ADIRA Drag Festival returns to Berlin this October with Who’s Your Diva?!, bringing together queer Arab, SWANA and East Mediterranean performers for a month of drag, music, satire and cultural reclamation.

The artist group HommAges talks the politics of desire, retracing fetish histories, and the liberating potential of erotic art. Words by Blair Wallace.

In Open Wide the Doors, Mahvash Sabet recounts imprisonment, persecution and the small acts of resistance that allowed her to preserve her identity, faith and humanity in Iran.

Ahead of the Edinburgh Fringe premiere of Buggers, playwright Alistair Hall explores the complex relationship between Francis Bacon and George Dyer, the enduring myth of the tortured artist and how rare access to Bacon's archive shaped a deeply researched new psychodrama.

Andy Mundy-Castle's Shoot the People follows photographer and activist Misan Harriman as he documents protest movements across the world, reflecting on the role of photography in preserving history.

You know the headliners, but these lesser-known gems could be your new favourites.

Following Scotland's successful campaign against proposed client criminalisation, campaigners from Scotland for Decrim, Decrim Now and Japan came together to exchange organising strategies, discuss the evidence on decriminalisation and strengthen international solidarity for sex worker rights.

A new series backed by Adam McKay places climate messaging inside creator culture, using OnlyFans performers to reach audiences beyond traditional environmental media.

Free and low cost acitvities at Glasgow Film Festival 2026

A review of Sex Work Is The Least Interesting Thing About Me at the Bath House, exploring art, stigma, labour and lived experience through fifteen sex worker artists.

An in-depth interview with Ellis David, founder of Ellis David Knitwear, on slow fashion, sculptural silhouettes, material process, neurodivergence and building a one of a kind knitwear practice in Yorkshire after graduating and showing at York and West Yorkshire Fashion Week.

Glasgow Film Theatre’s February 2026 programme brings together auteur cinema, queer histories, international filmmaking and inclusive access events. With seasons dedicated to Jean-Luc Godard, German cinema and radical queer film, alongside major new releases and accessible screenings, GFT continues to position cinema as both archive and living cultural space.

Aimee Grant & Rebecca Ellis discuss just how realistic Mattel’s new Autistic Barbie is, and the value of autistic representation in mainstream toy markets.

Gio Dolcecore Assistant Professor, Social Work, Mount Royal University gives a brief history of ‘lavender marriages’ and discusses the survival implications of the arrangement.

Joe Sheldon, Postgraduate Researcher, Department of Sociology, Social Policy, and Criminology, University of Liverpool, discusses the importance of queer representation in male sports.

Kelly Fincham, Programme director, BA Global Media, Lecturer media and communications, University of Galway discusses why people choose to believe misinformation despite information being proven otherwise.

Seven Dials Playhouse has announced the first 2026 recipients of first steps and Next Step, two funded initiatives supporting theatre-makers developing new work across speculative theatre, drag, musical performance and archival practice.

Yang Ding Lecturer in Marketing, University of Reading and Xuchang Chen, Lecturer in International Business and Strategy, Henley Business School, University of Reading discuss why consumers continue to purchase fast fashion, even when they hate it.

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Author Lee Mattocks - Senior Lecturer, Fashion, Knitwear and Textile design, Nottingham Trent University discusses how our emotional connection to clothing can help combat textile waste.

Following our feature on Frivolous Cartoons, we speak with designer Kári Þór Barry about the ideas shaping the collection.