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Credits: Rachel Harty As of the 12th October, England was introduced to Boris Johnson’s new 3 Tier system, London recently being placed into Tier 2. On the 1st of November, the new Job Support Scheme will be introduced to replace the furlough scheme from March earlier this year. Many members of the hospitality industry staged a protest on the 19th of October voicing their concerns about their future and the perils ahead due to lack of government support. This HospoDemo prote

Drawing by Amalia Hajieva There is shame in admitting that I feel more tied to my country, now that it is at war, than ever before....

Credits- @mctsingh There is no doubt that food has been on the brain for the majority of the population in the last six months more than ever, as it became an outlet for variety amid global stasis. I asked Tony how has food changed for him and what does it mean now in 2020 to be a chef? ‘What it means for me is it just shows where the government needs to spend money. We need to look after the NHS, they need to look after education’. Illustrating the latter, Tony recalls wi

My lockdown experience (similar to the mass public’s) invited hours of inevitable scrolling through Instagram and Tik Tok. We witnessed a...

Credits: @mctsingh Award-winning chef Tony Singh MBE shares his culinary insights from his lockdown kitchen in Edinburgh, Scotland. Tony makes regular appearances on our screens in The Great British Menu and Saturday Kitchen, as well as a myriad of guest appearances on shows including Celebrity Eggheads and Celebrity Mastermind. He also stars in the BBC 2 series ‘The Incredible Spice Men’ alongside Cyrus Todiwala. As a second-generation Scottish Sikh Tony’s food is a vibrant

Credit: Beigel Bake If you ask any Londoner where you could get the best bagels in town, I can guarantee that Beigel Bakes in Shoreditch will spring to mind. The iconic bagel shop has been a staple for visitors on Brick Lane since it first opened in 1974, serving up fresh bagels 24 hours a day. A family-run business, the shop has grown in popularity, and can even count the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge as some of their customers. They serve all the classic staples, from salt

In a changing global story that is perforated with major health calamities, human rights abuses, and important socio-political issues, it...

Popham's opened in 2017, at their first humble site on Prebend Street in Islington. With an array of unforgettable pastries, brilliant coffee, and a beautiful decor of gentle ceramics and dried flowers, Popham's has quickly become a staple of the London food scene. This fact only solidified itself further with the opening of their larger site in London Fields in the summer of 2019, which is a feat of interior design that accommodates both a welcoming atmosphere to walk in and

Graphic: Ella-Mae Earnshaw As restaurants open back up here’s a look back into the one activity the whole world took to in the confines of their own homes. Everyone probably has a moment when they realized that they would have to stay in their own home for a while. Many had a moment where they decided they would try to be productive and take up a new activity. As a collective, it seemed when everyone was isolating; we found one room in the house more appealing than most – th

Credits: Ella-Mae Earnshaw Strand Magazine's new column HomeCooked dives into lockdown stories from the kitchen. Natty Sae Jew writes about the nostalgia and comfort she found in cooking Salapao. “How was lockdown?” If you’d ask somebody this question a year ago, you’d probably get some very puzzled looks. Now, it’s practically a new way of saying “how are you?”. In the same vein, it’s a pretty loaded question: for some of us, it was a period of a much needed pause, but for