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In a city of rapid gentrification, one south London estate stands firm

A Portrait of Central Hill — Social housing is under threat across the British capital. But residents of the Central Hill estate in Crystal Palace are determined to save their homes, and their community.

  • Culture
  • Alex King

Gaza Sunbirds: The Palestinian para-cycling team racing against the odds to compete internationally

From genocide in Gaza to the World Championships: What next for Palestine’s first para-cycling team?

  • Huck 81
  • Alex King

The disabled Flâneur forcing us to rethink our cities

This perspective-shifting short film follows Phil Waterworth, the wheelchair-bound urban explorer confronting a lack of accessibility in cities like Sheffield.

  • Culture
  • Alex King

In Photos: London’s young riders take over the city for Bikestormz

Thousands of London’s most talented riders stormed the capital this weekend calling for bikes up, knives down.

  • Photography
  • Alex King

India’s bodybuilding boom reflects a nation flexing its muscles

Huck’s debut feature documentary reveals how young Indian men are willing to turn their backs on tradition and compete for a better life – even if it means sacrificing their health.

  • Culture
  • Alex King

Finding redemption at the bars

Directed by Spencer Murphy, The Bars celebrates a community that has grown up around bar parks made from knives recovered from the streets of London by charity Steel Warriors.

  • Huck Presents
  • Alex King

Saddling up with Texas’ Creole trail riders

The Texas Regulators are a women-led trail riding group who celebrate zydeco music, Creole heritage and African-American cowboy culture in America’s Deep South.

  • Huck Presents
  • Alex King

In Photos: Finland’s folk ice swimming fanatics

To survive their savage winter, many Finns swear by the miraculous benefits of Avanto: cutting an ice hole on a frozen lake and taking a dip.

  • Photography
  • Alex King

Inside Ukraine’s queer resistance

Since Russia’s full-scale invasion, Ukraine’s queer community has been fighting back on many fronts, from art to activism and rave culture.

  • Activism
  • Alex King

The trans boxer fighting to open up combat sports for queer people

Trans boxers are banned from licensed fights in England, so Jill Leflour is going blow-for-blow to end trans exclusion in sport.

  • Huck Presents
  • Alex King

The Brussels festival dismantling the stigma around sex work

Belgium became the first European country to decriminalise sex work, thanks in part to SNAP! – a sex worker-run festival fighting for visibility, rights and sexual freedom.

  • Sex Work
  • Alex King

The female skateboarder who became an Alpine shepherdess

Lois Pendlebury was one of the best skaters in the UK. But after injury, she began a new life, high up in the French Alps.

  • Huck Presents
  • Alex King

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