’ – Steve BrusatteSimone Angel meets Jurassic Park’s dinosaur consultant
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Expanding queerness into 2023What a new wave of queer space means
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See it, save it, sow itMeet the seed savers growing our future with every colour of the rainbow
Interview

The New Year starts with VeganuaryYou can make an omelette without breaking eggs
Quick Read

How do you take your coffee?This book spills the beans on global coffee culture
Editor’s Note

Gift it forward to spread love, actuallyTOPIA’s Jolly Good Gift Guide 2022
Interview

“Well-behaved women rarely make history“Enter the punk mind and mosaic house of artist-provocateur Carrie Reichardt
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Meet the intrudersExclusive joint interview with standup comic Atsuko Okatsuka and husband Ryan Harper Gray
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Meet Afghanistan’s first female tour guideFatima Haidari’s Good City Guide to Herat
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Is the pen mightier than the sword?The creatives crushing gender-based violence
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“Being Fulani is my journey”Basque Culinary World Prize winner Chef Fatmata Binta lifts the lid on her heritage
Interview

How to cut and paste a better planetScratching below the surface with turntable legend DJ Yoda
Feature

The growing pains of The Very Hungry CaterpillarWhy this children’s classic is actually the purest coming of age story
Quick Read

When nature singsEight new protest albums for the climate emergency
Interview

The dragon with a jet engine bumJessica Ware on why the dragonfly is the greatest superbug
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Life, death and red eggsChewing on Chinese food and identity with Celestial Peach
Interview

Sourced JourneysThe online pantry taking it slow to go back to the source
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Dominique Crenn on art – and loveThe rebel chef with four Michelin stars paints her utopia
Guest Post

The Angelic TroublemakerInfluential HIV and LGBT activist Bisi Alimi explores stories of courageous everyday heroes
Interview

Meet Peru’s superchef power coupleA Good City Guide to Lima: Exclusive joint interview with Pía León & Virgilio Martínez
Feature

Girls can’t surf?!Meet the badass women who fought sexism and homophobia in surfing
Guest Post

Cracking life’s mysteryBobby Palmer on solving the mystery of the Egg
Editor’s Note

Introducing TOPIA Season 02 – The EggCracking life’s mysteries with Lisa Goldapple
Conversation

“This compass doesn’t look right to me!”Philippe Rouja and Nelly Ben Hayoun dive into the Bermuda Triangle
Interview

“The kids are alright”Graphic Days want us to Grow Younger
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Bendy ‘nanas and wonky flowersQ&A with nostalgia-loving, garden-plucking artist Liv Lee
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“Everyone’s funny – just go to the pub”A Good City Guide to gritty Glasgow’s books, booze and grime
List

Amy Westervelt makes the best climate podcasts in the worldHere’s what she’s listening to
Interview

Beatie Wolfe beamed music into spaceAnd now she’s releasing the world’s first commercially available bioplastic 12″ record
Interview

I Scream ColourQ&A with Humberto Cruz – the digital doodler brightening our reality
Interview

Enter the Maus HausQ&A with Alice in Wonderland-inspired street artist Claudia Osborn
Interview

Make it fun!Q&A with artist Yeye Weller – creator of colourful happy things
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Meet the bacalhau-prophetsOn the trail of Lisbon’s faithful friend – salted cod
Conversation

“My father took me to see Einstein play the violin”John Elkington meets science fiction legend David Brin
Guest Post

Volcanoes are cooler than youThey do more than look good – they change the world
Interview

The permanent pilgrimAn interview with Russian artist Olya Dubatova
Feature

Introducing Space FeminismsBringing a new perspective to the space industry
Interview

Black in JapanBuilding the first foreign-owned anime studio in Japan
List

5 wonders of the machine ageTitanic of the mountains, Nazi gold and Elvis Costello
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Drawing UmbrageIndian cartoonists are lining up to bring down the system
Interview

Can crypto art save the creative world?Viral video originator Eclectic Method on NFTs
Feature

