Yxng Bane, one of the most exciting new artists in the UK right now, is telling me exactly how it is. I’ve just asked him whether 2018 was the biggest year of his life.

Whether in Thessaloniki, Minsk or the Sóstó in western Hungary, Callum Hudson-Odoi can always pick one sound out from the crowd. A high-pitched multi-octave whistle which pierces through the crackling flares of the home fans before ricocheting around Europe’s concrete arenas.

Eight seconds. That’s all the time Trent Alexander-Arnold needed on the night of 7th May 2019 to help complete the comebacks of all comebacks in the semi-final of this season’s UEFA Champions League. That’s it. Eight seconds from the ball being out of play, the corner to be awarded, the ball to be retrieved and […]

Many interviews write themselves, when you sit down with certain artists, footballers, musicians  – whoever – or attend the shoot that they’re on, you often pick out characteristics, mannerisms, sayings, skits or even menial things, like tattoos, that you cling onto to make introducing them a little bit easier and a lot more natural. But when I sat down with Night Lovell – the 21-year-old rapper from Ottawa, Canada – I was struggling to find a detail befitting of this opening.

Siobhan Bell was no stranger to the music industry when she first started DJing. “I was interning at Atlantic, assisting the A&R’s,” she says. “I started DJing on the side at places like Work It, which was an East London night with my friends.

Even in Baku’s tin-hollow Olympic Stadium, Emile Smith Rowe could feel them. The eyes of the crowd weighing heavy on his back, analysing, judging his steps like a TV talent show.

From humble beginnings, Hackney Laces has grown into one of London’s most influential and all-encompassing open-plan football clubs. An inviting and evolving initiative that gives girls - of all ages and abilities - a place to feel welcome and a place to grow in tandem with the game on and off the pitch.

Now over to Turin for GAFFER’s last stop in the calcio femminile series. Juventus Women have won two Serie A titles in their debut and second years in the league.

If you follow Avelino on Instagram, you probably know he’s a serious baller. On all levels. He regularly gloats that he’s the G.O.A.T. on FIFA 19.

To celebrate the relationship between the female form of the game and the myriad of creative industries out there, we spoke to a collective of inspiring London-based women about their creative professions, how living in the capital has fuelled their creative endeavours and the long-lasting impact of this summer’s Women’s World Cup.