Garbage Island

In the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre, a slowly moving, clockwise spiral of currents created by a high-pressure system of air currents, there are millions of tons of rubbish free floating in the ocean. Described as the largest landfill in the world, Vice goes to find out what this Garbage Patch really looks like.

Ghetto Doll Brothel

The Vice Guide to Travel in Japan and errrr, Doll Brothels... You'll be pleased to know everyone is required to have a shower before interacting with the dolls. And no c**ks allowed in mouths.

The Cute Show – Hedgehogs

An interview with Amy, a hedgehog breeder. Apparently they haven’t got them in the states. She says ‘OMG, hedgehogs! What's up with hedgehogs? They're so weird. They totally straddle the line between cute and sorta kinda really freaky. First of all, they're sharp! You have to be careful picking them up because if you startle them they curl into a little ball like those prickly burrs that boys used to throw at girls in middle school and then they'd get stuck in your hair and it was a nightmare. What do you call those things? Prickle burrs? Pricklies?’

Epicly Later’d – John Cardiel

The skateboarding legend and his recovery after an accident where was left paralysed.

Thumbs Up Tulsa’s Duchess of Darkness

Graffiti artist David Choe travels the states on the railways lines.

Shot by Kern – Sophie

VBS talks to and accompanies photographic genius and connoisseur of the female form Richard Kern and his models.

Practice Space – Babyshambles

An interview with beleaguered and brilliant Peter Doherty down in his dressing room at a depressing venue in Nottingham called Rock City.

The Vice Guide to Travel - Pakistan

Vice take us to the world of the very militia men the US and UK are trying to get rid of in Naeem, Pakistan.

The Vice Guide to Travel Colombia

They love their burros in Colombia, and nowhere more so than in San Antero, a small town on the Caribbean coast. They love them so much they built a statue to celebrate the "noble beast" and for four days at Easter every year the whole town goes donkey-mad with the world's only Donkey carnival. This piece shows how some others celebrate their love of the donkey. Featuring excerpts from a psychologist talking about zoophilia.