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This week we set aside magazines to meet Matt Conlon, General Manager at Shelter from the Storm, the Islington-based emergency night shelter we’re supporting with our Christmas Cracker campaign. Matt describes the work they do to help homeless people rebuild their lives.

Arts and literary quarterly Ambit has been published since 1959, always offering an impressive range of work from contemporary authors, poets and artists. Kirsty Allison is the latest editor to take on the magazine; she discusses the role of editor and her plans for the magazine.

The fourth issue of Plates of Meat has just been published, as raw and personal as ever in its expression of the experience of growing up. It’s maker Silva Cunningham tells us about the cathartic nature of producing her magazine as she shares her week ahead.

Audio/art magazine Fact recently undertook a complete redesign, a bold new look helping it adapt to a biannual schedule alongside its busy online channels. We spoke to Zak Kyes, of Zak Group, about his redesign, his editorial influences, and his week ahead.

The recent repackaging of The Guardian’s Saturday sections into a single new publication—titled Saturday—has seen the design team introduce an entirely new visual direction. Deputy cretaive director Chris Clarke explains the thinking behind the change as he shares his working week.

Artist, graphic designer and writer Scott King published The Debrist Manifesto this summer, a personal treatise about embracing failure. ‘I did the bulk of it in two days… but then, of course, fiddled around with phrases and footnotes for two months,’ he explains as he shares his inspirations and his week ahead.