Huck 50

Music

Why community is everything for Thurston Moore

Heart of the scene — The former Sonic Youth frontman Thurston Moore found craziness and creativity, but most importantly community, when he arrived in New York City at the height of punk.

Written by: Interview by Shelley Jones

Reportage

DIY radio station Follow Me are bringing independent music to Russia's unsuspecting ears

The Digital Radio Duo — Russian radio DJs Tatyana Andrianova and Mihail Rezvan are championing new independent music in Moscow and beyond.

Written by: Tom Fenwick

Culture

Meet the tech entrepreneur helping travellers see the world through locals’ eyes

The Travel Guru — Through travel website triip.me, Ha Lam is changing the way we explore by letting locals show tourists around their city.

Written by: Rob Boffard

Culture

How coder Zach Sims realised his dream of never working for anyone

The DIY Coder — Zach Sims founded Codecademy so that anyone could learn to code and ended up learning some valuable lessons of his own.

Written by: Rob Boffard

Culture

Nupur Joshi Thanks is waking up India to the indie publishing revolution

The Magazine Evangelist — Paper Planes Founder Nupur Joshi Thanks is reviving print by introducing India to the joys of boutique magazines.

Written by: Rob Boffard

Culture

How filmmaker Rob Brown ignored formal education to perfect his craft

The Indie Filmmaker — Writer-director Rob Brown has walked a twisting path to independent filmmaking.

Written by: Jack Kenyon

Activism

Bia Granja, Brazil’s Internet Queen, is using online culture to change the world

The Internet Expert — São Paulo’s Bia Granja is helping social media fulfil its promise as a revolutionary force by bringing online communities together in real life.

Written by: Russel Slater

Photography

Huck’s best portraits of 2015

Faces that shaped our world — Twenty-six of the best portraits from a year of privileged glimpses into extraordinary lives.

Written by: Alex King

Surf

Surfer Kassia Meador found herself when she stopped focusing on one thing

Like spinning plates — As a surfer, photographer, designer and creative entrepreneur, Kassia Meador had too much to juggle in her life - but watching a California desert sunrise helped everything fall into place.

Written by: Alex King

Culture

"My first novel was shit, but it taught me how to write."

We Don’t Know What We’re Doing — It took Thomas Morris three years to write the book of his dreams. Then he scrapped it, sat down, and wrote the truth.

Written by: Thomas Morris

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