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HomeCooked: Come Dine With Me
“You won Jane. Enjoy the money, I hope it makes you very happy … Dear Lord, what a sad little life, Jane. You ruined my night completely...
Sara Hussain
Jan 24, 20216 min read


HomeCooked: Finding Comfort Baking Apple Pie
In the previous part of this story, I talked about how culinary nostalgia provided me (and many others) some much-needed comfort during...
Natty Sae Jew
Dec 7, 20205 min read


In Conversation with Tony Singh MBE (Part 1)
Credits: @mctsingh Award-winning chef Tony Singh MBE shares his culinary insights from his lockdown kitchen in Edinburgh, Scotland. Tony...
Sukhmani Bhakar
Oct 10, 20205 min read


HomeCooked: A Love Letter To Food In Lockdown
Graphic: Ella-Mae Earnshaw As restaurants open back up here’s a look back into the one activity the whole world took to in the confines...
Yana Yadav
Sep 25, 20203 min read


A Cinema of One's Own
I am the kind of person that sets aside multiple days of the week to go see a movie at the cinema. Even the process of getting the ticket...
Aybike Ceren Kahveci
Sep 13, 20204 min read


The Enduring Relevance of Parasite in Lockdown
‘Parasite’ by Bong Joon-ho is a mammoth of cinema. Its intricate eye to detail and multi-layered storytelling led to it becoming the...
Hanna Pham
Sep 12, 20203 min read


Cinema Lockdown Diaries: The Age of Stay-at-Home-Cinema
As I'm sure you're all so tired of hearing, we're in strange times, hard times, unprecedented times and in the middle of all this we are...
Andriani Scordellis
Sep 6, 20203 min read


HomeCooked: Salapao
Credits: Ella-Mae Earnshaw Strand Magazine's new column HomeCooked dives into lockdown stories from the kitchen. Natty Sae Jew writes...
Natty Sae Jew
Sep 6, 20204 min read


Life Doesn’t End After University, But it Sure Feels Like it Does
Image: Pang Yuhao As I submitted my final deadline for second year, I felt free as a bird. Usually, I would have plans to look forward to...
Aybike Ceren Kahveci
Aug 29, 20203 min read


Word on the Empty Street: Public Sexual Harassment in Lockdown
Illustration by Sravya Attaluri | @sravya_attaluri on Instagram On the pre-lockdown streets, experiencing casual sexual harassment in...
Ellie Muir
May 7, 20204 min read
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