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Artist Spotlight: Tom Camp
Illustration is a massive love of ours, so who better to kickstart our artist spotlight with than illustrator and pro screen printer Tom Camp. Tom studied illustration at the Norwich School of Art, and went on to work as a commercial screen printer in London before moving to Nottingham. We speak to Tom about his…
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The Last Black Man in San Francisco: a love letter to the city
A tale of friendship, racial gentrification and false illusions, The Last Black Man in San Francisco is a socially apt case study on the cities plagued with crumbling culture as the white middle class buy up property, taking ownership of diverse cities for themselves. The film is centered on Jimmie and his friend Montgomery,…
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Our favourite Etsy stores-Part 2
As you know from our previous articles we love an Etsy store. Buying handmade and vintage from the comfort of your own home has never been easier. It’s really important we support independent businesses, especially in these uncertain times. So we’ve compiled a list of 5 more Etsy stores we love and want to support.…
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Houseplants 101
It’s not secret we love a good house plant. Their green goodness brings positivity and pure ~vibes~ to any room they’re placed in, so why wouldn’t you want one (or ten). I’d say the most common reason people are put off caring for houseplants is they’ve killed them in the past and their leafy ghost…
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Sleepless dreamer
I’m not sure if I suffer from insomnia. Maybe I can sleep but I just don’t try hard enough. Maybe I need to actually just lie down and close my eyes for longer than five minutes, than rely on a singular cup of green tea to aid my sleep. I guess I could just be…
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Our favourite Etsy stores (and why they should be yours too!)
First of all, we love Etsy. What could be better than a place that brings small business owners together, and allows them to sell their products all over the world. For many years we’ve been an advocate of buying local and from independent businesses, but Etsy has allowed us to do that with the ease…
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Outline: The human phenomenon
The first instalment in Rachel Cusk’s Outline trilogy, begins with the main character, Faye, taking a plane journey to Athens to teach a writing course in the midst of summer . And what may seem to be a fairly ordinary story, takes off into a whirl of strangeness. Throughout her outings in Athens she meets…
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Parasite: The class epidemic
Parasite follows the Kim family, struggling to survive in their sub basement apartment. An unexpected visitor, Min-hyuk, an old friend of Ki-Woo’s, suggests he poses as a university student to take his position as tutor for the wealthy Park family’s daughter whilst he is away studying abroad. During this encounter Min-hyuk gifts the Kim family…
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Distant dreams of a millennial teen
The millennial generation is overworked to say the least. Almost all of us have an inferiority complex, and with the constant presence of social media we can’t avoid persistently comparing ourselves to our peers. There is no easy route to any profession and the future is full of more uncertainties than ever before. As a…
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Home
Home, a four letter word, home, something outside of a physical context— there is no direct phrase for “going home” in German, there is “gehen nach Hause” or “gehen zu Hause”, both meaning something like “going to house” but it’s more abstract than that, because lately I’ve been nach Hause gegangen to see you with…
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