Enter the primeval fireballStep inside a new digital universe
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Art in uncharted watersVisions of nature blend art and science
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Art, the Universe and EverythingA mind-bending trip with the artists probing the Big Bang
Quick Read

Understanding Black past, present and futureGetty opens access to 30,000 images of Black history and culture
List

5 radical books to reframe your perspectiveYour summer reading list – brought to you by What Design Can Do
Interview

“Not your typical man”Orange Culture designer Adebayo Oke-Lawal on toxic masculinity
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Obviously extinctAll hail these awesome doomed creatures by artist Bill Carman
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TikTok O’Clock14 creators creating real change
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“Nature will outlast capitalism”Songwriter-scientist Love Ssega designs his utopia
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The revolution will be CrystalisedDrag Race UK’s Crystal designs their utopia
Quick Read

UncompressedMeet the world’s first synth-nerd supergroup
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“Anarchy is misunderstood”Skirting the strange with a pioneering off-road rally driver
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The real Top GunMeet the real-life ‘Charlie’ – a true Maverick
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Mods, punks and YugostalgiaSearching for the Golden Age of a lost utopia
Interview

How to disappearMeet Birmingham’s invisible woman
Quick Read

The truth has changedGasland director Josh Fox is staging a frontline resistance through cinema
Interview

Tales on two wheels in CuritibaMeet cycling storyteller Cadu Cinelli
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The artists are revolting11 musicians turning their activism up to 11
Interview

Akala’s power of wordsThe hip hop poet-activist questions our rose-tinted worldviews
Interview

Unexpected happinessThe “happy walking” revolution in Java Island
List

5 veggie dishes every Londoner should knowTake a plant-based food trip across London
Feature

Uganda’s lost drumsThe cultural rebirth of Buganda’s Royal Court music
Interview

“In my ideal world everyone has seen Harold and Maude!”Space-beaming musical visionary Beatie Wolfe designs her utopia
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And then there was sound14 iconic album covers influenced by the Big Bang
Feature

WhatsApp WarriorsZimdancehall stars hustle their way to the top – using phones
Guest Post

The real Sons of AnarchyA Good City Guide to Tijuana through its outlaw history – and dives
Interview

Culture, climate, cocktails & kaleFrom the meatless desk of Alicia Kennedy
Guest Post

Loving Takaya – The Wild Sea WolfCatch the stunning journey of a lone animal hero on BBC iPlayer until 15 October
Personal Essay

Play NiceMy foolhardy attempt to become Scrabble World Champion – in Spanish
Interview

“Native food can be serious & entertaining”Meet Toasted Sister Andi Murphy
Interview

“Pick a direction and walk”Jonathan Nunn wants you to get lost in London’s food
Interview

How a peanut butter stew decolonised dietsZoe Adjonyoh serves up spicy consciousness
List

7 best books for a Big BangNoodles, marbles and Brian May
List

17 wondrous website time machinesFall down the rabbit hole to find retro treasure
Interview

Petra ErikssonMushrooms, tea, space and weird animal facts
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A new generation remakes Northern Ireland’s baddest goodest cityA Good City Guide to Belfast
Feature

Deep impact – Shooting to the starsMeet the world’s top astrophotographers
Interview

“It’s important to shatter boundaries”Lebanese-American photographer Rania Matar captures women emerging from their cocoons
Interview

The rise of Maliha AbidiCelebrating 100 extraordinary women of colour, one canvas at a time
Interview

Scott Riley’s Ruins of Civilization“The animals started helping each other and things got biblical”
Guest Post

NightingaleThe untold history of Ukraine and the West
Personal Essay

He signed his name with an XThe things you’ll find lurking in the black hole of Black history
Interview

The art of occupying KrasnodarThe Russian art rebels making us look again
Feature

Cracking up3 satirists shining a light on Zimbabwe’s political problems
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To infinity and beyondUniversal Everything embraces technology to generate endless joy

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