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True Brit

Where did British hood cinema take the fork in the road to split from its Hollywood counterpart, and what does this genre - sometimes controversial, always important - teach us about inner city life and the wider public's fascination with it?


True Brit #3: UK Hood Cinema

This week: the Lacoste-laden, corrugated warehouse-rattling, sweat drenched, Northern brother of dance music - Bassline. 


True Brit #2: Bassline Revival

This is the beginning of True Brit an education in Britain's pop and subcultures, its spirit and invention, the authentic and real British experience, not a pastiche or cliché one assumed by our friends across the world. We begin with the quintessence of new British cinema - the films of Shane Meadows.


True Brit #1: Shane Meadows and the Midlands

whynow Culture Editor, Billy Holmes, took a trip to the darts with his photographer mate Ollo Weguelin. Get the scores on the doors here.


Darticle: whynow at The Darts

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Wildly curious about the undiscovered corners of culture, from alternative sports to unearthed talent Billy Holmes thrives on new findings and original experiences. Alongside long-time friend and photographer Ollo they have explored the estranged British worlds of darts, fishing, greasy spoons, and interviewed some of the UK’s most promising musicians and artists. Film and music are essential part of my life and Billy aims to unbiasedly investigate meaningful narratives within these art forms. </span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Brixton-born and bred, he has been blessed to be surrounded by remarkable skateboarders, musicians and creatives in a rapidly shifting urban landscape.</span>

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Billy Holmes

Wildly curious about the undiscovered corners of culture, from alternative sports to unearthed talent Billy Holmes thrives on new findings and original experiences. Alongside long-time friend and photographer Ollo they have explored the estranged British worlds of darts, fishing, greasy spoons, and interviewed some of the UK’s most promising musicians and artists. Film and music are essential part of my life and Billy aims to unbiasedly investigate meaningful narratives within these art forms. 

Brixton-born and bred, he has been blessed to be surrounded by remarkable skateboarders, musicians and creatives in a rapidly shifting urban landscape.

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