Ten years ago, back in 2016, I travelled to Paris to photograph a group of men for what would become the second international edition of meat. I'd always loved Paris, its beautiful streets, its architecture, its culture and, let's be honest, its men. The idea of spending a week there doing what I love most was pretty irresistible. That first edition remains one of my favourite meat projects, and ever since, I've had it in the back of my mind that I'd love to do it all again.

If you're in London this weekend (Saturday 24 October), we'd love to see you at Boys Gallery Cafe London for the launch of the meat BARE 2027 calendar! We'll be hanging out in the gallery on Saturday from 14:00 to 19:00, so come along, say hello, grab a drink, and pick up a copy of the new calendar, a meat Manual, or a T-shirt. Hope to see you there! Adrian x

Back in September, I held a party at 21 Soho in London to celebrate sixteen years of meat and the launch of my new retrospective book, The First Sixteen Years. As part of the evening, I sat down with Dan, who's been helping me with meat's marketing and PR, for a conversation about the project, how it all started and how something that was originally supposed to be just four little homemade zines has somehow kept me busy for sixteen years. We chatted about the hundreds of men