Mark Bennett, 1965-2021: some sort of spy from the future?. APRIL COVER STORY/TRIBUTE ISSUE: The extraordinary life of Mark Bennett, who died last November aged 56, will be formally celebrated next month in his adopted home of Brighton during the city’s famous Fringe arts festival. Bennett was a uniquely...
Beyond Bizarre: John Willie documentary in pre-production. SEPTEMBER COVER STORY: Pioneering fetish artist and photographer John Willie is the subject of Beyond Bizarre, a documentary in pre-production in Paris and due for release by September 2022. The project boasts the participation of New York’s...
The predators who exploit kink to abuse – and the women calling them out. Report: Faith Roswell. OUR MAY COVER STORY is a disturbing look at predators in positions of power who misuse terms and practices from kink to abuse women. Author Faith Roswell first saw this in her ‘Roswell Ivory’ latex...
Beyond latex: how social media woes fit into the bigger picture THIS COMPANION PIECE to our Latex vs Social Media March cover story came about because, while researching the latter, other stories kept popping up that seemed to be part of a wider issue. Some events, such as last year’s new latex...
Latex vs social media: a year of purges, persecution and panic. OUR MARCH COVER STORY is a major three-page investigation into how increased censorship by social media platforms has unfairly targeted the latex community. From Instagram’s ‘unrelated’ latex hashtag ban last autumn to the ‘14 years...
Impermeable Delectables shop from Meatface and Vanderhorne. NOVEMBER COVER STORY: Photographer Kat Toronto, alias fetish self-portrait artist Miss Meatface, has just launched online shop Impermeable Delectables with her partner, Resistance Gallery’s Garry Vanderhorne. The store offers a range of fetish-related...
SINNERS: Our GFB Weekend homage starts with this short compilation from all the video shot at the 2019 GFB Weekend. This article includes eight more 2019 videos, many seen for the first time here! GFB Weekend: 2019 images show why Berlin in May is so special. JUNE COVER STORY: May 20-24 should have seen...
Fetish fashion in lockdown/3: how designer brands are coping This final quartet of designer interviews for our Fetish Fashion in Lockdown series features high-end latex fashion label Pandora Deluxe, shibari-inspired accessory brand Figure of A, latex couture designer and author Catasta Charisma, and corsetry...
Fetish fashion in lockdown/2: how designer brands are coping This second trio of interviews for our Fetish Fashion in Lockdown series features accessories brand Ada Zanditon Couture, latex fashion designer Krystina Kitsis of EctoMorph, and custom latex creators Elliot Salt and Natasha Tonks of Seven...
Fetish fashion in lockdown/1: how our designer brands are coping Fetish fashion in Lockdown is the theme of our second series of Covid-crisis interviews with fetish professionals. Our May cover story, this first article on purveyors of alt/fetish clothing and accessories features Atsuko Kudo and partner...
