The second issue of Shado magazine, a print and online magazine, is about global womanhood, sharing women’s stories on diverse issues.
Category: Travel
Fare Magazine explores Glasgow’s heritage
Fare magazine explores Glasgow’s city culture through the intersection of food, history and community and the editor’s passion for food culture.
Papercut Stockholm and Swedish independent magazines
The tech hub of Stockholm is leading the transition to a digital economy, but still finds space for independent print magazines... Last weekend I visited Stockholm with my husband, Dan. We exchanged some money for Swedish currency before we went - and to my surprise, managed to bring most of it back with us! Sweden…
Kyoto Journal, Insights from Asia Review
It’s not often that I read an independent magazine that’s older than I am, so I was impressed to discover Kyoto Journal, a quarterly magazine based in Asia. Kyoto Journal was founded in 1987 and recently published its 92nd issue. Interestingly, Kyoto Journal is a not for profit organisation that is driven entirely by volunteers…
A Weekend Exploring Margate
Margate is the original summer holiday destination. We took a train down for the weekend to discover its vintage seaside charm. Reading my friend Ruth’s blog post and Charlotte from Betty Magazine’s guides to Margate inspired me to visit this summer. I booked The Reading Rooms as a treat for my husband Dan's birthday, and we…
Inspiration for New Zealand with Lodestars Anthology
This autumn we are off to New Zealand - for a trip that I've been dreaming of for more than half my life. I fell in love with New Zealand after seeing Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings films almost 17 years ago (can you believe it?!). Over the years I've only been more enchanted…
Cereal Magazine Volume 14: Minimalist Magic
Cereal magazine is a minimalist travel and lifestyle magazine with thick pages of beautiful photography. It was one of the first independent magazines I read, and I found it refreshingly different to the mainstream, glossy-paged but disposable magazines from high street shops. Cereal Magazine: Crafted for Coffee Tables Instead, Cereal is crafted for coffee tables. Heavy…
Indie Mags: Drift in Stockholm
Drift magazine is a fascinating look at coffee culture around the world. Each volume focuses on a different city and their distinct coffee traditions. New York, Tokyo, Havana and Stockholm have been featured so far. Volume 4: Stockholm found its way to me through my Stack subscription over the summer. Drift: Coffee Culture in Cities…
Indie Mags: LOST iN Amsterdam
Last month I was in Amsterdam (read all about it) and while wandering the leafy, canal-lined streets we came across a beautiful little shop called Property Of... selling Scandinavian bike bags and independent guides to popular European and US cities. I'm a big fan of getting the local guide to a city, and even though we…
Exploring Amsterdam
At the beginning of the month we spent a weekend exploring Amsterdam, something I'd planned as a surprise birthday present for Dan. Neither of us had been to Amsterdam before and the city far surpassed our expectations. We cycled leisurely around the beautiful canals and neighbourhoods on hired Dutch bicycles feeling very like locals, but…