-Olympic Special -Red Hot -Reggie Yates -Immortal Technique -Road to Carnival -Micachu - Basking in LDN Tropical Ronnie Grebenyuk Askwasi Tawai Poku The Cut welcomed new members to the New Issue, New beginnings. It’s been great team and for the last couple of months working on this edition as we as a team truly we have been very busy working together have learnt a lot and can’t thank the people on the jam-packed summer issue with that made this happen any more! We’ve got everything from Beijing hopefuls to new a massive sports and music section which and upcoming talent from Andrea Crewes will keep your eyes and minds occupied in Paris to grime sensation Red Hot and for a hot minute. So stop everything you much more, also exclusives from Reggie are doing, Cancel all you meetings, links Yates and Immortal and appointments and Technique all made by get ready to indulge young people. 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That didn’t go to work on a job with very few restrictions I’m 36 - although I will be 37 in two down too well, with most of them thinking but also had a real sense of purpose. weeks! - and I live in London. it was disgusting. I pointed out that it was Another job that I have just done will probably just nature but they were not convinced... become one of the most memorable ones. It’s W that spelled the beginning of the end of a TV ad and I’m going to actually appear in I trained to be a graphic designer and still my time at the church hall art group. it, drawing a huge whale. The whole day was think of myself in that way, even if most My inspirations come from everywhere. I’m a strange, I had never been to a film set before people probably don’t. When I was at school big music fan so that is always a source as is and this was filmed at Shepperton Studios. It’s I had no idea what graphic design was. I 60s and 70s fiction and philosophy. 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