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The Red Bulletin December 2020 (UK)

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CONTENTS<br />

<strong>December</strong> <strong>2020</strong><br />

8 Gallery: vertiginous volleyball<br />

in the islands of Norway; taking<br />

the tube in Tahiti; and riding<br />

rock faces in the Swiss Alps<br />

14 Chop local: New York rapper<br />

Benny <strong>The</strong> Butcher serves up<br />

some home-reared prime cuts<br />

16 Rising inflation: up, up and<br />

away in my beautiful balloon…<br />

to the edge of space<br />

19 Rolling back the years: how<br />

one skateboarding diehard is<br />

preserving its legacy in print<br />

20 Flight of fantasy: experience<br />

all the fun (ahem) of air travel<br />

without leaving terra firma<br />

23 Urban growth: meet the<br />

Vietnamese visionary sowing the<br />

seeds of change in architecture<br />

62<br />

Inside line: the<br />

stories behind<br />

the stunts in<br />

freewheeling<br />

movie adventure<br />

<strong>The</strong> Old World<br />

JULIAN MITTELSTAEDT JMVOTOGRAPHY<br />

24 Sophie Williams<br />

<strong>The</strong> Black activist and writer<br />

on race, momentum, and why<br />

people are listening at last<br />

26 Fantastic Negrito<br />

Inspiring words from the<br />

Grammy-winning guitarist<br />

who has truly lived the blues<br />

28 Jenny Schauerte<br />

<strong>The</strong> downhill skateboarder who<br />

found the path to enlightenment<br />

in the mountains of Turkey<br />

32 Nims Purja<br />

Climbed a peak today? Catch<br />

up! This unstoppable ex-Gurkha<br />

has – and he’ll probably fit in<br />

another two before teatime<br />

48 DistDancing<br />

When lockdown hit, the world<br />

of dance didn’t rest its feet –<br />

instead, it stepped up its game<br />

56 Stefflon Don<br />

<strong>The</strong> Birmingham-born star on US<br />

attitudes to <strong>UK</strong> rap, and why<br />

she’d rather spit bars than sip tea<br />

62 <strong>The</strong> Old World<br />

Behind the scenes of a genuinely<br />

epic, globe-spanning bike movie<br />

75 Hunting high and slow: the simple<br />

pleasures of kayaking off the<br />

coast of the Scottish Highlands<br />

will reconnect you with nature<br />

80 Cold looks: ski goggles that adapt<br />

to changing weather on the slopes<br />

82 One-track mind: how to find mental<br />

solutions for physical challenges<br />

84 On the button: tracing the<br />

evolution of gaming technology<br />

87 Sharp eye: Razer’s Min-Liang Tan<br />

– gaming innovator and cult hero<br />

88 <strong>The</strong> revolutionary Yoga Shred:<br />

old downward dog, new tricks<br />

90 Sound purchase: our pick of the<br />

best small speakers and wireless<br />

earbuds you can buy right now<br />

92 Essential dates for your calendar<br />

98 Board and dodging: skate highjinks<br />

in a giant’s labyrinth game<br />

THE RED BULLETIN 07

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