Han Nightingale
Inside Kazakhstan’s secret drag scene
The gay club in Astana, Kazakhstan is unassuming, hidden behind a plain door in one of the city’s many Soviet-era housing blocks. Inside, it’s the centre of an entire community.
Written by: Isobel Knight
Hard Feelings: Larry June
The San Franscican rapper talks homelessness, hustling and healing in the latest edition of our column on fatherhood and masculinity.
Written by: Robert Kazandjian
Welcome to Club Huck
Introducing our membership programme – where you can support independent, global journalism from the fringes.
Written by: HUCK HQ
Bread binned: the true number of slices wasted
One of Britain’s best bakers explains why we need to rebuild our relationship with loaves.
Written by: David Wright
What happens when you leave a crime gang
From gun fights in her flat to wrapping pebs and running county lines, Danielle Marin had seen it all, but she needed out. Here's how she did it.
Written by: Robin Eveleigh
Hard Feelings: Gabriel Krauze
In a new column about fatherhood and masculinity, we speak to the author about emotional availability, the immigrant experience and more.
Written by: Robert Kazandjian
What ‘Barbie’ and ‘Oppenheimer’ have in common
Or; why the master's tools will never dismantle the master's house.
Written by: Ben Smoke
The queer activists reclaiming Norse myth from the far-right
Make vikings gay again — At the Capitol riots, one figure stood out from the crowd: the QAnon Shaman, covered in tattoos of Norse symbols. White supremacy and Norse myth have long been interconnected – but a community of LGBTQ+ activists and allies are fighting to save this noble tradition from hate.
Written by: Poppy Koronka
The Facebook group where it‘s always 2009
#TBT — While the rest of the world entered the uncertainty of 2021, in recent months, hundreds of thousands of Facebook users have signed up to groups that offer an escape from our current times.
Written by: Andrew Lloyd
