Bigmouth

Listen on Acast, here On this week’s pop culture perusal fest… Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds’ extraordinary new album Ghosteen leaves our panel floored and yet somehow elated. How did he turn unimaginable personal pain into something so beautiful? Esquire magazine deputy editor Johnny Davis and Mojo/Times writer Sophie Harris join Andrew and Siân Read more about Bigmouth[…]

KX

The Community Store In the middle of sleek Coal Drops Yard, Sophie Harris discovers STORE studio, home to a plucky design collective inspiring more than just the creativity-starved grown-ups who attend their weekend workshops Given how cold and dark it is outside, it’s pretty remarkable how perky and pleased people are looking right now, at the end Read more about KX[…]

BBC Travel: Russia’s strange bread-sniffing ritual

Investigating why Russian people sniff bread while drinking vodka offers a portal into the realities of Russian life at a time when sympathetic cultural insight is sorely lacking. “Somebody in Bristol started making a vodka called Novichok,” said our host, Natasha Ward, faux-scandalised at the reference to the toxic nerve agent. “And they were immediately told, Read more about BBC Travel: Russia’s strange bread-sniffing ritual[…]

KX Quarterly

A Brave New World: Meet the creatives making their new home in Lower Stable Street It’s never been done before. Meet the creative trailblazers opening their doors on Lower Stable Street — the only place where a magazine has curated an entire avenue of experimental stores. Sophie Harris goes underground to meet them… Full story Read more about KX Quarterly[…]