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[teneightyuk]

“I think when I started my channel I assumed school would be the biggest thing I helped people with, but when I find out I've helped people with confidence and other things it really affects me. It's just why I do what I do and why I started this channel.” - Jade Bowler

Exclusive to TenEighty. Read the full interview here. Photos by George Yonge.

[thatcherjoedaily]

1 August: Joe on the cover of TenEighty Magazine Issue 04 (August 2017) [HQs]

[lgbt-ya]

Art reveal for LGBTQ+ anthology PROUD!

In March 2019, Stripes is publishing PROUD, an anthology of short stories and poetry for young adults written by LGBTQ+ authors. Author and activist Juno Dawson has curated the anthology and written a rousing foreword about the state of UK Queer YA after Section 28. Contributors include established writers: Dean Atta, Fox Benwell, Caroline Bird, Tanya Byrne, Moïra Fowley-Doyle, Simon James Green, David Levithan, and Jess Vallance, alongside four new voices published for the first time; Michael Lee Richardson, Karen Lawler, Cynthia So and Kay Staples. 

Adding an extra bit of magic to the anthology, Stripes have teamed up each story with an artist, to create an illustration especially for that piece. Illustrators in PROUD include Alex Bertie, Kate Alizadeh, Alice Oseman/@chronicintrovert​, Saffa Khan, Fatti Burke, Priyanka Meenakshi, Kameron White, David Roberts, Steve Antony, Leo Greenfield, Frank Duffy and Kristen Van Dam.

Now for the first time, we’re revealing four of the illustrations that the artists have created to accompany the stories by the debut authors.  

PROUD is available to pre-order now. #ProudBook Amazon UK | Amazon US | Book Depository | Waterstones | Goodreads

There is a true wealth of creative talent in the LGBTQ+ community, which made putting together a longlist of artists for Stripes’ PROUD YA anthology a real joy. The range of art styles in the anthology is intended as a small reflection of the diversity of the LGBTQ+ community, but beyond that our artists were encouraged to respond to the stories in a way that illustrates their personal readings. All of their responses to the stories have made the experience a richer one for us, and, I hope, for you, the reader. 

- Paul Coomey, Art Director, Stripes Publishing

 THE OTHER TEAM by Michael Lee Richardson has been illustrated by David Roberts. A ragtag football team support their trans star player.

MICHAEL LEE RICHARDSON is a writer and youth worker from Glasgow. As a screenwriter he has written comedy for CBBC and BBC Alba. His original work has been shortlisted for BBC Scotland’s Frank Deasy Award and the BAFTA Rocliffe Comedy Award, and his young adult comedy ‘Real Life Experience’ was ‘highly commended’ for BBC Writersroom’s Trans Comedy Award. In 2015 he won the Scottish Book Trust New Writers Award in the Children and Young Adult category. As a youth worker, he set up and ran Trans Youth Glasgow, part of LGBT Youth Scotland. He currently works for LEAP Sports Scotland on Trans Team, a project aimed at encouraging transgender young people to engage with sport and outdoor activities. www.hrfmichael.co.uk  @HRFMichael 

DAVID ROBERTS is one of the UK’s foremost children’s illustrators and has been shortlisted for the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal for Little Red, The Dunderheads and Tinder. David won a Gold Award in the Nestlé Children’s Book Prize for Mouse Noses On Toast in 2006. He has worked with acclaimed writers including Julia Donaldson, Sally Gardner and Julian Clary. David lives in Kennington, South London.  dr.illustration on Instagram

I HATE DARCY PEMBERLEY by Karen Lawler has been illustrated by Kameron White. Can Lizzie and Darcy put pride to one side and admit their prejudices are stopping them from finding happiness? 

KAREN LAWLER is an American living in London with her awesome wife and extremely cute dog Buffy. She loves reading, especially sci-fi, fantasy, YA, and historical non-fiction, and she funds her book habit by working in children’s publishing. She loves a good teen movie (10 Things I Hate About You is the best and she will fight you on that). This is the first time her writing has appeared in print.  @KarenLawler 

KAMERON WHITE was born and raised in Houston, Texas. He is a lover of comics, superheroes, fashion and cats. Kam graduated with a BFA from Minneapolis College of Art and Design in spring of 2018. He now resides in Minneapolis as a comic artist and illustrator.  @spacejam_kam

THE PHOENIX’S FAULT by Cynthia So has been illustrated by Priyanka Meenakshi. Jingzhi the lantern maker is forced to question why she doesn’t want to marry the Emperor.

