James Baines

tits

We Need to Talk About Tits

We spoke to the people behind 'Tits', a new documentary about its namesake.
James Baines
10.5.17
years of the depend adult undergarment

​The Cult: Georgi Kinkladze

Georgi Kinkladze symbolises the idea of something beautiful being destructive. A pure entertainment hidden in the footnotes of Manchester City's mid-nineties slump to the third tier of English football.
James Baines
4.3.16
the impossible beauty of nature

​The Cult. Dimitar Berbatov

Be it a cold winter night in London or a summer's afternoon in Monaco, is there a more beautiful footballer with the ball at his feet than Dimitar Berbatov?
James Baines
11.17.15
scottish grit

In Conversation With Kevin Shields, the Scottish Climber With a Difference

Kevin Shields was born with a partially deformed hand and suffers from epilepsy. He's also one of the finest climbers in Scotland.
James Baines
10.16.15
deep dives

Digging for Creators: When the Search for a Track ID Becomes a Life-Changing Mission

The pursuit of a moment etched in the memory takes our writer from Romford to Los Angeles and beyond.
James Baines
8.21.15
football united

The Refugee Football Tournament Uniting Cardiff's Displaced Communities

Cardiff has more asylum seekers in accommodation than any other city in Britain. Football is helping to bring them together.
James Baines
5.6.15
Stuff

Want a Career in Weed? Enroll at Cannabis University

As Florida gears up for a state-wide medical marijuana referendum this November, one motivated businessman hopes to cash in on the Sunshine State's green avalanche by founding a school for growers—before weed is even legal.
James Baines
2.21.14
Features

Ja Rule Made a Film, God Help Us All

And it's basically a straight to DVD Christian movie with some dubiously expensive casting.
James Baines
10.30.13
News

Sharks Keep Eating Surfers in Réunion

So now the surfers want to kill all the sharks.
James Baines
7.23.13
Motherboard Blog

The Man Who Was Trapped in the Present

In 1953 Henry Molaison, a sufferer of severe epilepsy, underwent experimental brain surgery that saved his life and robbed him of it at the same time.
James Baines
6.6.13
Stuff

The Man with the Thirty-Second Memory

Henry Molaison underwent experimental brain surgery that saved his life and robbed him of it at the same time. While it cured his condition, it also left him with a sort of amnesia: every 30 seconds his memory was erased. I talked to his primary doctor...
James Baines
6.6.13
Motherboard Blog

No One Said Laser Printing a Record Onto a Quesadilla Was Going to Be Easy

Amanda Ghassaei has not only found a positive use for a machine that, up to this point, has been best known for creating things that kill people, but she’s also managed to press Radiohead onto a wood record.
James Baines
5.30.13
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