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.
Written by: 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.
Written by: 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.
Written by: 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.
Written by: 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.
Written by: 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.
Written by: 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.
Written by: 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.
Written by: Alex King
An intimate portrait of East London’s underground music scene
Short film The Rest Is Noise explores how to stand out and be heard in the capital’s ever-changing musical landscape.
Written by: Alex King
The designer creating unique sneakers from fashion industry waste
Zero-waste pioneers Helen Kirkum and Discarded Spirits Co. come together to create custom sneakers, inspired by the waste ingredients within Discarded’s award-winning spirits.
Written by: Alex King
Unruly portraits of punks at Blackpool’s Rebellion Festival 2023
Photographer Spencer Murphy explores punk’s enduring role in British culture and why we need its rebellious ethos more than ever right now.
Written by: Alex King
The Iranian motorbike champion fighting gender discrimination
Behnaz Shafiei is racing, not just for the chequered flag, but to overturn misogyny worldwide.
Written by: Alex King