HUXLEY: The Book

Chased out of a luxury yacht club after rebranding Baroness Michelle Mone’s sailing boat, turning the road outside the Russian embassy into the world’s biggest Ukrainian flag, breaking the law to create a people-led memorial to those lost to Covid – these are just three acts of guerrilla political-accountability collective Led By Donkeys, whose unorthodox activism has shaken and stirred UK politics since 2019. In over 200 stunning images, punchy, behind-the-scenes texts and expositions of the Led By Donkeys’ adventures in installation, the group’s first publication reveals the true stories behind these newsworthy public acts.

At the book’s heart are photographs captured from helicopters and drones, from iPhones and hidden cameras, from footage seized then returned by the police, and from the work of some of Britain’s finest photographers. Added to this incendiary imagery are contextual documents – the maps, plans and sketches that form the planning backdrop to the events, as well as the outcomes – newspaper front-pages, media responses and public reaction. Taken all together they tell the story of an extraordinary time and the tactics that hold the powerful to account.

All proceeds from the book will go to the Led By Donkeys project.