People
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ACCEPTANCE: Looking at the Outside, Seeing Inside
A photographic essay by Giulia Paratelli exploring what acceptance means, and the different journeys different bodies embark on, all hoping the reach the same point of complete peace…
Per Wimmer: Astronaut & Adventurer
The idea of venturing beyond our planet still leaves one awestruck, spellbound and glassy-eyed. Much like life itself, space travel is a plunge into the...
Inside the World of Advertising Agencies
The flick of stainless-steel lighters. The rattle of typewriters. The gentle glug of amber liquid as men in polished shoes have their morning whisky… Meet John Maloney, a very modern ad man.
‘Childhood Lasts A Lifetime.’ Baroness Floella Benjamin on Ethical Media
Question: What do you get when you cross showbiz with British politics? Answer: Baroness Floella Benjamin.
The Bouncer With the Big Heart: Naylor Harrington
Ah, bouncers. We’ve all had experiences with them. A good one is a god, a bad one a burly sod. But Naylor Harrington, is a great one...
Sport & Solidarity: Speaking to DJ Ron
The problem with clubbing is that it also creates a sort of phony euphoria fuelled by booze and stimulants. Ron, a veteran of this life, understands this…
Home Is Where the Art Is: How Celine’s Salon Keeps Bohemia Alive
A miscellany of arts and talents, a mélange of forms and tastes, at Celine’s Salon you might witness a jolly burlesque number, a soulful Japanese guitarist, a poetic ballad delivered in haunting tones, or a teenager teasing hip-hop anthems out of ukulele strings…
Frances Segelman: Celebrity, Sculpture, & Common Sense
Frances Segelman, also known as Lady Petchey, is a self-taught sculptor known for carving celebrity subjects in-front of a crowd in just 2-hours…
A Calling and a Career: The Handbags of Ethan K
Unlike many designers nowadays who preach their message from high-up Fashion Olympus, handing down back-breaking stilettos and impossible size-nothing separates for us to suffer in, Ethan works with his customers, whom he affectionately calls ‘collectors’.
Valery Demure: Forever Golden
The mastery displayed by Valery and her designers was rousing, exhilarating, thrilling. And it reclaimed jewellery for the modern woman…
Designer Feature: Bora Aksu
Bora is not in fashion for the pomp and the glory, the social feed or the glitzy parties. He doesn’t care much for names and trends. What Bora cares about is the art, and he is prolific in his output…
Gareth Fuller: Meet the Map-Maker
Fuller is an artist. His pieces plot the city in symbols, allowing us to play within them as we decipher the landmarks we know through associations and pictorial codes…
Per Wimmer: Astronaut & Adventurer
If there’s one thing to learn from Per Wimmer it is that even if we don’t have our ticket on the rocket booked, we must still sign up and throw ourselves into life…
Photographer in Residence: Meredith Sherlock
Her art lies in pouncing upon the pedestrian; sniffing out then seizing a subject we thought we knew; then capturing it in such a way that it lifts you once again…