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How dub became a defining sound of '70s Britain
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How dub became a defining sound of '70s Britain

Bass odyssey — An exhibition at the Museum of London seeks to unearth the cultural and social impact dub music has had on the identity of the capital and to celebrate its pioneers.

Written by: Daisy Schofield

A visual diary of Black artists coming of age in the '90s
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A visual diary of Black artists coming of age in the '90s

Living to create — After acquiring a Polaroid camera, photographer Lyle Ashton Harris began capturing a transformative period of his life as a young artist studying at Cal Arts.

Written by: Miss Rosen

‘I almost got vocal lessons, Björk said “Don’t do it!”’
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‘I almost got vocal lessons, Björk said “Don’t do it!”’

Tricky in conversation — Ahead of the release of his new EP, Fall to Pieces, trip-hop pioneer Tricky chats to Huck about living in Berlin and why his sound has always defied expectation.

Written by: Paul Hanford

An unflinching portrait of 1980s Birmingham
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An unflinching portrait of 1980s Birmingham

Back to Brummie — In the late 1980s, photographer Richard Davis set forth documenting Birmingham's working-class neighbourhoods and spotlighting injustices that were too often ignored.

Written by: Miss Rosen

Inside a vibrant '90s Kingston dancehall community
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Inside a vibrant '90s Kingston dancehall community

No Gyal Can Test — Photographer Akeem Smith, who grew up between Brooklyn and Jamaica, has spent much of his life chronicling the creative spirit of dancehall and his archive forms a love letter to the culture that raised him.

Written by: Miss Rosen

Huck 74: The Action Issue
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Huck 74: The Action Issue

Out now! — In times like these, the act of making something happen for yourself has never felt more urgent. Our latest print instalment celebrates doing just that – spotlighting the people moving to transform their worlds for the better.

Written by: Huck

Vintage portraits of Harlem street style
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Vintage portraits of Harlem street style

Hustle and bustle — Photographer Martine Barrat remembers New York at the height of the crack and AIDS epidemics and the dignity of communities fighting to survive.

Written by: Miss Rosen

Can being a musician make you sick?
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Can being a musician make you sick?

Facing the music — We speak to the authors of a new book which interrogates why musicians are three times more likely to have anxiety or depression.

Written by: Jeremy Allen

Photos exploring the cost of the American dream
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Photos exploring the cost of the American dream

Welcome to Santa Barbara — When photographer Diana Markosian was younger, her mother whisked her away from Moscow to America to start a new life. In a new book, Markosian pieces together those memories.

Written by: Miss Rosen

The young hackers transforming rural China
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The young hackers transforming rural China

Blockchain Chicken Farm — In their new book, author and technologist Xiaowei Wang meets the residents of a place often left out of Silicon Valley narratives who are building their own high-tech future.

Written by: Josh Gabert-Doyon

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