CYNTHIA SO was born in Hong Kong and lives in London. She graduated from the University of Oxford with a BA in Classics in 2016 and has been working in higher education since then. She writes YA, speculative fiction and poetry. Her work can be found in magazines such as Uncanny, Anathema and Arsenika.  @cynaesthete 

PRIYANKA MEENAKSHI is a self-taught writer and artist living in Bristol. She writes and illustrates for a variety of different publications, on themes of trauma and recovery. You can see more of her work at priyankameenakshi.com  

ON THE RUN by Kay Staples has been illustrated by Alex Bertie. Two teens have the chance to escape their lives and families, and be together. 

KAY STAPLES is a writer from the Midlands. After studying creative writing at the University of Birmingham, Kay now works in marketing as a content writer in London, and listens to an awful lot of alternative music.  @okstaples 

 ALEX BERTIE is a young transgender YouTuber. At just fourteen he started making videos on sexuality and gender identity, and continues to do so with weekly uploads. To this day, he has reached 250,000 subscribers. His work has been picked up by organizations such as Childline and Stonewall, and has been recognized by the Independent, YouTube magazine TenEighty and trans publication FTM Magazine. @Alex_Bertie

Preorder PROUD: Amazon UK | Amazon US | Book Depository | Waterstones | Goodreads

[ajbrinnand]

Welcome along...

I guess you’re here to find out about me. Well...

I grew up in Northamptonshire. I love driving in the countryside there.

I love London. It is my hearts home and playground.

I recently started a bucket list and am ticking off things as I go.

I often make media appearances if you’d like to see my face.

I watch a lot of YouTube videos and occasionally make my own.

I am the Editor of TenEighty Magazine.

I performed street magic as a child and was in the Magic Circle.

I work with brands to develop awesome social media strategies.

I also speak at events about video and digital culture.

I really like chicken nuggets. Like really.

[strawberrysuggie]

Joe Sugg for TenEighty Magazine

[thisisaudwy]

“So Crabstickz, what have you been up to ?” - an update

Since activity has been pretty slow on the Crabstickz front, I thought it would be a good idea to tell you what’s been happening outside his own social media platforms. 

YouNow break

Almost as soon as I said Chris was becoming a full-time broadcaster on YouNow, he stopped. I think there has been 2 shows since I wrote my last update. Thanks for the timing, Chris ! Anyway, if you need to see some of the shows again, @blisskendall​‘s playlist is a great place to go to when you’re bored. 

Chris & Mitchell Make A Show

As some of you might now, Chris teamed up with Mitchell Davis to make their own Incubator pilot, called “Chris And Mitchell Make A Show”. I believe the idea behind this came from Chris’ 2015 Oscar’s Hotel vlogs, where he mixed improv comedy with actual events. So they both recreated that vibe during VidCon 2016, while pretending they were pitching for a new show. If this is a concept you’re into and want to see more of this, I’d suggest you give it a watch and share it. It’s very funny.

Mitchell Davis talked about it more in depth during a Facebook livestream. Feel free to check it out.

And here’s a prequel to that video, called “Chris And Mitchell Get Some Cameras”

Chris isn’t the Doctor ? Really ?

According to TenEighty (UK-based magazine about YouTube culture), Chris would fit perfectly as The Master. You can read their explanation here. Do you agree with them ?

Special mention for the picture they picked :

Oscar’s Hotel update !

During New Form's annual presentation at MIPTV’s Digital Fronts, it has been hinted that there WILL be a second series of Oscar’s Hotel soon. “We’ll have plenty of time to talk about that next year”, said JC Cangilla, Chief Operating Officer at New Form.    

© ChubaWupBot So this is something nice to look forward to :) While we wait for PJ to make an official announcement, let’s just keep this between us, and make sure to follow New Form on Twitter for Oscar’s Hotel related content & updates. 

Playground posters available soon

Bertie Gilbert will be selling some Playground posters at the next conventions he’s in (MCM London, SITC...). They will also be available from his online shop at the end of the month. 

