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Merve Bayindir's designs are more than just hats; they are art, architecture, and couture. From the beginning of the business in Turkey and then carrying it to London, Bayindir relishes the challenges of the business, with her craft being her creative playground. Her constant striving for perfection is evident in her work. This past September, I had the pleasure of speaking with Merve online about her journey, ambitions, and creative process.

Photo by Zinna Mac-Eochaidh In the middle of lockdown, when the world was confined to screens and group chats, Haloplus+ began to take shape. The Copenhagen trio – Isa Nam Sook, Joakim Wei Bernild, and Stine Victoria Pedersen – started trading demos over messages, their early sketches unfolding like digital conversations between friends. That sense of exchange never left; it remains at the core of what Haloplus+ do. Whether it’s a song, a piece of merch, or a live event, ever

Photo by Joy Gansh  With over 36,000 monthly listeners on Spotify, Theo Bleak’s music has found its way far beyond Scotland, resonating with listeners from London and Glasgow to Melbourne, Sydney and New York. Her most streamed track, ‘I Look Like A Fool To You’, has surpassed 360,000 streams, while her latest EP ‘Bad Luck Is Two Yellow Flowers’ released this May, marks a new chapter in her evolving sound. Citing Jeff Buckley as one of her inspirations, and with a sonic palet

The Vile (Majid Al Ansari, 2025); Image courtesy of BFI London Film Festival 2025 Emirati director Majid Al Ansari’s latest feature, The Vile (2025), is a masterclass in bringing the modern Gothic to your doorstep. When Amani, a loving wife and mother, finds herself playing second fiddle to the new (and younger) bride her husband ushers in without telling her, her life begins to unravel from the inside out, outside in. The hour and a half that follows narrates the lives of A

In our current fashion climate, it feels like we’re entrenched in a gale-force storm of trends and information, not to mention the vast ecological disaster resulting from the fast-fashion industry. Globally, the fast fashion industry produces around 92 million tonnes of textile waste per year. But there’s one teen in South East London holding up an umbrella to this textile tempest: My good friend, Flora Macfarlane. 

Labelling games as “must-plays” has become increasingly common in recent years, but despite its presence, it does not have a clear definition. So what makes a game a "must-play" title?

'Da Vinci’s Laundry' is sensational in its precision. Nothing is overlooked, and the play never lets up. The compact cast sustains total focus, demanding and rewarding an equally engaged audience. No beats are missed, and the only unscripted pauses between jokes occur during particularly lengthy bouts of laughter, bordering on hysterical. The efforts of the entire team are in plain sight, as the minimalist and white set allows nothing to hide, and it all comes together magnif

When Emerald Fennell, the provocative filmmaker behind Saltburn, announced her next project: a modern, erotic adaptation of Wuthering Heights, the internet couldn’t get enough of it.

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) acts as a cautionary tale toward complacency. The psychological drama centres around Randle McMurphy’s (Jack Nicholson) occupancy in an Oregon psychiatric ward; his navigation of its unshakeable rules and systems leads to a plethora of incidents, sometimes intense or comedic, sometimes hopeful or hopeless.

For the sixteenth edition of the East Wing Biennial, RE:VISION  gathers contemporary artists to interrogate the role of the arts as a means to both shatter and refract how we understand our inherited histories. From the end of September 2025 to August 2027, the student-curated exhibition will be displayed at the Courtauld Institute of Art, standing testament to how a future of unity and resistance can only be furthered in light of plurality and difference.  Visitors at the Si