Journal tagged by New magazines

British magazine Eleven uses the guitar as a springboard for themes of music, creativity and storytelling. We hear from founder Eleanor Jane, a music photographer who saw an opportunity in the lack of adventure shown by traditional music magazines. Find out more as she shares her week and her influences.

A magazine built of leftovers and designed using Microsoft Word may not sound the most exciting prospect. Yet new launch Offal demonstrates just how useful such limitations can be. Mixing leftovers, experiments and overlooked writing, it’s a great read, brought to life by an intriguing design approach.

Roughcast is a new magazine published to centre freelancers and ‘entertain people who realise it’s worth paying to cosume art’. Two of its founders, editor Simon Doherty and art director Erin Rimmer, share the origins of their magazine the second issue arrives in shops.

Ahead of the launch of new literary/arts mag Offal—the names hints at its content of rescued offcuts and leftovers—we hear from the publisher’s Chief Creative Officer Jeremy Portal. Jeremy discusses the origins of the new mag and its central role within the broader Offal Industry business.

The first issue of Broccoli was published in 2018, since when founder/editor Anja Charbonneau has added Mushroom People and a series of one-offs to her publications about ‘unusual delights’. She tells us about her working week as the first issue of her latest mag Catnip—‘A Magazine for Cat People’—launches.

New US literary magazine Litt offers a beautifully art directed read—an immediate attraction is the match that can be ignited on the magazine’s strikable spine. Editor Anaïs La Rocca tells us about the origins of the magazine and discusses its literary ambitions as she shares her working week.