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Secret Garden Party is the first UK festival to introduce official drug testing service

What’s in your baggy? — Secret Garden Party festival offered festivalgoers the opportunity to have their drugs tested to help avoid overdoses and poisonings.

Written by: Alex King

Art

Photo collective Tripod City are capturing Ghana's Art renaissance

Africa's iconoclasts — A new wave of young Ghanaian artists are questioning religious traditions and finding a voice, while at the same time making art on the street. Photo collective Tripod City have been getting to know what it's really like to be in Ghana in 2016.

Written by: Max Gayler

Culture

The indie festival created for your mind, not your wallet

The brains behind Brainchild — As a 19-year-old student daunted by a lack of artistic outlets, Marina Blake launched an independent festival with a difference - creating a melting pot of collaboration designed to inspire.

Written by: Hanna Duggal

Music

Rag N’ Bone Man: The MC building a refuge for his past loves

Talking inspiration, former flames and a debut album — Raised on a diet of Steptoe and Sons and blues music in a small Sussex village, Rag N’ Bone Man doesn’t exactly fit the normal picture of an MC. But digging deeper reveals Rory Graham is a true hip hop renaissance man.

Written by: Robbie Wojciechowski

Art

Moritz Stefaner: The data visualisation artist playing with the future

Spreadsheets won’t save us — Moritz Stefaner’s Project Ukko turns climate and wind data into an immersive art installation that allows viewers to explore the future of the planet.

Written by: Alex King

Photography

Why did Lina Hashim secretly photograph Muslim couples having sex?

Transgressions in the dark — Iraqi-Danish photographer Lina Hashim’s provocative Unlawful Meetings series explores secret sexual encounters which overstep Islam's boundaries.

Written by: Alex King

Travel

Pristina Film Festival are fighting for homegrown cinema

The Insider's Guide: Pristina, Kosovo — Local filmmakers are stepping over the barriers and finding ways to celebrate Kosovan films.

Written by: Freddie Reynolds

Festival

The must-see sounds, sights and eats at Wilderness Festival

2015 Festival Preview — Wilderness' sweeping carnival of arts, music, food and bacchanalia returns to the heart of a mystic English forest. With hundreds of offerings to choose from, here's what not to miss.

Written by: Huck HQ

Top Picks

A merry fortress of alternative music at Citadel Festival

Field Notes — The first ever Citadel Festival announced its presence with a glittering lineup and good vibes in East London’s Victoria Park.

Written by: Ricardo Miguel Vieira

Culture

Huck’s editor asks if magazines can change the world

Stories of change — Huck’s editor Andrea Kurland speaks at Tate Modern’s How to Change the World discussion, Saturday July 25.

Written by: HUCK HQ

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