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How much would it cost to swing a cat in your neighbourhood?

London's housing crisis is ridiculous. Period. — If you want to buy enough space to swing a cat in London, you're going to need big wads of cash. Find out how much it would cost in your neighbourhood.

  • Travel
  • Alex Taylor

At The Gates Of Europe playlist

Cultural icons with immigrant roots — As Europe much of works itself into a frenzy over immigration, we celebrate our favourite immigrant musicians and their amazing contributions to culture.

  • Magazine
  • Alex Taylor

The Iceland sounds playlist

Secret Solstice Festival tips — If our Reykjavik city guide got you aching to fly north, make sure you plan your trip to hit the awesome Secret Solstice Festival in June 2015.

  • Magazine
  • Alex Taylor

What to expect from Patti Smith's new book and some of her best hits

New book: M Train — The queen of the New York underground is back with another autobiographical book after her 2010 bestseller Just Kids.

  • Music
  • Alex Taylor

Australian band Pond on the revival of psychedelia

Heavy, riffy blues to funkadelic — The Perth four-piece chat to us about the different ends of the psychedelic spectrum after their performance at Rough Trade East in London.

  • Music
  • Alex Taylor

Everything you need to know about Oscar-winning Polish filmmaker Paweł Pawlikowski

Unearthing the back catalogue — A trip through the films of Polish auteur Pawel Pawlikowski to celebrate his recent Oscar win for coming-of-age film Ida.

  • Film
  • Alex Taylor

Canadian winters, communist wars and late-90s inertia: Meet post-punk band Viet Cong

On tour in London — Canadian four-piece Viet Cong, featuring former Women and Chad VanGaalen musicians, reveal some of the motivations behind their controversial output.

  • Music
  • Alex Taylor

Huck’s Most Popular Reads, Feb 22-28, 2015

A roundup of the hottest stories on the site this week — Winter's waning. Scan these stories, back away from the screen and get outside with the confidence you know what you need to.

  • Culture
  • Alex Taylor

Pussy Riot’s new song pays tribute to Eric Garner

‘I Can’t Breathe’ with Richard Hell — Russian punk activists release their first English song, with help from Nick Zimmer of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and the legend that is Richard Hell.

  • Top Picks
  • Alex Taylor

That awkward moment when everyone finds out a 13-year-old girl wrote your best quote

The plagiarisers list of shame — A 13-year-old-girl was recently unmasked as the real author of a popular John Green quote. Embarrassing. But Green joins a long list of notorious plagiarisers, including Vladmir Putin, Jonah Lehrer and Brian Williams.

  • Culture
  • Alex Taylor

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