Welcome back to my 'Indie Mags' series! I've got a big pile of magazines I've been reading over Christmas and January that I can't wait to share with you. First up, is The Lifted Brow, a quarterly Australian magazine of literature, design and visual art. It's also the first magazine sent to me through my STACK…
Category: Magazine Reviews
Indie Mags: Betty Magazine
Betty Magazine was created as a unique and intelligent choice for girls, pairing vintage style with alternative lifestyle features – everything from modern calligraphy classes to fun Instagram accounts to follow, book clubs to join and natural body scrubs to make.
Indie Mags: Another Escape
It’s hardly surprising that Another Escape, the independent magazine I’ve just finished reading, is based in Bristol. The city is an amazing hub for the renaissance of independent print magazines. But Another Escape doesn’t feel like it’s creators Rachel Taylor and Jody Daunton produce it in Bristol. Reading Another Escape feels like it was made…
Indie Mags: Majestic Disorder
Majestic Disorder is an independent magazine a little different to the ones I’ve featured so far. Instead of a celebration of British seasonal pursuits, it’s a whirlwind of travel adventures and exploration of far flung cultures and customs. Launched in 2014 and currently published 3 times a year, Majestic Disorder is an arts and culture…
Indie Mags: The Simple Things
I picked up the May issue of The Simple Things magazine in Copenhagen airport and it’s stayed the top of my ever increasing magazine pile ever since!
Introducing Indie Mags Series
Last week I wrote about my blog journey, a personal post that felt a little scary to press 'publish' on. Following on from last week, part of Artsbites' 'new direction' is starting a series about independent magazines that I'm calling 'Indie Mags'. Well, it's actually already started - the first in the series was Lodestar…
Indie Mags: Lodestars Anthology
Lodestars Anthology Scotland is a beautiful independent travel magazine-come-journal that is practically made for leaving on the coffee table for ever.
Magazine Brighton
The magazine love continues, guys.... A trip to Brighton last weekend wouldn't have been complete without visiting Magazine Brighton, a new shop on Trafalgar Street selling independent magazines and journals, an absolute treasure trove of beautiful print! Set up late last year, I've been following Magazine Brighton's Instagram account and lusting over all the pictures…
Lifestyle magazines for the creative minded
I’ve been reading the fantastic Oh Comely magazine for five years now. It’s filled with creative experiments, stories and beautiful photographs. Oh Comely celebrates joining people together and taking a break to savour life - I’ve posted gifts to a pen pal for the Perfect Strangers Project and read a Penguin Classic along with other…
Oh Comely Book Club
I rarely write in to magazines or take part in competitions, but when Oh Comely magazine invited readers to have one of 5 Penguin Classics sent to them to become part of their book club I picked one straight away. Getting a free book through the post was a lovely treat, and it was exciting to be potentially…