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Finally, a normal Christmas after a two-year hiatus - but is it? Supermarkets have definitely gone big this year. Even the most jaded palate will be revived by some of the offerings; others might find this cloying, pastry and booze-centred excess nauseating (see Asda Irish Cream mince pies), but will turn to decadence and festive cheer in other ways. Whether a mention of Christmas is conjuring up a nativity scene in your mind, or you’re just looking forward to the shimmering

To think of the multitude of ways in which London is perceived by others is to be overwhelmed. A city with such dynamism is hard to...

By Quince Pan Every year, the British Journal of Photography organises the Portrait of Britain photography award. A hundred portraits that best showcase the diversity of the UK are selected as winners. In January this year, the winners of the 2021 award were announced. Frederic Aranda (b. 1980) was one of them. His winning group portrait, “Barnet Hospital ICU”, depicts a medical team, all decked in scrubs, posing for the camera in an operating theatre in Barnet Hospital, Nort

By Quince PAN Every year, the British Journal of Photography organises the Portrait of Britain photography award. A hundred portraits that best showcase the diversity of the UK are selected as winners. In January this year, winners of the 2021 award were announced. Michael Farra (b. 1999) was one of them. His winning portrait, “The Call to Worship”, depicts a nonagenarian man sitting alone in Bournemouth Central Mosque — to which he walked every day for prayer. Since he was

In celebration of women’s day, the photography team invited women from campus and around to sit for a portrait and let us capture them. Here are some of the moments we captured. Alongside each post, the photographers have written some thoughts on what the shoot meant to them. Ana Oancea (@anasadventuresonfilm) ‘During the shoot, someone approached us asking whether it wasn’t weird that we were doing so, as, for them, they argued we were merely adding to the narrative of the c

Photos by Fran Clark Anthropology is the academic study of stories Deana Kotiga is an anthropologist, photographer, and filmmaker. Passionate about the communities of people she meets, and their intricate lives, most of all, she is an avid storyteller. “We know what coffee they drink, but how do they drink it?” Kotiga is from Croatia, and moved to London for her undergrad to study anthropology at UCL. Currently, she works as an anthropologist and ethnographer in a market rese

by Blandine Hausermann Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2021. Courtesy National Portrait Gallery © David Parry After a digital exhibition in 2020, this year the eagerly awaited Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize returned once more as a physical exhibition. The show took place at Cromwell Place while the National Portrait Gallery is closed for major redevelopment works. It was a real pleasure to wander around the gallery space and explore and be immersed in t

by Blandine Hausermann “Caught in the ‘act’” © Kymara Akinpelumi Out of all the portraits selected for the Taylor Wessing Photographic Prize 2021, Kymara Akinpelumi’s portrait from the series Dichotomy particularly touched and fascinated me in the way she uses self-portrait to explore her identity and reflect on her childhood. Only 22 years old and studying BA Photography at Arts University Bournemouth, she is one of the youngest photographers of the exhibition, but no less s

Centred on the expansive theme of friendship, this year’s London Literature Festival inaugurated Japanese writer’s Mieko Kawakami’s novel...

I had the amazing opportunity to dine at Colonel Saab, a superb modern Indian restaurant in Holborn, and I am in a state of utter awe. To cut to the chase, I cannot recommend this restaurant enough. But what made this dining experience as ethereal as possible? Quite a few aspects in fact… For one, it would be wrong to discuss Colonel Saab and not elaborate on how deeply entrenched the restaurant in founder, Roop Partap Choudhary’s, family history. Named after his father, Colo