“Comfort is where dreams go to die.” Reda Elazouar says the words softly, but it lands like a declaration. Only minutes into our conversation, it’s clear — his vision for the future is razor sharp, his path as an actor less a stroke of luck than a deliberate act of creation. With all this intention, then, it’s hard to believe that acting wasn’t always the plan. In fact, the Sex Education star’s first penchant for performance came in the form of magic. He spent a lot of his childhood doing tricks...

Taz Skylar’s path into the industry was by no means usual. There was no drama school pipeline, no stage parents. In fact, he never planned on being an actor at all. There was just an unfulfilling factory job, a suitcase and a gut feeling that the life he had wasn’t going to be enough. At twenty- nine, Skylar moves with intention. Actor, director, writer— every role is a decision. Every decision? Deliberate. He started in London’s Bernie Grant Arts Centre staging self- written plays and went on t...

Making her London Fashion Week debut with the collection ‘Cherubium’, the designer has successfully delivered a completely flawless series of designs. A student of fashion institutes in both Seoul and London, she brings to her craft extensive years of technical garment making, producing semi-couture looks that are intricate, delicate, and expertly constructed.

As one stop on her meteoric journey, she's set to perform alongside fellow musicians TASH and Bridget at FEMMESTIVAL's next showcase at Two Palms Hackney, centred around female performers, and supported by us here at the STRAND. In the final week before the show, Tally and I caught up to discuss all things music, the choices that have gotten her to this point in her career, and her hopes for the future. I first wanted to find out what drew her to a career in music to start with. "I think it was...

It’s a rainy Saturday in London’s Soho - an area brimming with creativity and integral to the art world. The Photographers Gallery, the first gallery in the UK to be devoted solely to photography, is close by on Ramillies Street. I’m here, amidst the mayhem of Frieze Week, to meet with London-based artist LUCIAN at The Artist Workspace Gallery. Trained at Camberwell College of Arts, his newest collection ‘Halfway Between An Atom And A Star’, is his second to be curated by Zoë Goetzmann. “It’s a...

From a family of creatives, it is only natural that Claudia Wang is able to harness the true power of print and colour. The designer uses her space to channel a delightful harmony of textiles and, in the past, has portrayed herself as a true fashion activist. In the brand’s Autumn/Winter 2023 display at Taipei Fashion Week, for example, her collection ‘Civilisation of Love’ garnered critical acclaim for its focus on positive body diversity and forward-thinking developments in the production of f...