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The dark world of forced deportation
All you need to know — Earlier this week, Swedish student Elin Ersson went viral for halting the deportation of a 52-year-old Afghani man. But this was a tiny part of a much bigger, and more sinister, story.
Written by: Ben Smoke
A brief history of Tories being bad at social media
Digital deficencies — The Conservative Party are not very good at social media. Following Amber Rudd’s recent Partridge-esque Twitter video, we revisit some of our favourite examples of Tories on the internet.
Written by: Niall Flynn
The internet’s forgotten shit pics are accidentally amazing
Abandoned images — To relieve the boredom of his day job, Doug Battenhausen has been mining defunct websites for years – harvesting long-discarded gems from the bottom of the web.
Written by: Cian Traynor
Celebrating the visual stories of marginalised communities
Elevated voices — Launched in May this year as a collaboration between Getty and Array Alliance, the Getty Images ARRAY Grant awards storytellers who challenge dominant narratives.
Written by: HUCK HQ
Citizen volunteers respond to horrific Athens forest fires
The path of destruction — We head to Mati, where hundreds of humanitarian volunteers have joined relief efforts after Greece’s most deadly wildfires in a decade.
Written by: Alex King
Never before seen photos from Malick Sidibé’s archive
Love power peace — The legendary photographer, who is known for his stylish documentation of Mali in the ’60s, is being celebrated in a new exhibition at New York’s Jack Shainman Gallery.
Written by: Miss Rosen
Huck 66: The Attitude Issue
Out now! — This issue is all about determination – to reject the status quo, to rise above the noise or just to forge your own path in life.
Written by: HUCK HQ
In football, multiculturalism only works when you win
The World Cup fallout — As a diverse French team lifted the World Cup trophy, it would have been easy to declare international football as the pinnacle of multiculturalism and tolerance. However, according to German footballer Mesut Özil, “immigrants” are only accepted when the going is good.
Written by: Benjamin Cook
The story of Stanley Kubrick’s go-to problem-solver
An unsung hero — Leon Vitali gave up a promising acting career to serve the vision of his favourite director, swapping glamour and accolades for a gruelling life in the background. Now that a new documentary finally lends a voice to Kubrick's right-hand man, he insists that it was all worth it.
Written by: Cian Traynor
Braving the cold with Hampstead’s women swimmers
Remember winter? — Shot over two successive winters, Alice Zoo’s Swimmers series documents the women who swim at Hampstead Heath Ladies Pond year-round, in water temperatures as low as -1 Celsius.
Written by: Eva Clifford
