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A post-Brexit portrait of life in Gibraltar
Photography

A post-Brexit portrait of life in Gibraltar

What happens now? — The UK territory, which lies on the southern tip of Spain, is facing an uncertain future thanks to the result of the EU referendum. In an ongoing project, photographer Luke Archer captures the fallout.

Written by: HUCK HQ

Inside the UK’s most radical indie publishers
Books

Inside the UK’s most radical indie publishers

Part Six: OWN IT! — Launched in 2014, OWN IT! is a ‘storytelling lifestyle brand’ that blends traditional publishing with digital innovations and integrated live shows, creating a space where art meets activism.

Written by: Kit Caless

Stormzy has made me proud to be a black Cambridge graduate
Opinion

Stormzy has made me proud to be a black Cambridge graduate

Time for change — With his scholarship, the London rapper isn’t just paying for the recipient’s tuition – he’s showing a whole generation of young, black students that Oxbridge could be an option for them.

Written by: Alex Mistlin

Pictures of really, really rich people getting drunk
Photography

Pictures of really, really rich people getting drunk

The last hurrah — Throughout the ’80s, photographer Dafydd Jones captured the well-heeled hedonists of England’s upper classes. ‘It was another world going on behind closed doors,’ he remembers.

Written by: Miss Rosen

The rise and fall of Sheffield’s brutalist post-war utopia
Photography

The rise and fall of Sheffield’s brutalist post-war utopia

Streets in the sky — At the end of the ’80s, social experiment Hyde Park – one of the largest high-rise tower blocks in Europe – faced demolition. Photographer Bill Stephenson was there to watch it happen.

Written by: Hannah Clugston

Capturing the street style of London’s young Muslim women
Photography

Capturing the street style of London’s young Muslim women

The New Mods — In a new collaboration with Getty Creative, photographer Nina Manandhar captures a day in the life of a group of young women in West London during Ramadan.

Written by: Niloufar Haidari

How hard is it to be a freelance writer outside of London?
Opinion

How hard is it to be a freelance writer outside of London?

The Great Divide — In The Great Divide, we examine the ever-changing relationship between the North and South of England. Here, Sheffield-based journalist Daniel Dylan Wray shares his experiences as a writer stuck on the outside of the London bubble.

Written by: Daniel Dylan Wray

Braving the cold with Hampstead’s women swimmers
Photography

Braving the cold with Hampstead’s women swimmers

Remember winter? — Shot over two successive winters, Alice Zoo’s Swimmers series documents the women who swim at Hampstead Heath Ladies Pond year-round, in water temperatures as low as -1 Celsius.

Written by: Eva Clifford

In the ring with the amateur wrestlers of Essex
Outdoors

In the ring with the amateur wrestlers of Essex

Go hard or go home — For his latest project, photographer Steven Holmes enters the world of Dropkixx – an inclusive amateur wrestling academy uniting the local community.

Written by: Tobin Carey-Williams

How to build an entire music empire from scratch
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

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