Harriet Shepherd

The London-based label Nice 'N' Ripe kickstarted one of the UK's most celebrated sounds. On its 30th anniversary, NME speaks to the key players

Inside the church-established fetish archive boasting Britain’s biggest gay porn collection.

From her 25-year coming-of-age friendship with Kirsten Dunst to an unbreakable bond with Bill Murray, Sofia Coppola’s creative collaborations often extend well beyond the confines of filmmaking. For over two decades, Coppola and her trusted costume designer, Stacey Battat, have cultivated a partnership steeped in mutual respect and artistic synergy. Their journey began in New York City, where Battat—then working at the Marc Jacobs store—struck up a friendship with Coppola, their encounters marked by shared cigarettes and candid conversations. Little did they know then, their chance connection would blossom into a creative alliance that would shape the visual landscape of Coppola’s cinematic universe.

From a lakefront home with a double-occupancy boathouse to a Chicago town house with top-floor terrace

The Manchester-based artist's new album is a broken blend of club music, drill, noise with lyrics that traverse heteronormativity, mental health, and class disparity

A new exhibition at the V&A charts the super's formidable presence in the industry—and the everlasting friendships she cultivated.

R.I.P. Germain unpicks and analyzes hyper-objects of Black culture, their complex logic of cultural gatekeeping, and the (mis)perception of these dynamics in a wider (white) world.

“I feel like I started as a mega fan,” Poki says of her entry to Twitch. “And then over time, I slowly evolved into just being a mega creator."

In 1986, the visionary Korean artist Nam June Paik warned : “High tech is progress. Yet if you make only high-tech, you make war.” Paik, often hailed