Random Crabstickz mentions :

In this brand new section, I will be listing people mentioning Chris over the last few weeks. If you noticed him being mentioned anywhere else, let me know. It doesn’t really matter but it keeps people busy ;)

TomSka in his Inspirations & Influences video

Jacksepticeye’s YouTuber Boyfriend Quiz

Jack & Hazel’s Who’s The Best Chris video

PJ’s CRAFTING MORE CLAY CHARACTERS video

Past projects Chris has been involved in :

Also a new section on the Crabstickz update thingy, this is an update on how some projects Chris has been featured in are currently evolving. That doesn’t mean he will be part of said projects in the future, it’s just an update to crave people’s curiosity.

All Killer, the musical @ Edinburgh Fringe

Back in August last year, The Midnight Beast released a horror-comedy-musical on Vimeo, and they now decided to make it a real thing and bring it on stage. Performances will happen during the month of August, as part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Tickets are available here.

Two Housemates, series 3

Sean Joseph Young is currently shooting the 3rd and last season of Two Housemates. Mark Gatiss is gonna be in it, it’s gonna be awesome. Follow Two Housemates on Twitter for more.

Rocks That Bleed, the film ?

Bertie Gilbert has just got his US Visa to work on his first feature film, a follow up to Rocks That Bleed. Shooting should start at the end of the year, or in 2018 we don’t really know.

Ok that’s it for now. See you soon !

• Last updates : [Tumblr tag]   • Video archive (updated) : [Crabstickz capsule]

[silvijart]

Dodie Clark Makeup by: Silvija Vil Photography by: Rebecca Need-Menear for TenEighty magazine 

[dramaphan]

tbh as someone who edits wikipedia, there isn't much notable to add that isn't already on there. if they like, announced a book or a show or another channel, that would be noteworthy. something that got media attention, even a little bit or on minor publications (like some youtube/internet related magazine such as teneighty or tubefilter posts an article about it. that counts).

Yeah there’s not really much to add, but a lot of things could probably be rephrased, or removed.

[zeroviraluniverse-blog]

Logan Paul 'won't be kicked off' YouTube

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Logan Paul 'won't be kicked off' YouTube

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Image caption Logan Paul is a hugely popular YouTube star whose recent videos have proved controversial

Controversial YouTube star Logan Paul has not yet done enough to deserve a ban from the video site, its chief executive has said.

Paul faced criticism in January after posting a video in which he made jokes after seeing a dead body in a Japanese forest associated with many suicides.

YouTube subsequently cut some of its business ties with the star.

It also penalised him after a subsequent video in which he Tasered a dead rat.

Paul has apologised for both videos.

YouTube usually bans a video creator under a “three strike” policy – which includes things like copyright infringement or violence.

“He hasn’t done anything that would cause those three strikes,” Susan Wojcicki told a conference audience in California, according to The Verge.

“We can’t just be pulling people off our platform … They need to violate a policy. We need to have consistent [rules]. This is like a code of law.”

She added that while some people might think a certain video is “tasteless”, others might disagree.

‘Prominent’ star

“YouTube has been very slow and reluctant to do anything that is meaningful,” said Alex Brinnand from the magazine TenEighty, which is aimed at YouTube creators.

“Logan Paul is in such a prominent position in the YouTube community that he has… a responsibility and he needs to own up and understand that.”

A separate but also highly popular vlogger, Casey Neistat, interviewed YouTube’s chief business officer Robert Kyncl this week about how the site manages content created by members of the public.

Mr Neistat asserted that the YouTube model essentially meant that “drama is rewarded ultimately with dollars”.

In response, Mr Kyncl said the site was thinking “very deeply” about disincentivising creators who sought to use drama “for the sake of views”.

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Media captionArya Mosallah: “The media kind of demonised me.”

Another YouTube star, Arya Mosallah, recently apologised after he was accused of uploading a prank video resembling an “acid attack”.

However, at the time he added, “you’ve got to push boundaries to get the views”.

YouTubers are often young people “egging each other on”, without strict guidance about what is suitable content and what isn’t, said Mr Brinnand.

“It’s this competition to be the most outrageous and get the most views,” he told the BBC.

“I can see how you can get swept up in it.”

