With the iconic 91-year-old, Hollywood hitmaker Lou Adler on the cover, this latest issue of Ralph lives up to its 'Pop Culture For The Fun Of it' strap line and more. Adler – who's responsible for some of Sam Cooke, The Mamas & the Papas, Carole King and Neil Young's biggest hits, also brought The Rocky Horror Picture Show and comedians Cheech & Chong to our screens, co-owns The Roxy Theatre on Sunset Strip, and is best mates with Jack Nicholson – has been shaping pop culture for nearly a century.

Here’s what’s in this one (deep breath)… we’ve got the incredible comedian/actor/podcaster Tim Heidecker and actor/producer/model Marta Pozzan on the cover. Stars of new indie film Fior Di Latte, they talk us through how the film has affected them as artists and why we should stop waiting for permission to do things and just make the stuff you want (exactly what we do at Ralph).

Elsewhere in the magazine, hip-hop icon Chuck D gives us a guided tour of his favourite paintings, we spent the night at the infamous Muscle Girls bar in Tokyo, caught up with Ahilya Bamroo and Anasuya Sangupta – two Indian actors with unusual routes to the silver screen, went to Russell T Davies’ favourite Doctor Who-themed cabaret, and got silly with top comedian and filmmaker Jamali Maddix. We also review time itself, wonder what disco actually is in 2025, and absolutely loads more.

“What will make the new issue of Ralph stand out on the newsstands?” We wondered. Putting a guy wearing a bag on his face on the cover of course! The brilliant, award-winning, best-selling podcaster/writer/multi-disciplinary artist Blindboy Boatclub questions reality itself for our cover feature. The rest of the magazine is packed: comedy editor Alex Haddow catches up with fellow stand up Tatty Macleod, Little White Lies editor David Jenkins imagines an HR job interview with iconic Japanese auteur Takeshi Kitano about his incredible CV, we go to pop sensations Say Now’s house for a cuppa; we look at the rise of anime creators in India; Tank Girl Co-creator Alan Martin teaches us how to write a cult comic and loads more.

Ralph Issue 2, where we go to Nashville with multi Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Tayla Parx, do a scarecrow fashion feature with British Vogue editor Giles Hattersley, go to the brilliant Lord of the Rings show 'You Shall Not Yass', speak to J-Pop band f5ve, review goth cocktails and cheap perfumes, lie down with stand up Cat Cohen, look at amazing band T-shirts, deep dive on South Asian hip-hop, check out the art of Naoshima Island and loads more.

Ralph Issue 1, where we ask Flavor Flav what the weather’s like where he is, get the showrunner of The Simpsons to tell us what fast food items Bart, Homer, Lisa, Ned Flanders et al would be, find out why Japan’s music has been influencing the West for decades, get the inside line on chef Olivia Tiedemann’s best New York pizza spots, have pints with buzzy band Fat Dog, do a fashion shoot at Mumbai Comic Con and tons more.