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A fair deal
We meet some of our Fairtrade suppliers and learn how a few simple choices can help to change lives. From chocolate to coffee and quinoa, buying Fairtrade can improve living and working conditions for farmers, support the fight against child slavery and help cope with the challenges of climate change
Culture bounces back
“To be an artist is to believe in life,” said Henry Moore. And to see art is to feel alive. It liberates our souls, feeds our imaginations and breaks down barriers; it brings joy and can prompt sudden sadness, but most of all it makes us free… In a time when the future of cultural institutions is more uncertain than ever, some brave newcomers have popped their heads above the parapet, daring to open for the first time during the pandemic. We round up the best of them.
Spirited away
When it comes to creating a classic gin, it turns out that less really is more. We go behind the scenes of a distillery whose ethos of simplicity produces a gin as deep, cool and clear as the waters of the Cumbrian lakes that inspired its creation
Optical illusions
A year-long Van Eyck celebration is underway in the Belgian city of Ghent. ELLIE FAZAN finds a weekend there helps put things into perspective...
Autumn HOMELIFE for Cotswold Company
A seasonal, rich editorial magazine for Cotswold Company that showcases their quality products as well as brand heritage and values.
Copywriting and tone of voice for Skylight
Skylight bars were launching a new venture in Peckham and wanted a tone of voice guide that help create a cohesive brand identity as the grew – and entice people into their special brand of extraordinary.
Brand consultant for Kiyumi
Kiyumi is wellness startup, offering a psychedelic retreats at its centre in Amsterdam. They approached me as they wanted a document that would tie separate pieces of their brand identity together, and underpin it with a tone of voice guide that they could eventually roll out over their website and social media.
Small town girl
From a tiny place surrounded by the forests, mountains and lakes of British Columbia, to becoming London’s new queen on the techno scene, the DJ we know as B.Traits has been on quite a journey
The cherry on top
From its foundations in the modernist movement, this 1930s property – set within a prestigious English estate – has been redesigned for the 21st century, creating a home of extraordinary symmetry and craftsmanship
Fancy that
There are those for whom the lure of the dressing-up box goes way beyond the odd outfit hire. For these pleasure-seekers, life really is a dress rehearsal…
Inspiring travel magazines for Flight Centre
Working through my agency Content Collective I relaunched Flight Centre’s magazine. It’s still packed with the same great content, but we now print 360,000 copies per issue. 300 000 of these are used as a tool of acquisition and are distributed through the Week, the Saturday Telegraph and The Sunday Times.
A novel approach
A thing of extraordinary symmetry and beauty, this modernist property takes inspiration from Simon Mawer’s The Glass Room, a fictional tale about art, architecture, and desire
Desert island bliss
Ellie Fazan joins a new safari boat tour of The Philippines' 'last frontier', an archipelago of hidden coves, coral reefs and empty white beaches.
Life below zero
Wildlife photographer Ginny Scholes fulfilled a lifelong dream when she took her camera on an Antarctic expedition
Horse power
Voluntourism in Malawi: can horse power make a better world?
Barefoot paradise
Welcome to Gili Lankanfushi, where luxury, privacy, and exclusivity truly take on new meaning.
Brand consultant for fashion startups
For Ziggy Lloyd – a sustainable fashion start-up – I hosted a full-day workshop to galvanise the brand.
Boat trip
THE ROUTE: island-hopping in the Philippines. THE VESSEL: a native bangka boat.
Inverting the female form
Meet Polly. She’s the artist who bends herself into weird shapes in abandoned houses in a quest to invert traditional perceptions of the female form.
Picturing the end of the world
Lying face-down in penguin poo during a blizzard, surrounded by the overwhelming sight, smell and sound of 80,000 pairs of king penguins and their chicks