Fan favourite of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK season 2, Asttina Mandella was robbed in the sewing competition of the series, becoming the third contestant to sashay away, leaving viewers gagging for more. Now a proud icon for the black and queer community, Asttina shows off her multi-talented skills as a dancer, model and drag queenContinue reading “Rude! Interview with Asttina Mandella”
Category Archives: Written Work
Hidden Portraits: Interview with Volker Hermes
Volker Hermes’ series ‘Hidden Portraits’ played with the idea of covering faces, long before it became necessary to do so. The series gained notoriety last year when it went viral on social media during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Shooting Stars: Interview with Scarlet Page
Legendary rock music photographer Scarlet Page has been taking photographs of rock and pop stars for the last thirty years and if you’re a fan of music, you will have definitely seen her imagery.
A Surreal Female Gaze: Interview with Petrina Hicks
Photographer Petrina Hicks uses an ensemble of marble props, live animals, taxidermy, fabrics and colourful backgrounds alongside female models to create surrealist portraits. She offers a reflection of primal female identity and a subjugation of the male gaze.
Beauty & Nature: Interview with Ziqian Liu for Zero.Nine Magazine
Ziqian’s work is self-portraiture, where she combines her body with plants and mirrors, constantly exploring the balanced state of peaceful coexistence between humans and nature. Her works rarely show her face creating an anonymous body to the viewer. Ziqian is currently based in Shanghai, we caught up with her to find out more about herContinue reading “Beauty & Nature: Interview with Ziqian Liu for Zero.Nine Magazine”
How the humble t-shirt became a political protest tool
From its conception as an undergarment for labourers in the 19th Century, to its first reference in popular culture in F Scott Fitzgerald’s 1920 novel This Side of Paradise and universal recognition on Marlon Brando in 1951’s A Streetcar Named Desire, the t-shirt is a hugely underrated garment capable of traversing traditional gender roles in addition to hostingContinue reading “How the humble t-shirt became a political protest tool”
Staycation: Hawkstone Hall
Live out your most opulent fantasies at this 18th century mansion.
5 Luxury brands awarded the sustainable Butterfly Mark
Positive Luxury connects luxury brands with sustainability through the Butterfly Mark. Inspired by the story of the Large British Blue Butterfly, which was brought back from near extinction in the UK, the Butterfly Mark is awarded to brands for their measurable impact and commitment to sustainability. Brands who want to be awarded must go beyondContinue reading “5 Luxury brands awarded the sustainable Butterfly Mark”
Hotel Guide to Santorini
Plato’s account of Atlantis; “rocks of white, black and red were extracted from the hills and used to construct a great island city” holds a striking resemblance to the whitewashed abodes, cobalt-domed churches, and the black- and red-sand beaches which mark the isle of Santorini, an alluring Mediterranean oasis mired in mythology. A theory inContinue reading “Hotel Guide to Santorini”
Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams
Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams opens on 2 February and is the largest and most comprehensive exhibition about the house of Dior ever staged in the UK. The show offers an in-depth and wide ranging study of unique couture garments, spanning 1947 to the present day, with a particular focus on Christian Dior’s love ofContinue reading “Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams”
