As part of the 40th anniversary of Punk descending upon the streets of London, photographer Richard Young is opening the doors of his gallery to give an insiders look at the era of Punk.

The Anarchy in the UK: #PUNKLONDON exhibition, forms a part of the year long programme of Punk.London – 40 Years of Subversive Culture events.

If you are looking for a little culture to check out this weekend, or over the coming weeks, there is still time to dip into this personal retrospective of images cataloguing the Punk period.

With all this warmer weather, we can feel that Summer is on it's way! With Coachella having kicked off festival season last month, 2016 is year bursting full of great festivals to make this Summer rock like no other.

We've run though out top UK and Europe festivals that need to be ticked off on your calendar for 2016. From Finland to Iceland, Spain to Somerset. Get your diary and get ready to party all Summer long...

 A joint exhibition in LA between two of it's biggest museums, is home to the biggest retrospective of renowned photographer Robert Mapplethorpe. From his iconic portraits of best friend Patti Smith, to Mapplethorpe's insightful self portraits to his radical journey through the underground sex scene of New York in the 80s.

Away from the controversies of the time and the political outrage at a gay artist's sexualised work, today, these exhibitions give us a chance to really view Mapplethorpe's ability as a photographer. The fine detail, the delicate yet stark lighting and the photographic composition.

If you are looking for something to do this weekend, or over the coming few weeks, head to the National Portrait Gallery to immerse yourself in a century's worth of ground breaking fashion photography.

Celebrating the centenary of Vogue, this in depth exhibition at the NPG chronicles the history of the worlds most influential fashion magazine. Vogue 100: A Century of Style takes us on a journey from the present day, all the back back to Vogue's very first publication in 1916.

If you haven't already got your Summer calendar sorted and packed full of festivals, then it is time to get planning.

Of course, Coachella will always be our number one festival. But now that it has passed, we are geared up for a Summer of the best festivals around. Looking to find your perfect festival for 2015? These are our top 5 festivals you need to mark in your diaries.

Field Day 6th - 7th June, London UK
Bringing a little bit of 'Village Mentality' to London, with a strong line up to boot. This year, you could be competing at the Coconut Shy, before popping over to check out the sounds of Patti Smith.

Glastonbury 24th - 28th June, Somerset UK
Where would we be without Glastonbury. Explore Worthy Farm by getting lost down The Rabbit Hole, dancing the night away at Shangri-La and watching the sunrise at the Stone Circle.

The Garden Festival 1st - 8th July, Croatia
Croatia has become a hot spot for glorious beach side music festivals. The Garden Festival is wrapping up a decade of music along side a crystal clear ocean - so don't miss you last chance if this one if for you.

Wilderness 6th - 9th August, Oxfordshire UK
Boutique festivals more your thing? Wilderness is set in the heart of Oxfordshire's English countryside. A laid back lakeside music festival / giant dinner party.

Burning Man 30th August - 7th September, Nevada USA
Turning the desert into a city. Burning Man is such a huge festival, it resembles more of a pop up city so big that it is easiest to get around it by bike. The week long eclectic event is all about sharing, peacefulness and building a temporary community of likeminded individuals. Concluding with the iconic burning of the 40ft high sculpture.

(Wish you could make Burning Man, but staying UK based for the summer? Check out Greenman, set in the mountains of Wales. Where the chilled out intimate festival is also concluded with a giant party and ceremonial burning of the wicker Greenman standing watch over the festival all weekend.)

Come on the Summer.

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A Kurt fan? Then you need to check out Montage of Heck. The only authorised biography of Kurt Cobain has just been released in cinemas in the UK.

Following the chaotic arc of Kurt Cobain's life, with candid home movie footage as a child, to the self made demo tapes, unseen footage of the biggest music star of the 90s, and to his development into a father figure.
Montage of Heck has been co-produced by his daughter Frances Bean Cobain, and consequently has one of the most honest and at times haunting truth behind the man that is Kurt Cobain. A must see.




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Looking for something to occupy yourself between shows at London Fashion Week? There is still time to pop along to the Guy Bourdin: Image Maker exhibition and grab an insight into some of fashion photography's most iconic images.

Conveniently housed right in the heart of LFW at Somerset House, you can easily drop by and immerse yourself in the surreal, the colourful and the provocative world of Guy Bourdin.


The largest exhibition of Bourdin's work ever held in the UK, it is the perfect opportunity to witness some of his most famous images alongside the lesser know work of his 40 year career as a top fashion photographer.

Viewing this retrospective of Boudin's photography as a whole, you can't avoid the sense of quite how innovative and boundary pushing his work truly was. Especially when considering that much of this work comes from the late 70s. When publishing abstract and sexually provocative fashion photography as part of high profile campaigns or even amongst the pages of Vogue was uncommon and controversial.

Be sure to immerse yourself in the 360° cinema of Boudin's bold fashion films from the same era. A new and unheard of medium for fashion imagery at the time, capturing the glamourous femme fatales so iconic within Guy Bourdin's but in a whole new light.

If you're not in London for LFW, don't worry. Guy Bourdin: Image Maker is on until March 15th so you can still stop by even after the buzz of fashion week has passed.


Guy Bourdin: Image Maker
On until 15th March
Embankment Galleries, South Wing
Somerset House, London

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It isn't Halloween without some classic horror films. From the delightfully bad, to the down right petrifying. We love those Halloween flicks which still give you the creeps long after you watch them for the first time.

So get out some popcorn and a cushion to hide behind - these are our top five Halloween films we think you must watch this week to really get you in spooky spirit of the season.


The Craft
A classic 90s cult film mixing schoolgirls with sorcery. This film defiantly was the reason we all chanted "Light as a feather, stiff as a board" at sleepovers from then onwards.


Rosmary's Baby

Carrie
Does this one even need a reason to be in our top 5? It's Carrie. It's terrifying and it's defiantly one to watch this halloween if you haven't seen this Steven King classic yet.


The Witches
Admittedly this one is a little bit cheesy, but there is something about all those bald headed women that still gives us the heebie jeebies.


Hocus Pocus
Again, another lighthearded Halloween classic! Forget Sex and The City, this is Sarah Jessica Parker as we shall forever remember her.

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