The second issue of Shado magazine, a print and online magazine, is about global womanhood, sharing women’s stories on diverse issues.
Category: Wellbeing
My 2019 Goals
Happy New Year! Even though it's 6 days in to 2019, it doesn't feel right to start this post without saying it! I hope you are having a wonderful start to the year. In January, I like to reflect on what's happened in the last year, and set some goals for the new one. Calling…
Print Isn’t Dead: 4 Reasons to Read Independent Magazines
They said that online media would kill print, but indie magazines are proving its power. Far from print being dead, more titles are being created every month. So why are people are choosing paper and ink over digital? Here’s four reasons reading independent magazines is growing in popularity: 1. It's made just for you Independent…
Healthy Food and Natural Living with Walnut Magazine
I've always been interested in food. Everything from the flavours, textures, smells, colours, to the roots of where the recipe has come from. An ideal night in for me is watching Chef's Table or some similarly beautifully shot food programme. And an ideal night out is at a street food market; trying exciting new flavours…
Do What You Want: A Zine About Mental Health
Do What You Want Magazine: A Mental Wellbeing Zine Do What You Want magazine is a zine about mental health created by Ruby Tandoh, of Bake Off fame, and her girlfriend Leah Pritchard. Both women have suffered from mental health problems and the zine shares many people's experiences, to raise awareness and reduce isolation for other…
Breathe Magazine and Make Time for Yourself
Breathe magazine is a bi-monthly magazine about meditation, mindfulness and taking time for yourself. It’s not technically an independent magazine in the traditional sense, as it’s published by GMC (Guild of Master Craftsman) Publications, and on sale in high street shops like WHSmiths and M&S. Breathe and Make Time for Yourself My reservations about the…
Anxy: The Anger Issue
Anyone feeling angry? I sure am. Trump, Theresa May, Brexit, the widening gap between rich and poor... there's a lot to be angry about now. Anxy magazine's The Anger Issue hit the shelves at just the right time. Anxy Magazine: The Anger Issue Anxy magazine is a project funded by Kickstarter backers, based in California.…
Indie Mags: Peppermint
A few weeks ago I wrote about reading frankie, an Australian independent magazine whose summery pages helped make the UK winter feel a little less severe. Recently it's been so dull and grey outside that another trip down under, this time with Peppermint magazine, has helped to brighten things up! Peppermint is an Australian quarterly magazine,…
Indie Mags: Ladybeard
From the moment I opened Ladybeard magazine, I knew it was a magazine I wanted to read: We platform the voices you won’t hear in women’s magazines; voices of the people who live any and every deviation from the straight, white, cis, able-bodied ‘ideal’. Working in themed issues, we open up old topics to vital…
Indie Mags: Flow Magazine
Flow magazine dedicates themselves to paper. They publish a magazine eight times a year and also create yearly calendars, diaries and special books about specific topics like mindfulness.