Huw Lemmey
Articles by Huw Lemmey
On ASMR and the intimacy deficit
ASMR is booming on YouTube. More than just a weird subculture, it is meeting a real need for care and attention.
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The shockingly intimate photos of Nan Goldin
Rejecting the division between observer and participant, Nan Goldin’s photographs are unlikely to ever be repeated.
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How Orwell gave propaganda a bad name
Today, we associate propaganda with totalitarian states – but it also enables people to challenge power from below.
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Better than all that conceptual bollocks
Grayson Perry uses craft forms to signify his authenticity. But is he really so different from the rest?
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Wolfgang Tillmans: the chronicler of gay subculture
The photographer made his name documenting gay culture in London and Berlin. Does his work still have the power to subvert?
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Industrial action heroes
The message of Pride is that politics changes people’s lives not only through winning, but through the process of fighting itself.
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