Washi tape, paint brushes and collages — Gen Z’s latest night out might be more wholesome than you think.
'Pokémon Go': A quiet resurgence 10 years on
The popular mobile game has seen a spike in players amid the recent 2016 Nostalgia Trend, which has dominated social media. What do players think of it in 2026?
The grown-ups playing with Lego
At Coventry’s Brick Festival, Lego is not just child’s play. For many adults, it offers a rare excuse to disappear into something small, slow and satisfyingly complete.
As the Darkroom Bar faces closure, students are pushing back against what they see as the corporatisation of university life.
Working from improvised classrooms in overcrowded shelters, charity Seenaryo is delivering educational workshops to children fleeing conflict.
Hazing games at US universities are often dismissed as harmless tradition, but by framing harm as play, responsibility is obscured and participation becomes the easiest option, even if it carries fatal consequences.
The story of Lambeth’s Triangle Adventure Playground reveals the broader mission for access to safe spaces for young people across the capital.
In improv classes across London and beyond, lawyers are learning that play, embarrassment, and spontaneity might be the antidote to rigid adult life.
AI is quietly changing the way people date, flirt, and express themselves. It starts as a harmless prompt or edited message, but using AI on dating apps can leave people anxious and struggling to find a human connection.
Mam Sham think the joke's on food
London’s funniest food duo, Rhiannon Butler and Maria Georgiou, dish on why the creative industry is just playing pretend, the lost art of committing to your cringe, and their plot for an interactive food musical.
