Magazine
In photos: The newsagents keeping print alive
Save the stands — With Huck 83 hitting shelves around the world, we met a few people who continue to stock print magazines, defying an enduringly tough climate for physical media and the high street.
Written by: Ella Glossop
Huck’s 20th Anniversary Issue, Wu-Tang Clan is here
Life is a Journey — Fronted by the legendary Wu-Tang Clan’s spiritual leader RZA, we explore the space in between beginnings and endings, and the things we learn along the way.
Written by: Huck
Tech once promised connection. Print magazines are delivering it
Touch paper — After years of retrenchment in the journalism and media industry, physical magazines are making a comeback. In Real Life Media founder Megan Wray Schertler diagnoses the state of the industry, while explaining the radical history of print and why we need it today.
Written by: Megan Wray Schertler
Huck 82: The Music Issue is here
Give Me Space — Introducing our latest music themed issue, covered by Kojey Radical.
Written by: Josh Jones
India’s bodybuilding boom reflects a nation flexing its muscles
Huck’s debut feature documentary reveals how young Indian men are willing to turn their backs on tradition and compete for a better life – even if it means sacrificing their health.
Written by: Alex King
Inside the indie print revolution: How to make your own magazine
With some of the world’s most prominent publishers facing difficulty and announcing layoffs, you’d be forgiven for thinking the publishing industry was on its last legs. In fact, the modern landscape is full of possibility.
Written by: Lydia Morrish
Inside Ireland’s first queer Gaelic football team
Wear your colours — As the country slowly frees itself from the grip of social conservatism, its national sports are modernising too, powered by a new generation of athletes and fans determined to create more inclusive spaces. At the forefront of this movement is Na Gaeil Aeracha, the country’s first ever queer GAA club.
Written by: Róisín Lanigan
Huck Issue 77 is out now
It’s Mitski season — Our new magazine is here, starring the inimitable Mitski. Order your copy now and join us on a trip around the world.
Written by: Niall Flynn
The daredevil exploits of Dhanbad’s DIY stuntmen
Lift off — In Jharkhand state, a group of Indian riders are keeping a dying tradition alive. Welcome to the Death Well: a gravity-defying display of fearlessness that reimagines what’s possible on a two-wheeled machine.
Written by: Niall Flynn
The radical history of Paris b-boy culture is under threat
Break away — Born in the Bronx back in the ’70s, breakdancing later found a similar home in the banlieues of Paris, where marginalised communities adopted the style as a vessel for protest. In 2024, it will feature as an Olympic sport for the first time – but what does this mean for its radical roots?
Written by: Peter Yeung
Nubya Garcia is a musician pushing the limits of genre
Future sound — As a leading light in the lauded London jazz scene, the Camden-born artist has helped shape one of the most exciting musical movements to spring out of the city in the past decade. Now that the world is beginning to reopen, she is determined to pick up where she left off: driving things forward, and uplifting others to do the same.
Written by: Natty Kasambala
Zarah Sultana is fighting for a better, bolder world
The time is now — Elected in 2019 at the age of just 26, the MP for Coventry South has spent her short time in Parliament establishing herself as one of the British Left’s next great hopes, standing tall as a frequent and vocal scourge of the status quo. But how did she arrive here?
Written by: Ben Smoke
