Michael Fordham
Tell Spring Not to Come This Year
Filmmaker switches perspective on Afghan conflict — Documentary gets deep inside the motivations of a small band of embattled Afghan brothers
Written by: Michael Fordham
Gore! Custom Bikes! Hairy Bears!
Maxwell Paternoster's art draws together disparate threads of weirdness — Machines, freaked out beardy daddies and gore are the subject matter for the UK based artist who has been popping up at the unexpected intersection of motorbikes, skate and surf culture. We shoot the breeze with Maxwell....
Written by: Michael Fordham
Geoff Rowley's words of wisdom from a life in skate
Things I Learned Along The Way — When Geoff Rowley came to skate culture consciousness in the early 1990s he was a byword for gnarly. He went bigger than everybody. He went harder than everybody. The whole package came with that trademark scouse accent, the ragged dental rack and wispy moustache and an attitude that encompassed the street skate aesthetic of the time.
Written by: Michael Fordham
Stone Roses Gig: 25th anniversary of a seminal moment in rave culture
Spike Island 25 years on — 25th anniversary of Spike Island – a gig in the Mersey Estuary where house and indie culture fused.
Written by: Michael Fordham
Incredible points, reefs and beaches along a bloody stretch of Irish coast
Surfing in former battlegrounds — Prince Charles visits Mullaghmore, a new spot for Irish surfing, and we consider its troubled history.
Written by: Michael Fordham
The BBC's click-bait footage of an ISIS attack reeks of propaganda
Iraq coalition mission near Mosul — Helicopters bomb Northern Iraq and we're all meant to feel great about our new government?
Written by: Michael Fordham
Is democracy a religion that has failed the poor?
The illusion of empowerment — After the disappointment of the UK's election result, Dr Giles Fraser wonders if elections are just an elaborate charade to maintain the status quo.
Written by: Alex King
England’s Dreaming: Reflections on the UK General Election
Where WERE the politics? — Huck’s editor-at-large Michael Fordham reflects on an emotional election day journey around London, finding politics altogether absent.
Written by: Michael Fordham
Photographer Dennis McGrath on Skateboarder Lenny Kirk
New book: Heaven — Photographer of the demonised Dennis McGrath releases new book Heaven about skateboarder Lenny Kirk.
Written by: Michael Fordham
What is Russell Brand doing interviewing Ed Miliband?
Labour chief appears on The Trews — Michael Fordham explains this unlikely meeting shows how fragmented our political circus has become.
Written by: Michael Fordham
