From Rebecca Ogunribido's exploration of Yoruba heritage and Safiya Shakirova's tribute to the strength and traditions of Kazakh women to Raven's celebration of Hong Kong's Yum Cha culture, the nominated collections showcase fashion's unique ability to tell stories, preserve cultural identity and spark meaningful conversations

Superhero stories have always been more forgiving of their male leads. Their flaws are built into their character and not often do they have to correct them before being considered heroic. Female superheroes have not always had that same freedom.

Photo by Daniela Denyer Malo Hot Mess feels like a fever dream – in the best way possible. There’s no better way to describe it than as if a ‘90s sitcom show and SIX the musical had a theatre baby… and that’s how this show came to be. Not only is it a perfect representation of the toxic relationship between the earth and humanity, with the best level of comedy to make it interesting, but the music will also have you dancing along the whole time. The premise is brilliantly ri

Photo by Daniela Denyer Malo The Wedding People by Alison Espach, a fiction novel published in 2024, has become increasingly popular in reader circles this year and with good reason too. Marketed as a chick-lit romance, readers expect a funny, light-hearted, whirlwind romance type of book, yet what awaits within the pages is so much more. Beginning with an unexpected premise, our main character’s first proper interaction reveals the most unexpected backstory and motivations –

Photo by Umair Dingmar on Unsplash (licensed under the Unsplash licence) In the summer of 2025, the two-part documentary ‘The Hunt for Shannon Matthews’ (Ben Sheldon, 2025) was released – all about the staged kidnapping that put my hometown of Dewsbury, West Yorkshire on the map. I watched it, of course. My whole family did. I even made my boyfriend – privately educated and capable of pronouncing his t’s – watch it too. A sort of “look at this crazy place I call home” exercis