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“Welcome to the Useless Class”: Ewan Morrison in conversation with Irvine Welsh

For Emma — Ahead of the Scottish author’s new novel, he sat down with Irvine Welsh for an in-depth discussion of its dystopic themes, and the upcoming AI “tsunami”.

  • Culture
  • Irvine Welsh

Lewd tales of live sex shows in ’80s Times Square

Peep Man — Before its LED-beaming modern refresh, the Manhattan plaza was a hotbed for seedy transgression. A new memoir revisits its red light district heyday.

  • Culture
  • Miss Rosen

Toussaint Louverture: The Story of the Only Successful Slave Revolt in History

This excerpt from the impassioned and beautifully drawn story of the Haitian revolution, originally by C.L.R. James, is a must read.

  • Verso
  • C.L.R. James

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.

  • Culture
  • Robin Eveleigh

‘You can literally just do it’: Nicola Dinan on intimacy, representation and Bellies

The author of acclaimed novel Bellies talks to Huck about the story’s success, the value of intimacy, and imbuing hardship with humour.

  • Culture
  • Jake Hall

Geoff Rickly's second act

The influential Thursday frontman discusses his debut novel ‘Someone Who Isn’t Me’ – a fictional fever dream based on his real-life experiences with heroin addiction.

  • Books
  • Emma Garland

Mad World: The politics of mental health

In this excerpt from her upcoming book, Micha Frazer-Carroll takes aim at the individualisation of mental health, arguing for radical, political change.

  • Books
  • Micha Frazer-Carroll

Can South African music sustain its influence on the global stage?

As amapiano continues to soundtrack summers around the world, a new book by Lior Phillips provides some much needed context for South Africa’s rich musical legacy.

  • Music
  • Michelle Kambasha

How Trump used organised misogyny to end the right to safe, legal abortion in the US

In this extract from Bodies under Siege, author Siân Norris explores how online communities were weaponised to end the constitutional right to abortion, one year on from the overturning of Roe v Wade

  • Books
  • Siân Norris

How Britain became one of the world's biggest distributors of illegal porn

A new book by Dr. Oliver Carter digs into London's horny history, involving police corruption, dodgy BBC funding and a brutal gangland murder.

  • Books
  • Jak Hutchcraft

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