England

Music

How to build an entire music empire from scratch

Tips from Stolen Body Records — After feeling constricted by life in his old 9-5, Alex Studer risked it all to launch Stolen Body Records. Now, what started as a DIY company has grown into a Bristolian institution.

Written by: Nathan McLaren-Stewart

Photography

An intimate look at ’70s life in the West Midlands

Shots of suburbia — From car salesmen and butchers to Santa Claus in Tesco: photographer John Myer’s captures the everyday of people in a middle-class commuter town.

Written by: Miss Rosen

Outdoors

Meet the wild climbers of the North York Moors

A dangerous game — For over a decade, Franco Cookson has been roving the treacherous crags and cliffs of the UK national park – pushing himself, and trad climbing, into dangerous new realms.

Written by: Rachael Healy

Skate

How skaters are reclaiming the world’s forgotten spaces

Take back the city — There’s been a resurgence of DIY skate spots opening across the globe, with young skaters taking back the wastelands that the public has left behind. We visit one space hidden under the M32, in Bristol, to find out why.

Written by: Robbie Warin

Photography

Living in England as a new Muslim convert

The quest for meaning — Photographer Matteo Congregalli travels from London to Manchester for his new series The House of the Prophet – a project examining the lives of new Muslims in modern-day Britain.

Written by: Matteo Congregalli

Photography

Magnum photographers turn their lens to Hull for new show

Portrait of a city — Martin Parr and Olivia Arthur celebrate the neglected northern city for a specially commissioned exhibition, shining a light on its young locals and ‘rich culinary culture.’

Written by: HUCK HQ

Activism

Spending a year undercover with the Alt-Right

Hope not hate — 25-year-old graduate student Patrik Hermansson set up a fake identity to get under the skin of the Alt-Right, putting himself face to face with neo-Nazis and white supremacists. Here, he shares his story.

Written by: Alex Robert Ross

Photography

The bleak beauty of England’s forgotten towns

Melancholy mysticism — Photographer John Spinks shoots the changing face of a small British mining town for his latest book, The New Village – a project he shot over 15 years.

Written by: Dominique Sisley

Photography

Fading glory: Inside the North’s forgotten dog racing scene

‘A massive dysfunctional family’ — Once an integral part of Newcastle’s cultural heritage, whippet racing is now facing extinction. Here, we pay tribute to one of Northern England’s most novel subcultures.

Written by: Dominique Sisley

Photography

Exploring the strange, secretive lives of England’s adult babies

Nappies, bears and bubbles — Polly Borland’s iconic ‘90s photo series, The Babies, explores one of the world’s most maligned and marginalised sexual fetishes.

Written by: Dominique Sisley

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