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The world of New York restaurants is a well-covered subject, but recent launch Waiting… takes a new angle on the subject. The magazine focuses on the way rmany estaurant wait staff combine that work with creative ambitions as artists. Co-founder Elliott Rosenberg tells us more as issue three is published.

One of the founders of tennis title Racquet, David Shaftel left that magazine in 2023 and launched digital platform The Seconds Serve and print mag Open Tennis. The new magazine is a large-format title (think Victory Journal) mixing fashion, art and psychology with equipment deep cuts. 

This week we meet Kosuke Ide, founder of beautiful Japanese magazine Subsequence, as issue eight appears in shops. Its expansive, matt pages feel like an oversized notebook, recording things that, Kosuke tells us, ‘we personally find deeply important, but that many people tend to overlook.’

The last couple of years has brought a series of indie magazines our way from Africa, so we’re excited to hear this week from Anita Dafeta in Nigeria, who has just published the first issue of Origho Journal, featuring seven creative projects spanning the mediums of film, painting, and photography.

As the fourth issue of Daddy appears in shops, we hear from founder and editor Kemi Fatoba. She discusses working with a guest editor, and the importance of seeing things with humour, reminding us that, ‘There’s so much more to being part of an under-represented community than being discriminated against.’

We’ve watched British car mag The Road Rat quietly build a loyal readership since its 2018 launch. With its 22nd issue now in shops, editor Peter Grunert tells us about his ‘dream job’ running the magazine, the green seventies Mercedes he drives, and how he’s been inspired by Cabana magazine.