• AGENCY & URGENCY: B.H.A.M DEBUT ALBUM REVIEW


    By Marisse Cato What does it mean to transfer political ideology into musical aesthetic? B.H.A.M(Black History Arts Movement) starts firmly in the London jazz scene sound-world with the track “M.O.V.E.”. Sounding influences from afrobeat and highlife, the head is simultaneously liberating and accusatory. This insistent call to attention is matched with a preceding ideological and…

  • February Playlist


    By Jess Woodward CHECK OUT OUR SPOTIFY – Our final winter monthly picks to get you through the last of the cold weather! Her sister’s beyoncé but this timeless tune speaks for itself, steering away from her 90’s RNB vibe with a more modern and funky sound. Describing her most recent album as ‘fearless’ Adi…

  • Books You Should Read This Year


    By Thea Martynska BONE- BY YRSA DALEY-WARD Bone is a beautiful selection of poems by the amazing yrsa Daley ward, her words are powerful and full of emotion. My personal favorite is ‘body’ I’M A FAN- BY SHEENA PATEL This book is chilling and a great example of how we see others compared to ourselves.…

  • What do you know about love?


    A study into lovers and singles alike By Giselle Eliza I’m 22 years old and I’ve been in back to back relationships since 16. Every relationship has been so different and in my opinion provoked a different version of myself each time. However, at this time in my life with my current partner, in the…

  • A Look At This Years Turner Prize Nominees


    By Estelle Simpson The Turner prize makes more progress towards gender parity as three out of four of its 2024 nominees are women artists. The artists may be a sign of progress in diversity, however they all present talented, rich practices in their own right.  Whilst it took over a decade for a woman artist…

  • In Conversation with Kairo Atelier- A Fashion Designer and Business Owner


    What Drew you to fashion? I’ve always loved clothes. My mum would dress me and my sister in vintage hand-me-downs and we’d be dragged along to boot-fairs and sample sales with my mum and aunties. I didn’t appreciate these things when I was younger but they really informed my style and love for fashion as…

  • Be My Lover!


    By Giselle Eliza —————————Josef29StraightMale “Why did you start online dating ?” “I started online dating at university as most of us were having our first foray into relationships and sex as tinder blew up really so we were all having a go at testing it out. I didn’t ever go on a tinder date so…

  • What It’s like in Bellas world


    An interview by Giselle Francis 3 words to describe your style Vibrant, imaginative and experimental What was the inspiration for your newest publication? Initially, I was interested in exploring how the body inhabits spaces in relation to performance and self-portraiture. I wanted to use the photograph as an object, as that was something I had…

  • Cata Rivera- Artist Spotlight


    By Jess Woodward in collaboration with Burgess Sports founded in 2011, Cata has created a photographic series called ‘Beyond The Game’ documenting Aylesbury’s youth. ‘Beyond The Game looks towards the community within Burgess Sports and the Aylesbury Estate. The Aylesbury Estate is notorious in the media as one of Europe’s largest housing complexes and in…

  • They Could Never Make Me Hate You Damita Jo


    By Joelle B “Sexy, quiet. Shy, but down for a good time”. Lest you think I am describing myself, these are the opening lines of Janet Jackson’s ‘Damita Jo’. The track is introspective, self-reflective and confessional, strategically blending elements of hip-hop, pop and R&B (making it a quintessential product of 2004). With lyrics like “I…