Image Credit: Matyáš Chochola with his work, Virtues & Vices. Photographed by Reece Straw. Growing up between Hradec Králové and the Orlické Mountains, Matyáš Chochola found his creative language among architecture, alternative spirituality and the newly liberated visual culture of…
Image Credit: From London Dyke Deck. Photography by Ellen Kydd ellenkydd.com | London Dyke Deck londondyke.com For El Kydd, photography has always been a way of finding people. An only child with what they describe as “itchy feet” and intense…
Image Credit: Photo of Chang Kiha, 2026. Chang Kiha knows something about following the unexpected. The Seoul-born singer-songwriter originally set his sights on becoming a professional drummer, until focal dystonia forced a change of direction. What followed was quite the…
Image Credit: Photo of Anthea Lewis, Guest Curator at Dance Umbrella 2026. Anthea Lewis discovered the joy of being seen while dressed head-to-toe in pink, mouse ears on, performing A Windmill in Old Amsterdam. Dance had followed her older sister…
Image Credit: Photograph of Jan Lennox, Director of Watermans Arts Centre. Jan Lennox’s route into the arts began not in a gallery or theatre, but with a trombone on the outskirts of Liverpool. Raised among cornet and trombone players, she…
Image Credit: ‘Queer Migrations’ by Bold Mellon. ‘you are all who came before, you are all who will come after’: queer & migrant artists on belonging, hope & desire What does it mean to move – across borders, between languages,…
Image Credit: B. Åkerlund. Courtesy @bcompleted B. Åkerlund has spent her career proving that “too much” can be a superpower. The Swedish-born fashion activist, stylist, costume designer and creative director began styling at around 17, without fashion-school training and, crucially,…
Image Credit: Josie Dale-Jones photographed by Flavia Fraser-Cannon. Josie Dale-Jones grew up around theatre-makers, absorbing early on something surprisingly powerful: the knowledge that making theatre could actually be a job. She founded ThisEgg while still young, and some 15 years…
Image Credit: Linnea Berthelsen photographed by David Reiss. Linnea Berthelsen took the scenic route into acting. Growing up in Denmark, she started gymnastics at three, travelled solo through China, Australia and the US at 18, and eventually wandered into an…
Image Credit: Photograph of Daisy Fancourt outside the Royal Albert Hall. Professor Daisy Fancourt began her creative life inside music. Growing up torn between the arts and science, she once imagined becoming a professional musician before a university placement with…