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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.

  • Huck Presents
  • 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.

  • Discarded Spirits Co.
  • 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.

  • Punk
  • Alex King

The Iranian motorbike champion fighting gender discrimination

Behnaz Shafiei is racing, not just for the chequered flag, but to overturn misogyny worldwide.

  • Huck 79
  • Alex King

In photos: Queer style and self expression at Body Movements festival

Exclusive images of joyous celebration of London’s queer community, captured by photographers Zenhofer and Courteney Frisby.

  • Photography
  • Alex King

The Black seaweed farmer growing a new life on the Scottish Isles

Farming is the least diverse occupation in the UK. But permaculturalist Alexander Thompson-Byer is determined to show that everyone can make a living from the land.

  • Outsiders Project
  • Alex King

Documenting the effects of war on life along the Polish-Ukrainian border

Photographer Tommy Sussex captures the anxieties and fragile sense of peace for local people along Poland’s border with Ukraine and Belarus.

  • Photography
  • Alex King

The queer fighters on the frontlines in Ukraine

A new film by Huck reveals the experiences of queer Ukrainians forced to defend their country and the LGBTQ+ community after Russia’s full-scale invasion.

  • Huck Docs
  • Alex King

How sex workers are fighting back against online deplatforming

The #StopDeletingUs campaign is resisting a mass wave of deletions of sex positive accounts and arguing for fairer moderation of sexual content online.

  • Activism
  • Alex King

Meet the queer fighters Of Ukraine

Watch a sneak peak of Huck Docs’ forthcoming film on the LGBTQ+ Ukrainians fighting for community and their country amid Russia’s full-scale war.

  • Huck Docs
  • Alex King

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