Seasons: Season 01 – THE BIG BANG

Stories of creation

Spring–Summer 2022

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Editor’s Note

Mind blownThe girl with kaleidoscope eyes
Podcast

Humour in dark timesThe Futurenauts get Jon Richardson to open up
List

21 cosmic websites you need to knowHow big is space? Sci-fi legend David Brin investigates
Interview

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

Diving after your dreamsNelly Ben Hayoun meets Jill Heinerth – the fearless aquanaut who dives through icebergs
Interview

“The kids are alright”Graphic Days want us to Grow Younger
Interview

Bendy ‘nanas and wonky flowersQ&A with nostalgia-loving, garden-plucking artist Liv Lee
Feature

“Everyone’s funny – just go to the pub”A Good City Guide to gritty Glasgow’s books, booze and grime
Feature

If it’s broke, fix itTaking mending to the street doctors
Book Extract

How to start a mini-forest revolutionCan the Miyawaki Method rapidly rewild the world?
Interview

In Hearts WakeThe imperfect pursuit of a climate positive album
Feature

The Good, the Bad, and the G.O.A.T.What goatscaping can teach us about change
Interview

Diving into the DunesEnter the heart of the Sahara with a meteorite hunter
List

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

“Capitalism can be good”John Elkington meets Patagonia’s billionaire boss Yvon Chouinard
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
Feature

Can urban acupuncture heal us?9 cities feeling the pinpricks of change
Feature

Animal heroesAnimals do the most outrageously good things
Interview

“Kafka knew what buttons he was pushing”What will be the last creature on Earth? A cockroach expert answers.
Interview

“Naked mole-rats are like the Rolling Stones”What will be the last creature on Earth? An evolution expert answers.
Interview

“Water bears are mini-astronauts”What will be the last creature on Earth? A tardigrade expert answers.
Conversation

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

The world’s first solar biennialA new and holistic perspective on the energy of the sun
Guest Post

Can sci-fi save the world?David Brin on George Orwell and the self-preventing prophecy
Guest Post

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

Erling Kagge wants us to shut up!Nelly Ben Hayoun explores the power of silence with the polar explorer
Guest Post

Homo Dodo – A suitable case for extinctionJohn Elkington’s Adventures in Wonderland
Feature

Introducing Space FeminismsBringing a new perspective to the space industry
Interview

Black in JapanBuilding the first foreign-owned anime studio in Japan
Personal Essay

Consolations of philosophyHow a forgotten medieval philosophy can help if you lose your job
List

5 wonders of the machine ageTitanic of the mountains, Nazi gold and Elvis Costello
Feature

Drawing UmbrageIndian cartoonists are lining up to bring down the system
Quick Read

RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars give backThe queens perform to raise $100,000 for their favourite charities
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
Feature

Art in uncharted watersVisions of nature blend art and science
Feature

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
Quick Read

Good news! Our planets are safeThe solar system is stable for at least 100,000 years
Guest Post

Storytelling our way to eco-utopiaWhy climate change fiction is important
List

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

“Bras made of recycled water bottles are a distraction!”Taking plastic solutions beyond eco-circles
Personal Essay

Snake pits and rabbit holesLife with Alice In Wonderland syndrome, firsthand…
Interview

“Not your typical man”Orange Culture designer Adebayo Oke-Lawal on toxic masculinity
Interview

Meet the nü waste warriorsDouglas McMaster’s Justice League gives upcycling a twist
Interview

Obviously extinctAll hail these awesome doomed creatures by artist Bill Carman
List

TikTok O’Clock14 creators creating real change
Interview

“Nature will outlast capitalism”Songwriter-scientist Love Ssega designs his utopia
Interview

The revolution will be CrystalisedDrag Race UK’s Crystal designs their utopia
Short Story

A Pilgrimage of DonkeysA creation story
Quick Read

UncompressedMeet the world’s first synth-nerd supergroup
Interview

“Anarchy is misunderstood”Skirting the strange with a pioneering off-road rally driver
Interview

