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Photo by Steve Gullick courtesy of After Hours PR My Thursday evening during reading week was not spent reading, but rather spent following The Wytches around on the final night of their UK tour at The Dome . As this was my first interview with Strand’s Music column and the Northern line was predictably unpredictable, my solo journey to Tufnell Park was undeniably chaotic. Between frantic texts to co-editor Mahak about my ETA, I received a casual message from the band’s mana

Will romance survive the age of instant gratification?

A conversation with Isis (guitar/vocals) and Jonty (bass) from British Indie band 'Lemondaze'

The Death of Bunny Munro is a gritty tale dissecting father and son relationships with themes of  alcoholism, addiction and grief.

Carol Wheeler from Soul II Soul by Normski Before the bright lights of television and the desks of London’s underground parties, Normski was already capturing culture in motion. Born Norman Anderson and raised in a Jamaican household in North London, he built his first darkroom at twelve years old, teaching himself to develop film before most kids his age had even picked up a camera. Music and photography became his parallel callings. From early days at the London Rock Shop i

Image courtesy of Raph_PH under CC-BY-4.0 via Creative Commons Sabrina Carpenter's seventh studio album, Man's Best Friend, had a highly anticipated release following the roaring success of her previous record, Short n' Sweet . However, the singer faced a barrage of backlash after revealing the cover art of her newly announced record in which she stood on her hands and knees whilst a faceless suited man pulled at her hair. While some critics deemed the cover politically tone

It all began with a simple Instagram post. Last February, Tare Isaac — now settled in the industry as a member of the British Fashion Council — called for minority creators to join her project. A decade after launching her own label ‘Twin by Tare Isaac’, she created The Unity in Design Global Network (UDGN), a platform to support underrepresented creatives in fashion, shaped as a response to the challenge she herself faced as a British-Nigerian designer in the UK. 

Jason Jermaine Asiedu is a Ghanaian fashion designer whose brand, JERMAINE BLEU, specialises in handwoven fabric garments that tell stories featuring family history and the uniqueness of African craftsmanship.

Oscar Isaac in Frankenstein (Guillermo del Toro, 2025); Image courtesy of BFI London Film Festival 2025 Headlining the London Film Festival, Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein  (2025) was one of the most highly anticipated premieres. Starring Oscar Isaac as the titular scientist, Victor Frankenstein, and Jacob Elordi as The Creature, the film’s supporting cast also features Christopher Waltz, Mia Goth, David Bradley, and Lars Mikkelson, who bring a mixture of warmth, melancho

Fashion has a history of using design to explore what one may not be able to solely communicate through language. It holds a special platform for allowing culture to be distinguished and revered, especially when on a runway at London Fashion Week. Unity in Design Global Network (UDGN) has taken fashion’s ethos of expressing oneself and presented a space for minority designers to be given the opportunity to share their heritage and culture.