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• THE POWER OF DREAMS: remembering the DJ John Peel
• BARKING: the Russians are coming to Tank.tv
• ART OF AFRICA: an exhibit of African art demolishes clichés
• THE NATURE OF MAN: Comme des Garçons make a scent that works for men at work
• SHADES OF NEW YORK: Pippa Vosper Frames fashion week
• A COMMON TIE: scrunchies – not yet a trend
• GOING UNDERGROUND: without underground trains, where would our modern cities be? metro celebrates the subway
• THE LONDON UNDERGARMENT: a celebration of provocation – 10 years f Agent Provocateur
• FASHION WEEK: spring/summer ’05, photography by Sean Cunningham
• THE QUIET ONE: a new drama exposes Japan’s million teenage hermits
• ALL IN ONE: the boiler suit is back
• Y NOT: the bmx goes Yamamoto, and everyone wins
• OLE SCHEREEN: he can’t sketch. but that doesn’t stop him heading one of the world’s largest building projects
• BENJAMIN KIRCHHOFF: his latest collection features man-bras and skeletons
• VILLAGE PEOPLE: drugs, drink and Vincent Gallo – fond memories of New York’s finest quarter ­­­at the East Village usa exhibit
• MENSWEAR: spring/summer 2005 in Milan and Paris
• WHITE CLUB: the baggy t gets its fashion resurrection
• SLINT: the man from Slint delivers a world exclusive between mouthfuls of coffee
• CONRAD SHAWCROSS: Conrad Shawcross’s new works make waves at the National Maritime Museum
• RINEKE DIJKSTRA: a retrospective of the influential Dutch photographer unfolds in Paris
• ALPHA MALE: Akira the Don talks about life, ladybirds and his brilliant musical future
• RUNNING ON DIESEL: at the International Talent Support show in Trieste, Tank sees the future according to Diesel
• RELEASE THE BATS: why the tick is everything is Heidi Slimane’s new watch for Christian Dior
• ARCHITECTURE AND PRACTICE: or every building built, countless other projects stay on the drawing board. Archilab Tokyo reunites some of the best Utopian upstarts
• CUTTING A NEW LOOK: the new Dior jacket harks back through history for a highly modern shape
• NEW MUSIC EXPRESS: why the smartest A&R man these days is tuned into Channel U
• NOT HAVIN’ IT: a favourite holiday destination reveals unexpected depths and surfaces in a new book
• PALE AND PROFOUND: what not to put on your lips this season
• FUTURE SOUND OF GLASGOW: Glasgow takes sectarianism and strife and makes inimitable music of it
• CRACKERJACKS: beige doesn’t need to be dull. not when it’s Beige Programming Ensemble
• THE SCISSOR SISTER: what happens when one of Savile Row’s finest moves in with the girls? Henry Rose, master tailor at Stella McCartney, talks to Tank
• MCQUEEN TAKES CASTLE: Tank’s exclusive preview of Alexander McQueen’s spring/summer 2005 collection
• SCENTS ABILITY: Prada’s new fragrance and the man who made it
• AS DARKNESS SETS IN: only your eyes are unclosed to see the black and folded town fast, and slow, asleep
• NOW KATO: without war, peace wouldn’t have such good wristwatches. Tank surveys the best military timepieces around