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The Bristol Cable: A community-run newspaper holding power to account

Taking back the media — The Bristol Cable is a media co-operative shaking up local news with hard-hitting investigative journalism.

  • Print
  • Alex King

Five things we learned from Assemble collective

Taking community to the next dimension — Turner Prize-winning Assemble collective’s Mat Leung changed how we think about community in a thought-provoking panel discussion with science fiction writer and futurist Madeline Ashby and new communication technologies expert Sarah Kember at Manchester’s FutureEverything festival.

  • Art
  • Alex King

In Pictures: Coming of age as a Sudanese refugee in Australia

Embracing a new life, preserving your heritage — Coming of age is hard, no matter how or where it happens. But for thousands of young people from South Sudan, growing up in Australia has been tantamount to a fresh start – an opportunity to forge new friendships, ambitions and identities.

  • Activism
  • Shannon Jensen

In Pictures: The hidden communities of remote Vietnam

The cultures left out of the travel brochures — After quitting his job and settling in Vietnam, the photographer Réhahn set about documenting the nation's 56 different ethnic groups. Four years later, his resulting work has formed a striking new photo book.

  • Photography
  • Adam White

Welcome to Nimbin: The Outback town fighting for a unique way of life

Defying corporate Australia — The small hippy town of Nimbin leads Australia’s ecological movement. But can they protect their alternative community from tourism and gentrification?

  • Photography
  • Harriet Campbell

How skateboarding is helping to revitalise a village in rural India

Skating, educating and building community — Author, futurist and community activist Ulrike Reinhard founded Janwaar Castle to reinvigorate a rural village through skateboarding.

  • Skate
  • Alex King

Everything you need to know about Turner Prize winners Assemble

Changing the art world one street at a time — Huck takes a look at Assemble collective, who transformed a run down area of Liverpool through a community-driven social enterprise workshop.

  • Culture
  • George Kafka

What’s the future for public art?

The days of roundabout baubles are numbered — Great public art challenges authority and forces us to rethink our relationship with the world around us, says Claire Doherty, author of Public Art (Now).

  • Art
  • Alex King

Burning Man reimagined in South America

AurorA Argentina — We spoke to festival co-founder Mauricio Matheus about recreating the Burning Man concept for the southern hemisphere, in a country gripped by a worsening economic crisis.

  • Burning Man
  • Alex King

Austin Kleon

Show Your Work — Good work is all about process, artist and author Austin Kleon says. Share your process and it will bring you closer to your audience. He's inspired Huck to launch a new series "Show Your Work" and we want you to be involved.

  • Art
  • D'Arcy Doran

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