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Mr Fairey's campaign is swiftly picking up momentum. His 'hope' and 'progress' propaganda posters to aid Mr Obama to take a seat in the White House are popping up left, right and centre (or should that be center?). Continue reading this blog post »

Hark, has Christmas really arrived this early? Oh no, it's just that the latest installment of the Stool Pigeon has landed on the floor space beside the counter of a shop near you... Continue reading this blog post »

The winners over at the World Press Photo contest 2008 have been announced. It's well worth going and checking out the finger clicking, lens twiddling, tripod height adjusting talents of the winners (and losers) as, shine a light, there's some finery on show…

“I believe in equality for everyone, except reporters and photographers.” Mahatma Gandhi (1869 – 1948)

Whoever said that representative democracy is a fraudulent concept, epitomised by hermetic conversations amongst the elites? No one? Anyway, what matters is this: at the local level, democracy actually does kinda work.
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In the world of authentic rider-owned companies, clothing label Nikita deserves a standing ovation. Dripping in Icelandic cool, Nikita is the brainchild of Heida Birgisdottir, a wonder woman designer from Reykjavik with an addiction to sliding sideways. She surfs, she skates, she snowboards. And her killer range of girl’s clothing is steadily taking over the world.

HUCK caught up with Heida to find out how a chick took on the male-dominated world of boardsports fashion and came out on top. Continue reading this blog post »

"The car is like your mother-in-law: you have to have a good relationship with her, but she cannot command your life. If the only woman in your life is your mother-in-law, you have a problem."

One of many great analogies Jaime Lerner uses in his talk about sustainable urban living to the TED gathering. His central message is about establishing an overall strategy to city design, as opposed to the materials used to build things, and making the necessary changes fast. Continue reading this blog post »

Get your arses up to Cairngorm Mountain near Aviemore, Scotland this Saturday 9th Feb. It’s the second VANS Dawn of the Shred snowboarding jam and there is a £500 cash prize up for grabs for the best rider. Continue reading this blog post »

This is a warning from the future. You will one day see an advertisement for James Blunt's Greatest Hits which asks “Remember when music sounded this good?” And you look up and think “Ah yeah those were the days, when music was made by actual people, not robots...and I did always secretly like You're Beautiful...” Continue reading this blog post »