Maya Trabulsi

If you’re right-handed and you’ve ever tried to write with your less dominant hand, chances are you’d struggle. Now, imagine doing that with typing, writing backward, shaking hands, reading backward and even switch-footing in sports. San Diego resident Jim Houliston taught himself to do that. It’s called Mirror Movement Development (MMD). Houliston says it changed his life, and he wants to show people how it can change theirs too. Whichever way the grain goes, Houliston cuts against it.

“We’re pirates really, just plundering then moving on”: Re-create the sound of the powerful Where’s Your Head At bassline - which Basement Jaxx nabbed from Numan! It seems strange to us now, but there was a time when the legality of sampling allowed the legitimate and lawful usage of ‘an unrecognisable portion …

If a picture paints a thousand words, then photographer Kat De Laet is a prolific writer. She’s internationally acclaimed, and volunteers her time and talent to capture the real personality of shelter dogs to help get them adopted. Her images are powerful and elegant. In 1/300th of a second, her camera captures the true essence of an animal. Her pictures are a snapshot of the loving bond between people and their pets. “It solidifies something that you can't touch,” De Laet said.