In this issue

This Is America - The anti-Trump beauty pageant.

Ruth Negga - How fashion & Hollywood fell for the Irish star.

Drugs At Work - The high-fliers microdosing LSD and more...

Michael Kors

When a label has the global household-name recognition of ‘Michael Kors’, it’s easy to forget there’s an actual person behind it. And that person was actually born Karl Anderson Jr (the ‘Kors’ happened when his mother remarried, and the ‘Michael’ was a name he chose for himself ).

4 mins

Cambodia's Teen Mothers In Crisis

As rates of teenage pregnancy escalate across south-east Asia, so too are the numbers of young mothers going without food − with devastating consequences.

3 mins

My Sister Was Really My Brother All Along

Three years ago, Claire Askew’s sibling came out as transsexual. Here, the author reflects on their childhood and learning to see him as the person he always was inside.

5 mins

Safe Hands

He spent his twenties playing Romeos − including the ill-fated Robb Stark in Game Of Thrones − but now Richard Madden is swapping the Bard for Bodyguard, BBC One’s hot new drama. Here, he tells Lucy Pavia why he’s ready to grow up.

5 mins

The Alternative Miss America

There’s a new breed of beauty pageants championing the glorious technicolour of cultural and ethnic diversity across the States. Here, we talk to six winners living in Trump’s America.

2 mins

Wake Dose Work Repeat

The Silicon Valley trend for taking tiny doses of psychedelic drugs to improve performance is now spreading to the UK. Fans claim it boosts creativity, mood and focus, but does it really and what are the risks?

6 mins

Lights, Camera, Akhavan

Meet the Sundance-winning director bringing LGBT stories into the spotlight.

3 mins

The Moment Of Ruth

An Oscar nomination catapulted Ruth Negga into the A-list, but it’s taking on ‘Hamlet for our times’ that will really test the Irish actress’s mettle. Jude Rogers meets an extraordinary star and an accidental fashion icon.

9 mins

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