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By Kitty Chrisp May 21, 2021May 21, 2021 News

Inside XCity Podcast: Episode 8

In the final episode of the series, Nicola Blackburn and Jake Helm are joined by Aisha Rimi, Editor of XCity magazine, and Chloé Meley, chatting all about the XCity Award.

By Isabelle Gray May 19, 2021May 19, 2021 News

The Five Ws Podcast: Claire Miller

In today’s podcast, Isabelle Gray speaks to Reach PLC’s Head of Data Journalism, Claire Miller.

By Charlotte Colombo May 18, 2021May 17, 2021 News

Third name on the XCity Award shortlist announced: Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff

The outgoing editor-in-chief of gal-dem, a magazine working to amplify the voices of women and non-binary people of colour, has been shortlisted for the 2021 XCity Award.

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By Tilda Coleman March 16, 2020March 16, 2020 Features

A coffee with: travel editor Catherine Fairweather

The former travel editor of Porter Magazine and Harper’s Bazaar on the changing world of journalism and the art of a travel piece. As a young woman in Rome, Catherine Fairweather wrote a piece about living in the Villa Wolkonsky, the official residence of the British Ambassador to Italy, a

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By Marigold Warner March 14, 2018March 13, 2019 The XCityPlus Archives

From cannabis to conflict: A look at the latest independent magazines you should be reading

While mainstream print media continues to struggle, independent magazines are thriving. Stack, a subscription service that delivers a new indie mag each month, saw a 32% increase in its turnover last year. Jeremy Leslie, owner of magCulture in Clerkenwell, north London, says he receives a dozen new magazines to his

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By Ben Allen Ella Braidwood and Karl Tomusk March 20, 2016March 7, 2019 The XCityPlus Archives

Frieze magazine talks design and the importance of print

For nearly 25 years, frieze has been covering contemporary art with eight design-heavy issues a year. Since then it has expanded its brand to art fairs in London and New York; an annual publication about historical art; a bilingual arts quarterly in German and English; and year-round art courses and workshops. XCity Plus

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By Camilla Sterne March 5, 2016March 7, 2019 The XCityPlus Archives

Quiz: Which of these outlandish magazine designs are real?

Independent magazines are getting creative with production designs by using unusual materials and offbeat formats. Can you tell the real-life rags from the made-up mags?

By Megan Carnegie Brown March 3, 2016March 7, 2019 The XCityPlus Archives

Old News: 2003 predicts the future of lads mags

Bauer Media announced in November it would be suspending the publication of FHM and Zoo magazines, and Playboy revealed its first non-nude cover at the beginning of February. It’s almost as if Andy Morris, former online editor at GQ and now acting deputy editor at BA High Life, predicted the

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