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In photos: The newsagents keeping print alive

Save the stands — With Huck 83 hitting shelves around the world, we met a few people who continue to stock print magazines, defying an enduringly tough climate for physical media and the high street.

  • Huck 83: Life Is A Journey Issue
  • Ella Glossop

Activists hack London billboards to call out big tech harm

Tax Big Tech: With UK youth mental health services under strain, guerrilla billboards across the capital accuse social media companies of profiting from a growing crisis.

  • Activism
  • Ella Glossop

‘We’re going to stop you’: House Against Hate tap Ben UFO, Greentea Peng and Shygirl for anti-far right protest

R3 Soundsystem — It takes place on March 28 in London’s Trafalgar Square, with a huge line-up of DJs, artists and crews named on the line-up.

  • Activism
  • Ella Glossop

Riding out with Mac & Matteo

Warm shoulder — Cycling around London with his cat on his shoulder, balaclava-donning youth worker Mac is challenging society’s perceptions of people who look and dress like him. Molly Lipson chats to him about trauma, fatherhood and using his platform as a feline influencer for good.

  • Activism
  • Molly Lipson

Proscription of Palestine Action as terrorist organisation ruled unlawful by High Court

Oppose genocide — The group has called it a “monumental victory”, while the UK government has said that it will appeal the ruling.

  • Activism
  • Ella Glossop

What went down at the London screening of STEPS: Deo Kato’s Run for Justice

Cape Town to Shoreditch — Taking place at Rich Mix, the evening featured a Q&A with the runner himself and Huck’s Phil Young, as well as plenty of community connection.

  • The Outsiders Project
  • Ella Glossop

Trans swimmers can continue to use Hampstead ponds, High Court rules

Swim on — It follows a legal challenge by gender critical advocacy group Sex Matters, while a major public consultation showed overwhelming support for keeping the ponds trans-inclusive.

  • Activism
  • Ella Glossop
Performer with long dreadlocks singing into microphone, wearing white mesh vest and black shorts on stage.

No charges over Bob Vylan Glastonbury IDF chants, police confirm

Case closed — The investigation has been dropped, with Avon and Somerset Police saying that it did not meet the threshold for prosecution.

  • Music
  • Ella Glossop
Concert venue with crowd silhouettes, orange stage lighting, exposed ceiling beams, and "MERRELL" sign visible on back wall.

In photos: The UK’s first trail-running powered club night

Trail Sonified – Staged in a car park on the edge of the Lake District, Merrell turned data gathered from athletes into a full-blown party at Kendal Mountain Festival, in a collision of underground music and overground sport.

  • Music
  • Ella Glossop
Railway station platform with large NHS parasites warning poster and Google search advertisement on brick wall. People waiting below.

100 London advertising sites hacked to protest mass consumerism

Tax wealth — Created by anonymous artist network Brandalism, the action comes ahead of Black Friday, when UK shoppers are expected to spend £6.5 billion as brands run discounted sales of their products.

  • Activism
  • Ella Glossop

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