Journal tagged by Magazine-y

LAW’s sudden return provides a very welcome take on England and the state of Englishness as we struggle with Brexit and the shamelessness of our politicians. We need LAW more than ever, so it’s an ideal choice as first in a new series of Magazines of the Month.

Advertising art director Adam Hunt describes the ups and downs of publishing This Way Up, an occasional magazine that practices what it preaches, celebrating self-initiated creative projects. He shares his work environment, his inspirations and his week ahead.

Literary and arts magazine Inque is the most hotly anticipated launch of 2021, the latest project from editor Dan Crowe and Matt Willey, the team behind Zembla and Port. As the first issues arrives with subscribers, we take a look through it and hear from Willey about how he approached the magazine.

The latest issue of Modern Matter is a physical response to the hacking of the magazine’s Instagram account. Always testing the possibilities of print, founder Olu Odukoya has produced a magazine with its pages ‘shredded’, the content on the verge of being unreadable.

M-A (A Space Between) is a new large-format publication presenting a series of spiral-bound, full-bleed black and white photographs from known and emerging talent. It’s a useful reminder that magazines are as able to address the abstract as communicate fact and opinion.

Our latest Close-up sample comes from fashion reader Viscose. After only two issues the magazine has established itself as a vital platform for fashion criticism, and our sample text offers a typical example of how provocative ideas can be expressed in easily assimilated language.