A postcard from the mecca of black literature
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How has the UK’s first independent Black publishing house and bookshop been influential to the Black community?
London has caught the Americana Blues
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From lowkey blues gigs to all-out country bars, the city cowboy community has carved a space for itself in London.
Amid the current housing crisis, many people house hunting in London are receiving inappropriate propositions on rental platforms.
How does the Indian diaspora eat their toast?
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An exploration of culture, experimenting in the kitchen, and the comfort of the quotidian bread.
Is mindfulness making young people more lonely?
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Recent research has revealed that 35% of people aged 16-35 are suffering from chronic loneliness, the highest figure in 13 years.
Young Muslim women in London are struggling to find cool clothes. Is streetwear the answer?
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Feeling uncatered for in the UK’s modest clothing industry, Muslim millennials and Gen-Zers are gravitating towards the streetwear style to meet their modest fashion needs.
Sober Girl Society: Sobriety in the Instagram age
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The sober and sober-curious movement is growing amongst young women. Millie Gooch, founder of Sober Girl Society, talks to Artefact about how online communities are facilitating this change.
In the heart of London since the 17th century, Cecil Court, also the temporary home of Mozart, is the West End’s most distinctive shopping street with independent booksellers.
A war journalist’s ‘Camberwell Cookie’ crowds the café as locals overflow onto their street-side pavement.
From design to function, there is more to London’s public space than the dogmas of legal ownership.