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Issue Nº7: COMING SOON

Welcome to Ensemble Magazine – feel free to make yourself at home. This is a space to share, to care, to think, and to be aware of ourselves in this brave new world. Issue Nº7 is coming soon... and until then, happy holidays! Please, read on.

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Alessia Phillips
Ragù Napoletano: The Heart of Traditional Neapolitan Cuisine
Alessia Phillips

It is common knowledge that delicious, hearty food lies at the heart of Italian culture. Half of my family is Neapolitan…

Alessia Phillips
Lizzy Laycock
A Tale of 5 Cocktails
Lizzy Laycock

Amidst COVID, one particular culinary phenomenon that has occurred is the rebirth of after-dinner cocktails at home…

Lizzy Laycock
Elizabeth Talerman
Baking My Way to a Better World
Elizabeth Talerman

It happened by mistake really. While I like to tell people I’ve jumped on the bandwagon of bread baking during…

Elizabeth Talerman
Anna Steen
Things I Learned from Grandpa Billy
Anna Steen

Grandpa Billy made the best satay sauce you’d ever taste in your life. True enough, there wasn’t much satay sauce…

Anna Steen
Elizabeth Talerman
Weights and Measures
Elizabeth Talerman

The Weights and Measures Division of the US Government promotes uniformity… and standards to achieve equity...

Elizabeth Talerman

Arts

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Virgile Demo & Karolina Dema
Artists Demo & Dema Take Inauguration
Virgile Demo & Karolina Dema

Brussels-based artists Virgile Demo & Karolina Dema showcase several exclusive pieces from their new series…

Virgile Demo & Karolina Dema
John Maddin
Power on Scratchboard
John Maddin

When interpreting “Power” now in 2021, my thoughts immediately went to politics – especially as the subject of…

John Maddin
Kate Moore
Pay Up!
Kate Moore

My Zine, “Pay Up!” Is all about student power and the disaster that has been university during Covid. All students…

Kate Moore
Abigail Pooley
The Power of Art to Comfort
Abigail Pooley

Living through a global pandemic isn't easy, and being stuck in a lockdown can feel pretty miserable and…

Abigail Pooley
Sarah McDermott Brown
Gender and Power in the Art Historical Canon
Sarah McDermott Brown

Power is an interesting concept in the visual arts because power relations regarding class, race and gender are…

Sarah McDermott Brown
Arantza Pardo
The Cosmic Works of Spanish Artist Arantza Pardo
Arantza Pardo

Observation of the astronomical is a humble exercise. It forces you to recognise your insignificance somewhere in…

Arantza Pardo

WORLD

Featured
A New Day in America
Emma Hemingway
A New Day in America
Emma Hemingway

“It’s a new day in America” Joe Biden tweeted on January 20th, 2021, mere minutes after the outgoing President…

Emma Hemingway
Nationalism in India and Lack of Individual Power
Deeksha Verender
Nationalism in India and Lack of Individual Power
Deeksha Verender

India today can be characterised by a myriad of things; the bright yellows of auto rikshaws and the gleaming domes…

Deeksha Verender
Opinion: Erdogan Reshapes Middle Eastern Power Politics
Sebran Bruha
Opinion: Erdogan Reshapes Middle Eastern Power Politics
Sebran Bruha

Many choose to highlight the historic Arab-Israeli accords or the increasing US, Israeli, and Sunni Arab pressure…

Sebran Bruha
Suez: A Different Kind of Crisis
Freddie Tidswell
Suez: A Different Kind of Crisis
Freddie Tidswell

The Isthmus of Suez, the narrow strip of land connecting the continents of Africa and Asia is, navigationally speaking…

Freddie Tidswell
A Moveable Feat: Les Grands Voisins
Tom Shaw
A Moveable Feat: Les Grands Voisins
Tom Shaw

The old hospital of St-Vincent-de-Paul sits in the 14ème arrondissement of Paris, on a wide, tree-lined boulevard…

Tom Shaw
Why I Started Archive Africa
Kofi Iddrisu
Why I Started Archive Africa
Kofi Iddrisu

Hey there! My name is Kofi Nana Oduro Iddrisu (my friends call me Idris) and I am the founder of Archive Africa…

Kofi Iddrisu

Literature

Featured
Meg Edwards
Literature, Poetry
Taste it, Now Change, a poem
Meg Edwards
Literature, Poetry

Set the microwave to 3 minutes, she reads, Throwing away the cardboard sleeve. Sleep is a healer (or so they say)…

Meg Edwards
Literature, Poetry
Harry Clough
Literature, Poetry
Cucurucu, a poem
Harry Clough
Literature, Poetry

Winter's weakening grip slips into night As we journey together, Tabs under tongues, Tennants on side tables…

Harry Clough
Literature, Poetry
Amy Yeo
Literature, Fiction
Nothing Ever Changes, a short script
Amy Yeo
Literature, Fiction

Outside a pub. Tom is smoking, Emily sees him. EMILY: Shitsticks. She attempts to duck past unseen but he spots her…


Amy Yeo
Literature, Fiction
George Tomsett
Literature, Poetry
37 Weeks of Solitude, a poem
George Tomsett
Literature, Poetry

Week I A cold wind. Clouds forming on the ceiling late last night. Emily would call it early. “You technically are a…

George Tomsett
Literature, Poetry
George Millership
Literature, Poetry
A Poem Spoken Into Siri, a poem
George Millership
Literature, Poetry

George Millership speaks into Siri to see what it truly records from his feelings…

George Millership
Literature, Poetry
Kieran Daly
Literature, Isolation Diaries
Isolation Diaries: Kieran
Kieran Daly
Literature, Isolation Diaries

I am a relapsed writer. From a very young age, writing had always been a core part of my sense of self.

Kieran Daly
Literature, Isolation Diaries

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