[apsbicepstraining]

The UK YouTube stars with followers around the world – BBC News

Image caption YouTube superstars like Zoe Sugg, known as Zoella, are watched by millions of parties around the world

The UK’s most influential YouTube creators have been identified in a top 10 inventory being developed for the BBC. How do self-made stellars like these become famous around the world? And are they taking over from traditional luminaries?

Becky Sheeran was browsing four years ago when a girl she had never gratified walked up to her, asked for a hug, then started crying.

Becky was working as television broadcasting correspondent at the time, but the girl didn’t recognise her from TV – she recognised her from videos she recorded in her spare time and uploaded to YouTube.

“I will never forget it, ” says the 27 -year-old, from Nottinghamshire.

“She knew everything about “peoples lives”, their own families, my favourite footing, my favourite clothes.

“It was just amazing and ever since then it’s carried on happening.”

Media captionBecky Sheeran makes YouTube videos about grace and her daily life

Becky, who started establishing videos for her TalkBeckyTalk channel in 2009, eventually left TV to concentrate on YouTube full-time.

“Now[ being recognised] happens most epoches I go into municipality, specially if I’m in a shopping centre, it ever happens on a Saturday because there are always dames there, ” she says.

“Really arbitrarily I was skiing last Christmas in Switzerland and I was up the most important one mountain in this minuscule log cabin and two twin girlfriends came up to my sister and I.”

Media captionKSI

These knows may sound unexpected, but there are literally thousands of YouTube architects like Becky who have vast audiences all over the world.

Data analysed by video intelligence company Tubular Labs shows that 17,000 creators have more than 100,000 customers – and 1,275 of these authors are registered in the UK.

Incredibly, 1,477 YouTube authors have more than a million customers, and 147 of these founders are recorded in the UK.

The top 10

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Image caption Olajide “JJ” Olatunji, known as KSI, has been called the most influential YouTube developer recorded in the UK

Tubular Labs has created a directory of the top 10 most influential UK builders for the BBC.

At the exceedingly top is Olajide “JJ” Olatunji, who dropped out of college, but has constructed $4.5 m( 2.9 m) in the past time, according to a Forbes list of the world’s highest-paid YouTube wizards.

The 22 -year-old, from Watford, has more than 10 million readers on his KSI YouTube channel and a “social reach” of 17.4 million when other social media scaffolds are taken into account.

He is best known for filming himself playing video game while commentating on them, but he too obligates comedy videos and more typical vlogs.

His vlogs include one where you chose to dye his mane blond and the other in which he filmed himself for a week to give his viewers a chance to see what he does when he’s not posting YouTube videos.

However, he has been criticised for the content of some of his videos, with claims that he propagates misogynistic positions of women and trivialises rape.

He was also accused of sexually molesting attendees of Eurogamer 2012, a video games showcase.

In a statement in response to the criticism, his manager said he has “been actively evading certain content seen in the distant past and wants to be judged on the great content and quality he gives to firebrands and marriages, without controversy”.

KSI’s brother Deji Olatunji, known as ComedyShortsGamer, is in second place on the list.

His videos appear to concentrate more on humor than gaming, with one of his most popular has become a escapade where he told his mother “hes having” made a girl pregnant.

The enormously popular gamer and comedian Felix Kjellberg, known to devotees as PewDiePie, does not appear on the inventory because he is registered as a Swedish inventor, although he lives in Brighton.

A world audience

Image caption Denis Crushell feels the “One Direction effect” has seen young male YouTube authors from the UK most popular

“What is amazing specifically about the UK creators is that their content excursions so well internationally, ” says Denis Crushell, vice president of Europe for Tubular Labs.

“They are possibly exporting this content to hundreds of countries around the world, which if you think about a TV substantiate and traditionally bred media labels, it would be quite hard to distribute to hundreds of countries pretty easily.”

In fact, exclusively 34% of the audience for the top 10 UK developers is based in the UK, while 27% of the gathering is based in the US.

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Image caption Five young male YouTubers registered a boy party mode anthem and video for Comic Relief

Mr Crushell thinks this is partly because the UK and US share the same language.

“What you see in countries around Europe, like Germany and France, is their content doesn’t traveling as well because of the language, ” he says.