The real Top GunMeet the real-life ‘Charlie’ – a true Maverick
List

Mods, punks and YugostalgiaSearching for the Golden Age of a lost utopia
Feature

How to hack a bus stopBrandalism fights corporate crimes with spoof ads
Interview

How to disappearMeet Birmingham’s invisible woman
Short Story

Night CreaturesBig Bang Noir straight out of Hollywood
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
Conversation

Nelly Ben Hayoun meets the real Iron ManUnlocking our sixth sense with brain magnets
Interview

Putting the perfume in planetary scienceWhy the Milky Way tastes like raspberries
List

The artists are revolting11 musicians turning their activism up to 11
Conversation

Dancing in space to tackle knotty problemsJohn Elkington meets James Parr – the inventor getting astronauts excited
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
Interview

How to live – and build – in symbiosis with natureEco-conscious designer Julia Watson explores the power of Indigenous technologies
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
List

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
Feature

How to avoid being hit by lightningScience, radio and myths collide in Zimbabwe
Interview

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

Wet & (re)wild in ArgentinaFull immersion in the Iberá wetlands
Feature

A Game of BallsA tour through Brussels’ legendary daily flea market – Place Jeu de Balle
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
Photo Essay

Driving at the speed of the Nordic sunMeet the off-road rally car driver who fought her way across black lava
Poetry

Primordial Mother Speaks for HerselfAn Earth Day poem by Zakiya Mckenzie
Guest Post

Warring futures – Russia vs. Costa RicaForces of degeneration and regeneration battle it out
Interview

Dispatches from an outsiderRichard Grant on America’s weird
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
Feature

Seeing starsMeet the people whose dreams came true in the Spanish countryside
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
Guest Post

The dove that rocksHow the humble street pigeon became one of nature’s greatest success stories
Interview

The forces that move usParag Khanna explains how climate change is remapping humanity
Feature

“You literally piss on your robot”Recycling ourselves to cheat death
Interview

How to bring down a Russian timber baronMeet the eco spies uncovering Siberian scandals
Feature

A new generation remakes Northern Ireland’s baddest goodest cityA Good City Guide to Belfast
Quick Read

Pond scum art – Ever seen algae up close?TOPIA meets Instagram hit Couch Microscopy
Feature

“I have no desire to become a hat”I am beaver: if nature’s furry engineers could talk
Conversation

Teaching birds to fly – using puppetsTOPIA meets Kris Tompkins: the wilderness conservationist reversing extinction
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

“We are the cosmic weirdos”How can we see space differently? Dr Chanda Prescod-Weinstein answers
Quiz

The Big Bang QuizAstrophysics, macaws & Shakespeare
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”
Short Story

Lord of the ManorA hidden side of London
Editor’s Note

Introducing TOPIA S01 – The Big BangAre you ready for this cosmic jelly?
Guest Post

NightingaleThe untold history of Ukraine and the West
Poetry

Bangers, bears & tentacles!Three mind-bending poems from the point of view of an atom, nautilus and tardigrade
Interview

“We’re missing the first chapter”How can we see space differently? James Webb Space Telescope’s Dr Amber Straughn answers
Interview

“Crabs will inherit the Earth”How can we see space differently? Astronomer Dr Tana Joseph answers
Interview

Sciencing the “Bazinga!” out of The Big Bang TheoryBehind the scenes: what it’s like to fact-check Sheldon Cooper
Personal Essay

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

“In my ideal world there’s no alien waste”Zero waste chef Douglas McMaster creates his utopia
Short Story

The Old Heads of Elder Grove learn about air pollutionA short story by Zakiya Mckenzie
Interview

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

“Apocalypse is too Greek a word”3 poems from the periphery by Nigerian poet Ojo Taiye
Feature

Cracking up3 satirists shining a light on Zimbabwe’s political problems
Conversation

Space rocksTOPIA meets the stardust expert who eyeballs fireballs to hunt for water

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