Culture
Fading glory: Inside the North’s forgotten dog racing scene
‘A massive dysfunctional family’ — Once an integral part of Newcastle’s cultural heritage, whippet racing is now facing extinction. Here, we pay tribute to one of Northern England’s most novel subcultures.
Written by: Dominique Sisley
Is there a connection between skating and creativity?
We Can Fly — Fed up with academia's dismissal of skateboarding, teacher Kelli Watson set out to document the unexplored side of the skate scene.
Written by: Biju Belinky
Why I shred: The creative power of destruction
Rip it up and start again — Ever felt like tearing an idea to pieces? London artist Cara Mills feeds her imagination into a giant shredding machine, which then spits it out in a pile of snowflakes. In this episode of Heightened Senses, a collaborative video series between Huck and Canvas, she shows us how thinking outside the box can liberate your creativity.
Written by: Rudy O'Brien
The Travel Diary: Exploring the brutalist backstreets of Split
What you see along the way — ‘Split 3’ is a large, concrete complex built during the ’70s and ’80s, back when Croatia was still part of Yugoslavia. Now, it stands as a symbol of the city’s communist history.
Written by: Vedran Kolac
Loads of photos of queer people kissing
In your face — Snogging? Necking? Smooching? Pulling? Making out? Call it what you like and pucker up with these pics.
Written by: Michael Segalov
Steve McCurry’s beautiful, haunting portraits of Afghanistan
Four decades of history — Conflict, colonialism and tribal rivalry: Steve McCurry’s iconic photographs show the unseen side of the country.
Written by: Dominique Sisley
A photographer's chaotic path toward realising his dream
Reflections from the frontline — As Ukraine erupted in conflict, Brendan Hoffman jumped on the next flight – confronting his own shattered reality in the process.
Written by: Brendan Hoffman
Celebrating the grime and glamour of NYC’s beaches
Far, Far Rockaway — Photographer Simon Eeles captures the colour, eccentricity and diversity of Rockaway in his latest personal project.
Written by: Dominique Sisley
The hippie activist who became a game-changing scientist
13 questions for a brilliant mind — After selling over a million copies of his breakthrough book Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, Carlo Rovelli has been hailed as 'the man who makes physics sexy'. But beyond all the accolades, he’s just a humble dude trying to figure out life.
Written by: Cian Traynor
The dark, gritty underbelly of the post-Soviet east
Absurd in Abkhazia — After finding his first camera in a skip, Petr Barabakaa has been photographing the streets as only a skater could: fleeting and accident prone.
Written by: Ellie Howard
