The best HUNGER articles of 2024
Craic, culture and chaos: Inside the world of Kneecap
Our staff writer Scarlett Coughlan sat down with the rap group to discuss giving new life to Gaelic, intergenerational trauma and why Irish boozers are just better. This read came out right at the precipice of Kneecap absolutely blowing up – they’ve since been shortlisted for an Oscar – and it can be read in full by grabbing a copy of issue thirty-two.
Manchester’s Queer Underground — HUNGER’s guide to the city’s most progressive spaces
The HUNGER lads popped to Manchester and embraced all things gay for a raucous night out at Depot Mayfield — experiential fun mixed with a guide to the best hotspots around the city.
For our most recent issue, staff writer Scarlett Coughlan sat down with the controversial (and pervasively divisive) Nigerian-born pop artist Olaolu Slawn. This one had to go through edit upon edit, because the multi-hyphenate has a penchant for saying it how it is — warts and all. Expect asterisk-ridden expletives.
Happy Halloween — We compiled all your spookiest flatshare experiences
We asked HUNGER readers to send in all the worst things that have happened to them in dodgy flatshares. Why? Because it’s spooky season! And because we wanted a valid excuse to talk about the phlegm pot. Yep, just read it.
Digital editor Amber Rawlings’ brutal takedown of the online food scene — anti-Topjaw rhetoric and a healthy dose of Eating with Tod satire. It’s got it all and it raises a valid point about the mindless and meaningless quality of internet culture in a broader sense.
I’m a lurker on Tattle Life: Unpicking my obsession with snark
Personal essays are back? Again, it’s over to Digital Editor Amber Rawlings, who’s unpicking her obsession with the notorious online gossip forum, Tattle Life. Featuring takes from victims of Tattle as well as attempts to get takes from actual users of the forum. It’s a goodie.
Our issue thirty-three cover story with Australian actor Guy Pearce, who might just be the most hard-working guy in Hollywood. This is a good one to dive into as we’re seventy percent sure that Pearce will win an Oscar for his turn in The Brutalist, which this interview is all about.
Dos and don’ts for summer in the city
Though the weather in the capital is godawful right now, it’s well worth familiarising yourself with HUNGER’s dos and don’ts for summer in the city. Examples? Don’t go to The People’s Park Tavern (because you shouldn’t trust somewhere with espresso martini on tap) and do wear deodorant (because you’re not a fucking animal).
The online “spiritualists” preying on the vulnerable
Back in April, we did a deep-dive onto the psychics that clog TikTok and Reels. We’d argue that since they’ve only got bigger, and in that sense we were well ahead of the curve.
Remember those cringe Instagram filters? Well, they’re back
Again, we done knew. Our fingers were on the pulse with “cringe” Instagram filters making a “cool” resurgence and we done knew about Addison Rae playing a big role in that. Featuring insights from resident cool girl Bee Beardsworth.
Ellen Atlanta’s debut book, ‘Pixel Flesh’, shows just how messed up beauty standards have become
Staff writer Scarlett Coughlan sat down with Ellen Atlanta, author of Pixel Flesh, to have a rather in-depth chinwag about beauty standards. Sobering stuff.
Kano: “I’m a storyteller at heart”
The beyond talented writer Nessa Humayan sits down with rapper Kano to discuss Top Boy and never straying from his roots. It’s a rich profile of a surprisingly quiet maven of the UK music scene.
The weird and wonderful worlds of Kyle MacLachlan
Again, it’s over to Nessa Humayun. Humayan’s profile of Kyle MacLachlan is one that dives into not only what it means to be the muse of David Lynch but, more recently, the internet.
The TikTokification of the celebrity interview
Digital editor Amber Rawlings’ takedown of the TikTokification of the celebrity interview did the rounds on Twitter thanks to its salient takedown of how real journalism is, well, dying. Featuring Amelia Dimoldenburg — sorry to her in advance.
