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Talking Mental Health — Huck is exploring the impact that the coronavirus pandemic is having on different communities – and on our mental health. In the first instalment, Emily Reynolds investigates how the repercussions of lockdown have affected freelance writers.

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  • Emily Reynolds

‘Preppers have gone from tin hat loonies to visionaries’

Survival lessons — UK survivalist Steve Hart has spent 40 years preparing for every potential disaster the human race might face. So how does he fare in a pandemic?

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  • Theo McInnes

Life after lockdown: will London ever be the same?

The disappearing city — The city has changed immeasurably during the coronavirus crisis, with the future more uncertain than ever. In a special edition of her Disappearing City column, writer Jessica Furseth explores both the short and long-term effects of the pandemic.

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  • Jessica Furseth

Inside Lagos’s underground queer clubbing scene

It’s been six years since homosexuality was effectively criminalised in Nigeria. Despite this, LGBTQ people in the country are still finding ways to meet, hook up and have fun.

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  • Vincent Desmond

Somewhere to go: the fight for London’s queer spaces

The disappearing city — The capital has lost 58 per cent of its LGBTQ+ venues in the past decade. These spaces are vital, as a recent rise in hate crime makes painfully clear – but how much longer can they survive?

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  • Jessica Furseth

Higher planes: when rave culture and spiritualism collide

Soul power — Some ardent ravers view the practice as a vessel to connect with something larger than themselves. But can a night at Berghain ever result in genuine transcendence – or are efforts to link modern raving with ancient ritualism way off the mark?

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  • Miriam Malek

The aftermath of Australia’s devastating bushfires

What now? — This summer saw one of the most intense and destructive fire seasons in the country’s history. But once the gaze of global news departs, how does the community carry on?

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  • Alistair Klinkenberg

Look out: facial recognition has finally come to London

What you need to know — This week, the Metropolitan police began its first live deployment of the controversial technology in the capital. We headed to Stratford to see the rollout.

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  • Peter Yeung

Meet Saoirse McHugh, Ireland’s new green hope

The centre cannot hold — ‘There’s always something to fight for’: Ahead of this weekend’s general election, the Irish Green Party candidate lays out her bold vision for an anti-capitalist, eco-socialist future.

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  • Colin Gannon

Is this what freedom looks like?

Welcome to Brexit Britain — At 11pm on Friday night, Britain left the European Union – and thousands headed to Parliament Square to celebrate. Photographer Theo McInnes was there to capture the crowds.

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