He are those who believe there has been a “One Direction effect”, where people who are devotees of the English-Irish boy band favour young male YouTube founders from the UK.

“All of these founders get mass gatherings around the world has only really been happening in the past four or five years, so it’s various kinds of a trend that’s saved on equivalence with when One Direction have been quite favourite, ” says Mr Crushell.

YouTube as a career

Media captionYouTubers like Zoe Sugg and her friend Joe Sugg often collaborate with each other

In joint third place are two other siblings – Zoe Sugg, known as Zoella, and Joe Sugg, known as ThatcherJoe – together with Joe’s flatmate Caspar Lee, known simply as Caspar.

They all cinema a mixture of videos, with some of the more popular represent one where Zoe substantiates people how she utilizes her makeup every day, Joe performances pranks on Caspar in the flat they share, and Caspar inserts parties to his girlfriend.

All three are managed by Gleam Futures, a company founded in 2010 to organize what it calls “social talent”.

Its MD and founder, Dominic Smales, laboured in newspapers and radio before growing mesmerized by social media.

“No-one was calling them talent at that time and I think we were the first people to coin the phrase social aptitude, and it germinated from there is, ” says Mr Smales.

“We now have 28 ability on the roster that will probably drive in countries of the region of four billion views this year on YouTube alone.”

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Image caption Gleam Futures was founded in 2010 to organize what it announces “social talent” – people who have immense audiences on social media

So why does Mr Smales believe Zoe, Joe and Caspar have been so successful?

“All of them have the ability to connect and entertain global gatherings who feel like they have a real rapport to those used guys, and they do, ” he says.

“They are who they are and there are no skeletons in the closet and I suppose beings feel like these are people just like me.

“I relate to them as my friend rather than being an untouchable reference on a big screen.”

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Image caption Zoe Sugg and Alfie Deyes, known collectively as Zalfie, have their own wax people at Madame Tussauds in London

Zoe has talked openly about having an anxiety disorder and panic attack, so it’s difficult to thought her being the type of person to go to theatre institution or become a Tv presenter.

But YouTube has enabled her to grow so famous there are now Madame Tussauds wax digits of her and boyfriend Alfie Deyes – who is also a YouTuber and shows at digit 10 in the influencers list.

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Image caption YouTuber Joe Sugg, shown here at a DigiFest event in New York, has love around the world

Mr Smales concludes people who find fame through YouTube are often very different from traditional celebrities.

“I fantasize the main difference are that a lot of our endowment set out on this travel with reputation not being the goal, ” he says.

“Our talent, they are not so much performers but they are internet entrepreneurs I guess.”

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Image caption YouTubers like Caspar Lee and Joe Sugg get invited to movie screenings, like this one for The Spongebob Movie: Sponge Out of Water

It might appear easy to make a living by making YouTube videos, but Mr Smales says this is a serious misconception.

“It really isn’t that easy and it’s extremely, very hard work and all of our expertise production very hard at making a career out of it, ” he says.

So how do YouTube inventors make money, and how much can they expect to earn?

Mr Smales “says hes” get a “small percentage” of promote income but “it’s not until you get a really big audience that you can start being able to pay the invoices with it”.

There are other opportunities to make money, though, such as being sponsored to promote concoctions in videos, or being paid for work outside of YouTube – such as Zoe’s record-breaking novel, Girl Online.

‘Cashing in’ – and criticism

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Image caption Alex Brinnand from TenEighty magazine says a lot of young people recognize YouTube as a glamorous position

YouTubers will “never, ever discuss the numbers they are drawing with you”, is in accordance with Alex Brinnand, co-editor of TenEighty, a publication about vloggers and the internet.

“It’s not the done thing, and it’s too against YouTube’s recommendations to talk about advertising in particular and the finances behind that, ” he says.

“But we are to be able be assured that there are more than hundreds of YouTubers out there that are giving six-figure, if not seven-figure, payments from being on YouTube and it only seems to be growing.

“As more advertisers and more labels become interested in them, these YouTubers are really specifying themselves up to cash in on this deal.”

Some YouTubers have been criticized by not making it clear when videos are patronized, and the Committee of Advertising Practice has issued its first lead since a landmark Advertising Standards Authority ruling last year.

