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Meet the pioneers of Palestine’s skateboarding scene

Skateboarding knows no religion — Can non-profit project Skatepal help unite the youth in a divided land?

  • Skate
  • King Adz

Cara Delevingne's X-rated Pepe Jeans ad might not be exactly what you expected

Bad Adz #5 — Notes from the frontlines of cultural co-optation, courtesy of advertising's rogue inside-man, perpetual outsider King Adz.

  • Opinion
  • King Adz

Helena Bonham Carter gets cosy with a giant tuna

Bad Adz #4 — Overfishing sucks. But these Fish Love ads to raise awareness are just plain... fishy. King Adz goes behind the scenes of another off-point campaign.

  • Opinion
  • King Adz

Five things you might not know about 'the man who brought the blues to Britain'

In Search of Rory McEwen — In homage to unsung hero Rory McEwan, writer King Adz curates five things you might not know about the Leadbelly-loving artist.

  • Music
  • King Adz

An Irish jig you can breakdance to! Ad-land’s latest great faux pas

BAD ADZ #3 — Orange juice brand J20 gets their cocktails in a right old mix by throwing breakdancers into an Irish pub. Oh dear, says King Adz, our resident ad-buster.

  • Opinion
  • King Adz

Adidas ropes in ‘Superstars’ to sell the rags-to-riches dream

BAD ADZ #2 — Does a brand as cool as Adidas have to play to the celeb-obsessed? Ad-man King Adz pays homage to the shelltoe he used to know.

  • Opinion
  • King Adz

Argos dabbles in 'street cred' in hyper-plastic ad

BAD ADZ #1 — Notes from the frontlines of cultural co-optation, courtesy of advertising's rogue inside-man, perpetual outsider King Adz.

  • Opinion
  • King Adz

Jerusalem

Insider Guide — Author of Street Knowledge and The Stuff You Can't Bottle King Adz reveals his top spots in the holy city.

  • Travel
  • King Adz

South African Teens

The Next Generation — HUCK takes a journey across the creative plains of new South Africa, eighteen years after the first free elections, and finds out how the next generation see their future.

  • Reportage
  • King Adz

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