Contributions from Shelley Jones | Huck
Huck

Shelley Jones

UK's most radical filmmaker Ken Loach has an important message for voters

There is an alternative — The gap between rich and poor has never been so great. Auteur of radical thought Ken Loach wants us to take a stand against it and create a united left.

  • Activism
  • Ella Ackroyd

Happy Birthday Charlie Chaplin and 5 reasons why the tramp is more relevant than ever

126 years of cinema — Over a century ago Charlie Chaplin was more radical in entertainment, politics, cinema and comedy than most of the controversial stars working today.

  • Film
  • Shelley Jones

This is what a year of skateboarding in London looks like

New book: Of London — New photo book, featuring all the London greats, is a blow-by-blow account of skateboarding in an ever-changing city.

  • Skate
  • Shelley Jones

I interviewed my dad about Tracey Emin's 'My Bed'

Hype or brilliance? — British artist Tracey Emin is showing her messy bed, which was bought for £2.5million last year, at the Tate Britain for the first time in 15 years. I called my dad to see what he thinks about it all.

  • Art
  • Shelley Jones

If grime is the soundtrack of London street culture, Air Max is the uniform

Mini doc on the birth of a style — Mini documentary Air Max – The Uniform explores the evolution of style and sound in London street culture.

  • London
  • Shelley Jones

A personal account of living with Ebola in Sierra Leone

by photojournalist Michael Duff — Photojournalist Michael Duff shares his experiences of Ebola – the most severe acute public health emergency of modern times – in his adopted hometown of Freetown, Sierra Leone.

  • Reportage
  • Shelley Jones

RIP Sidewalk mag (in print)

20 years of UK skateboarding — Britain's oldest skateboarding magazine draws the curtain on its print edition.

  • Skate
  • Shelley Jones

Best new music of the month

March 2015 in tunes — Springtime releases from rappers like Kendrick Lamar and Earl Sweatshirt and indie-rockers Modest Mouse and Sufjan Stevens.

  • Music
  • Shelley Jones

The health guru who lied about having cancer and other righteous fakers

Truth or glory? — Investigators cast aspersions on The Whole Pantry founder Belle Gibson, who claimed she survived brain cancer by changing her diet, but she is not the first to fake it to make it.

  • Opinion
  • Shelley Jones

Best moments from Season 4 of Lena Dunham's Girls

All the ups and downs — Dancing at undergrad frat parties in Iowa, getting piercings with school kids and having deep and meaningfuls in laundromats.

  • Film
  • Shelley Jones

Huck is supported by our readers, subscribers and Club Huck+ members. It is also made possible by sponsorship from:
Black and white O'Neill logo in a bold, stylised font against a black background.
You've read articles this month Thanks for reading

Join Club Huck — it's free!

Valued Huck reader, thank you for engaging with our journalism and taking an interest in our dispatches from the sharp edge of culture, sport, music and rebellion.

We want to offer you the chance to join Club Huck [it's free!] where you will receive exclusive newsletters, including personal takes on the state of pop culture and media from columnist Emma Garland, culture recommendations, interviews and dispatches straight to your inbox.

You'll also get priority access to Huck events, merch discounts, and more fun surprises.

Already part of the club? Enter your email above and we'll get you logged in.