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New magazine No Way Back delivers a brilliant punch of eighties London and New York pop culture, reproducing contemporary writing from magazines such as Sounds, Ritz and Village Voice alongside photography of the actual printed pages and a series of photo archives. Co-founder Andy Crysell explains more as he shares his week.

Echo Wu publishes 1413 with her university friend Lisa. The magazine reflects their shared experience of China; ‘Our perspective is shaped by everyday life, things we encounter like street signs, old books, movie title cards, packaging,’ she tells us as she outlines the origins of 1413 and shares her working week.

Vanguard Union Press is an exciting new magazine that features a ‘visual interview’ with one artist every issue. Olivia Wunsche interviews and photographs the subject, the results being presented in a format that unfolds into a series of posters. ‘The idea was to give the object a longer life,’ she explains as she shares her week.

London-based Worms—the female-led print platform presenting writing by those marginalised within the literary world—is back in print after taking a year out to re-organise and rethink. The new, tenth, issue sees art director Caitlin McLoughlin join the editorial team. We spoke to her about what’s next for the magazine.

Elastic, a new magazine of psychedelic art and literature, has made an immediate impact with its bold intentions and brilliant design. Founder/editor Hillary Brenhouse tells us more about the magazine, and how it arrives at a time of disclocation and crisis, similar to the context of the original sixties psychedelic era.

Unlike many magazine shops, we’re proud to accept magazines direct from the publisher. An example is Scary Boots, a limited edition risograph zine whose maker Elias Myer wandered into the shop one day. Elias prefers anonymity, but opens up about his beautifully produced zine as issue two goes on sale.