Ben Smoke
Refugee Week 2023: Editor's Letter
To celebrate Refugee Week 2023, we've collated a series of pieces from the archives that explore themes of compassion, resilience and resistance.
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Who’s paying for the UK’s cost of living crisis?
Using insight gleaned from original data analysis, Huck drills deeper into the biggest drop in living standards in decades to understand its impact on real people in real time.
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Is Eastbourne the centre of the cost of living crisis?
After Huck analysis revealed that Eastbourne saw the highest number of Trussell Trust food parcels distributed per capita, we went down to the seaside town to find out what's going on.
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The true cost of living in Britain in 2023
Introducing 'At What Cost?' – our new series delving into the heart of the cost of living crisis to highlight the people most at risk, and some of those fighting back.
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Royalists, rozzers and rain: Charles III Coronation in pictures
Photographer Theo McInness captures a day of contradictions in London, as Royalists celebrate and peaceful protesters face crackdowns from the police.
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The film exposing decades of police brutality
We talk to filmmaker Sierra Pettengill about her new documentary 'Riotsville, U.S.A', which explores the 1967 summer of uprisings, the devastating aftermath, and the decisions that set the country on the path it’s on today.
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Jeremy Corbyn isn't going anywhere
“I was elected to do a job" – The veteran MP talks Labour leadership, Parliament, the left and the future in a wide-ranging interview with Ben Smoke.
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Blood and bin fires: Paris's pension protests in photos
Amid nationwide strikes and unrest, photographer Ryan Thomas captures the people's response to the French government's controversial pension reform bill.
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The fight against the refugee ban will be won in the streets
Thousands gathered outside Parliament this week to protest the Tories' new Illegal Migration Bill, which is being met with widespread backlash from human rights organisations to football pundits.
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Photos revealing the reality of childbirth without clean water
A new exhibition open this International Women's Day shines a light on the stories of mothers and babies in Malawi’s Ntchisi District, who were previously impacted by dirty water, poor sanitation and a lack of hygiene in health centres.
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