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COVER FEATURE

THE RAINBOW FUTURE OF HIP HOP:

It was once renowned for its homophobia, but rap music has unleashed itself from its hypermasculine strait-jacket, opening the door to a new generation of queer and proud rappers

I’m allowing kids to believe that this ocean belongs to them too. And if it belongs to them, they can protect it –they become ocean guardians p55

38 Champion of the people

Jack Monroe on how to eat well in a cost of living crisis

46 Restoring Britain’s lost rainforests

Guy Shrubsole wants to return our remaining fragments to their former glory

55 The black mermaid

A freediver is changing the narrative of who belongs in the water

56 Right on the money

• Rory Stewart wants us to swap international aid for direct cash payments

60 Seven ways to find joy outdoors in winter

From waxwings to Myxomycetes, the best things to spot in winter

• 64 Five hottest trends in sustainable business

Where Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard leads, others are following

66 Uncharted waters

How small-scale hydroelectricity projects can help the energy crisis