VICE UK Is 15 Years Old

This post is part of VICE's 15th anniversary series, presented by VANS

This month, VICE UK turns 15. That's a decade-and-a-half of stories about everything from radical street politics to Ukrainian space Barbies; institutional inequality to far-fetched pranks on the fashion industry; unrivalled video access to extremist caliphates, to interviews with a teenager who lost his finger at a jungle rave and – instead of seeking emergency medical help – just kept on dancing because "the bass was hard and the music was popping".

To mark the milestone we're putting on a few events in London over the course of this week: tomorrow, a birthday event at the House of Vans, with drinks from our very own beer company, Old Blue Last; on Wednesday, the premiere of Noisey Blackpool II, a follow-up to our 2016 film which documented the unlikely rise of grime in the North West seaside town; and on Thursday, The VICE.com Roadshow, a live evening of discussion, comedy and drinks.

We'll also be publishing a bunch of stories and videos looking back at the last 15 years, a Noisey editorial series examining the British music scene of 2002 and an interview with a guy who met the mother of his child while trolling VICE's Facebook comments.