Photo courtesy of www.driftrecords.co.uk

While Southwest music is undoubtedly stronger than ever, there has been one thing noticeably absent – until now. Enter Drift Collective, a Devon based record label and shop that is leading the way in terms of record production/distribution in the Noughties.
 

Photo by Wig Worland

From threatening reprobates to respected artists, The Side Effects of Urethane are taking skateboarding's popular image and turning it on its head...

Photo by Estelle Packer

If you caught Immodesty Blaize strutting her stuff on Channel 4's Faking It this Christmas then check this out - Stranger met her last summer and found out more about being Immodesty, and the art of Burlesque.

Photo by Dawn Brown

Top quality design is taking a swift turn into the green lane, and Cornwall's designers are leading the way...

Photographs by Christiaan Bailey

Samurai Surf: from one culture to another, Cornwall-based filmmaker Christiaan Bailey explores surfing in the land of the rising sun.

Illustration by Tez Humphries

With rockers through the ages succombing to the lure of excess, we ask: do you have to be off your head to be a creative genius? 

Illustration by Adam Lowe

With housing prices in Cornwall soaring ever higher, Stranger meets the homedwellers who have found an alternative solution to getting a roof over their heads.