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Why did 2024 feel so unreal?
Culture

Why did 2024 feel so unreal?

Unrest & Stagnation — With unending mind-boggling news stories, the past 12 months have felt like a spiral into insanity. Is AI to blame or a hangover from the pandemic? Newsletter columnist Emma Garland digests the mess.

Written by: Emma Garland

Maverick Sabre: “When times get grittier, sounds get grittier”
Music

Maverick Sabre: “When times get grittier, sounds get grittier”

The Irish singer songwriter sits down to talk about his latest album, Burn The Right Things Down – a yearning, existential journey that is fit for the times.

Written by: Isaac Muk

Did we create a generation of prudes?
Culture

Did we create a generation of prudes?

Has the crushing of ‘teen’ entertainment and our failure to represent the full breadth of adolescent experience produced generation Zzz? Emma Garland investigates.

Written by: Emma Garland

In defence of Chappell Roan
Culture

In defence of Chappell Roan

Newsletter columnist Emma Garland takes on The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess and the changing nature of fame.

Written by: Emma Garland

How activists have fought back against the escalating housing crisis
Election 2024

How activists have fought back against the escalating housing crisis

The last five years have seen astronomical rises in rents, evictions and spiralling rates of homelessness but communities have been organising, fighting back and, whisper it, winning.

Written by: Micha Frazer-Carroll

I lost my home to crumbling cliffs – my coastal community is the canary in the coal mine
Election 2024

I lost my home to crumbling cliffs – my coastal community is the canary in the coal mine

After Kevin Jordan was made homeless by climate change he began organising to try and make those in power take the thread of the crisis seriously.

Written by: Kevin Jordan

Join us for Rishi Sunak’s Leaving Drinks
Election 2024

Join us for Rishi Sunak’s Leaving Drinks

Huck is teaming up with our friends at Dalston Superstore and Queer House Party to bring you an election night viewing party like no other.

Written by: Ben Smoke

Inside the wild world of novelty political candidates
Election 2024

Inside the wild world of novelty political candidates

From Binface to Buckethead, Elmo to Mr. Fish Finger, Britain has a long history of madly dressed mavericks standing in elections, but who are they, who votes for them and what do they represent? Kyle MacNeill investigates.

Written by: Kyle MacNeill

Can things only get better, again?
Election 2024

Can things only get better, again?

With the re-emergence of D:Ream’s euphoric 1993 hit and a ’97 style Labour landslide looking likely, Hannah Ewens dives deep into the creation of Cool Britannia, and asks experts whether it could be repeated again.

Written by: Hannah Ewens

The activists fighting the mental health crisis
Election 2024

The activists fighting the mental health crisis

Micha Frazer-Carroll examines the way the mental health crisis has escalated in the last five years and meets those organising to end it.

Written by: Micha Frazer-Carroll

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