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Image caption Alex Brinnand, who started moving YouTube videos in 2007, said the majority of beings did not see it as a business then

“The majority of us started doing it as beings doing it for enjoyable and we never understood it as a business situation at all, ” says Mr Brinnand, who has been a YouTuber himself since 2007.

“So being thrown in front of labels and advertisers and being offered these crazy bargains is something that a lot of YouTubers are having to learn on their feet and as they go.”

As more parties realise that YouTube can become a career, Mr Brinnand conceives the kind of beings starting canals is changing.

“A lot of young person do encounter YouTube as a exceedingly glamorous enterprise, if you can call it that, and that is because the majority of what audiences see is only a snippet of people’s epoch, ” he says.

“I think they like the relevant recommendations of it but I’m not sure they would be comfortable doing it day in day out for years as these established YouTubers have done.”

YouTube vs television

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Image caption Zoe Sugg, known as Zoella, was a fame rival on TV establish the Great Comic Relief Bake Off

Stars from social media and traditional media are increasingly crossing over.

For example, Zoe Sugg was a personality player on TV present the Great Comic Relief Bake Off, while Tv cook Jamie Oliver has two or more YouTube channels.

“We are now recognizing more and more YouTube stars levelling or surpassing mainstream celebrities, ” says Mr Brinnand.

“When we look at Tv or even periodicals we are now beginning to see these YouTube virtuosoes alongside the daddy aces and the Tv stars.

“It’s really changing the face of the national media industry and what we know as celebrity.”

Image caption Jamie Oliver, who grew famous on tv as the Naked Chef , now has several YouTube canals

Denis Crushel has same views.

“You consider beings like Jamie Oliver create a big YouTube canal where he realises that it’s a big opportunity to distribute his material and his call and everything else on a world stage, ” he says.

“People’s attires are changing and is not simply for younger audiences.

“I speculate right now TV is still so large[ but] a lot of that considering habit that happens on TV will be moving online, whether it’s YouTube or other video platforms that gain big-hearted gatherings that’s hitherto to be seen.”

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Image caption Vlogger Becky Sheeran said people watch YouTube for content they cannot get on television

Becky Sheeran considers there will always be seat for television.

“It’s not that video is dying, I speak situations like this all the time and I don’t think that’s genuine, ” she says.

“I make the online macrocosm is wholly in harmony with it because you turn to video for the most amazing material and you turn to video for quality because there’s indisputable quality in a television programme.

“What parties are turning now to YouTube for is alternative, they are turning now to YouTube for stuff that they cannot get on television.”

Dominic Smales makes parties will still watch television in future, but it won’t necessarily be transmitted live into people’s homes.

“Everything is heading towards coming down an internet hose, even though it has continued to be your TV or your screen that’s in your front room that you might exhaust a lot of content on, ” he says.

“This is only going to grow. It’s a seismic switch in accordance with the rules that generations down media and celebrity.”

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[teneightyuk]

“I would say in the grand scheme of everything, it really just doesn’t matter. Whatever you want to do, you can do it whatever grades you happen to get. Now, I'm a firm believer that if you're passionate about making something happen, you'll make it happen.” - Jade Bowler

Exclusive to TenEighty. Read the full interview here. Photos by George Yonge.

[thatcherjoedaily]

GALLERY UPDATE | Joe photographed by Rebecca Need-Menear for TenEighty Magazine (2017) [HQs]

[peejsplanet]

Team KickthePj + Jamie

[ollynewport]

Photos of Alex Bertie that I took for this TenEighty Magazine article.

[teneightyuk]

“I used to wait outside concerts, I used to enter competitions to meet him, I used to queue! I think that’s a great thing because I now know how to treat people how they want to be treated.”

“Someone said something really lovely; ‘when you speak to Becky it's like you're the only person in the room’. Now when I speak to someone I try and make it like that.” - Becky James

Exclusive to TenEighty. Read the full interview here. Photos by George Yonge.

[teneightyuk]

“I got my silver plaque the other day and I’m stood there like ‘oh my god, that’s my name and surely this isn’t mine?’ It just feels numb - one day it’ll sink in! You don't process it. To me, I've still got five thousand.” - Becky James

Exclusive to TenEighty. Read the full interview here. Photos by George Yonge.