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‘La Toile’, meaning ‘the canvas’ in French, is envisioned as a brand where women can express themselves freely, confidently, and with unmistakable elegance. The brand elegantly crafts its world through premium fabrics, refined cuts, and sensual silhouettes that whisper exclusivity.

Jennifer Hensey discusses how nostalgia romanticises submission, turning the tradwife into an aesthetic of comfort and control.

As the world tilts into economic freefall, social exhaustion and climate crisis, we start to reach backwards. Not because the past was better, but because the future feels like it’s been cancelled.

Photo by Raymond Yeung via Unsplash Teenagers of today exist within a technological autocracy - they are governed by their online existence and forget to literally touch grass. I think there has been a huge cultural shift in the Gen Z stratosphere which has made children (and yes, I do mean children) grow up too fast. Everyone from the ages of 10 to 18 wants to be an adult. This desire to exist outside their childhood has impacted vital childhood experiences. I worry about th

Photo by Alice Rose Lee British-Greek singer-songwriter Eleni Drake has built a devoted following since her first single ‘Ceilings’ arrived in 2019, blending alternative, indie, and soul influences with intimate, self-written storytelling. Now pulling over 345,000 monthly listeners, she’s become best known for ‘King Street,’ a track that has surpassed eight million streams and introduced many to her warm, hazy, emotionally grounded sound.  Drake’s musical world has been shape

Photo by Wikimedia Commons Eva Noblezada and Reeve Carney are back in London for a short stint in the award-winning production of Cabaret  on the West End as Sally Bowles and the Emcee, respectively. They both opened on the 22nd of September and the show will run until the 24th of January 2026. I was lucky enough to see them live at the Kit Kat Club on their second night.  Every theatre kid knows Eva Noblezada and Reeve Carney; they’re West End royalty, and musical theatre’s

Photo by Ehimetalor Akhere Unuabona via Unsplash London Palestinian Film Festival returns to London, exploring the history, depth, urgency and unknown parts of Palestinian life and cinema. Epicly Palestine’d  (2015) and EXIST  (2025) form a conversation across time. Two films filmed nearly a decade apart, documenting the same fragile miracle: the emergence of skateboarding in Palestine, not as just a hobby, but as a language of resistance, identity, and breath. These are not

An original poem by Bella Sieunarine explores London as a city layered with memory.

Once Upon A Time in Gaza , (Tarzan and Arab Nasser, 2025); Image courtesy of London Palestine Film Festival When I heard that the London Palestine Film Festival was showing a film with a plot involving a falafel shop and a drug operation, I was all ears. Add to the fact that it happens to be a black comedy directed by acclaimed filmmakers Tarzan and Arab Nasser, and I knew it would be worth the ride.  Bizarrely, the movie begins with a recent quote from Donald Trump musing on

Five years after their first release, the band returns with More Time More Speed, a beautifully evocative album that explores the concept of time with warmth and subtle ambition.