Ethos magazine

23/05/2025

From three-legged chairs to a legacy of , Fritz Hansen furniture is decorating the pages of our latest issue of Ethos!

Inside, you’ll find a deeper insight into the longevity, sustainability and organic simplicity of their every creation (some of which DenMARKS it’s 70th anniversary this very year!) 😍

This is the story of the enterprising cabinet maker, FRITZ HANSEN, who built a lasting furniture, lighting and accessory company, renowned for its ingenuity, craftsmanship and instantly-recognisable Egg chair 🥚🪑

While sustainability may be on everyone’s lips at Danish design company Fritz Hansen, it’s about more than materials – it’s about making enduring products you’ll want to keep forever. Nicola Capper finds out more:

At Danish design company Fritz Hansen, it’s about more than materials – it’s about making enduring products you’ll want to keep forever.

21/05/2025

A cuppa. A brew. A Rosie Lee. A quintessentially British, good ol' cup of tea 🫖💖

We at Ethos always have revered the communal cuppas that supercharge us through the day. From a “golden toast” tea to a black tea with two sugars to a tea so milky it practically moos, – in our house (office), there’s a brew for every mood 🫡

Because tea is to Brits as petrol is to cars; fuel. We simply will not GO without it.

So, as it’s , we thought it was time we spilled the tea on tea:

🧋 After water, tea is the world’s most consumed drink! (And if we had oceans full of the stuff, it’d probably be the first)

🌏 Tea supposedly originated in northeast India, north Myanmar and southwest China, with evidence of tea drinking in China, dating as far back as 5,000 years ago

🍃 According to legend, Emperor Shen Nung discovered our beloved brew, when leaves from a wild tree blew into his pot of boiling water in 2732 BC

🍰 Afternoon tea became a thing in England, thanks to Anna, the seventh Duchess of Bedford, who was renowned for feeling a little snackish around 4pm (aren’t we all), and thus the trend began

💂‍♂️ Earl Grey tea is named after the 2nd Earl Grey, Charles Grey, who happened to be the British Prime Minister from 1830 to 1834 (it’s country-running fuel, tea)

Anyway, we’ve long since realised the one thing that best accompanies a cup of tea more than any biscuit, scone or crumpet ever could – a good read. You know, one like Ethos magazine maybe? 🤷‍♀

So grab yourself a copy of Ethos for a perfect pairing to your peppermint (we even talk about tea, specifically The Karma Tea Co., in Ethos 20!), and raise your mug: https://ethos-magazine.com/shop/

19/05/2025

Spotted! A wild Ethos 19, with frost-tipped edges and intrepid clothing brand, Craghoppers, on the cover (suitably sauntering through snowy terrain)! 👀❄

This image of Ethos 19 was taken outside a Kelo log cabin in the northern Finnish village of , which then became the very location in which Ethos writer Emily Wilcox travelled to for our Ethos 22 “48 Hours In” feature! 🙌

You see, Ethos is a well travelled magazine – not only do we spend two days in various places across the world, but many of our stories are shared with us from far and wide as we meet people, projects and businesses that originate from places well beyond our postcode.

Just take a look at the contents page map at the beginning of every issue of Ethos; you’ll see where all our features are found 🌍🌏🌎

In fact, why not broaden our magazines’ horizons even further by welcoming it into your home, wherever you are? If you subscribe to Ethos today, below, then someday soon a papery piece of the globe will reside right there beside you 🏡

Will Ethos drop a pin in your home too?📍

https://ethos-magazine.com/shop/

15/05/2025

Ethos readers and entertainment lovers alike; it’s Eurovision Song Contest week! 🎉🎉

This year, plays host to the semi-finals, with the grand final taking place this Saturday – and that reminds us…

Remember when had the honour of housing the iconic event? 🙌

Back in 2023, we were the home of (not just any home, but an M&S Bank Arena home), the container of creativity and chaos combined, where a collection of characters from all across Europe took to the stage to perform, to entertain, to dazzle ✨

Ethos is published by Wordscape, which focuses on cultural and impact-related stories – that’s our bread and butter, and we were lucky enough to be involved.

“Our first job working with the BBC, we produced a total of five guides for Eurovision 2023 – United by Music – including the official programme. We printed 22,000 copies of the official programme, with a tactile front cover that includes both a metallic pink and a spot gloss – alongside the media, technical and delegation handbooks. And our final project, still in competition, is the post-event report, which showcases the enormous successes of the Liverpool contest.”

It was one of those joyous “what the hell just happened?” moments, the privilege of being a part of the Eurovision process. Which will be reflected with this year’s UK entry, Remember Monday, and their song, “What the Hell Just Happened?” 🤷‍♀👏👏

It’ll be more than just Monday – this is set to be an unforgettable Saturday, too!

So, Ethosians and Eurovisionaries, will you be watching? Who are you most looking forward to seeing perform? Let us know in the comments below 👇

You can find out more about Wordscape’s work with Eurovision here: https://www.wordscape.org.uk/ #/eurovision-song-contest/

14/05/2025

We are the subscriber species 🤷‍♀

We sign up to regularly receive our chosen medias; Netflix, Amazon Prime, PlayStation Plus, Sky Sports, newsletters, emails, updates, notifications.

But it’s not just things we put our name to. We also subscribe to concepts, proposals, beliefs, ideas – and people 🤝

✨ Ethos magazine is the intersection of both ✨

A tangible thing, containing a plethora of people, projects and purposes worth subscribing to. GOOD people doing GREAT things, to better their communities, the environment and the future 🌍💚

With ideas, inspirations and innovations inked into every page, Ethos is a medium of high quality endeavours, for the low cost of £12 (or less for older issues!).

If you're a person who subscribes to goodness (and we think you are) – then subscribe to Ethos magazine today, to receive our bi-annual magazine stuffed full of good businesses and great stories: https://ethos-magazine.com/shop/

12/05/2025

The route ↪ to better business – that’s the path the Better Business Act and its 3,000 supporters have been forging for the past three years!

“That’s 3,000 organisations who are demanding that company directors align social and environmental impact with shareholder returns. 3,000 organisations who know they must be a part of the solution and want to do more. 3,000 organisations who know the time to act is now.” 💪

And Ethos is one of them! As signatories to the act, we, too, are on the route to better business, helping to ensure that “the interests of people, planet and profits are aligned.”

If you want to join us on the journey, then check out the toolkit that Better Business Act has created, containing a campaign guide to help craft your message and hone your voice: https://betterbusinessact.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/The-Route-to-Better-Business_-Toolkit.pdf?mc_cid=9415b45a74,

➡ Inside, you’ll find the campaign’s messaging, logo, colour, typography, graphic language and any other tools that might help you on this venture to better business.

The time for change is now. We’ll meet you en route 🤝

09/05/2025

Ethos magazine is an open book: a papery pick ‘n’ mix of allsorts (get it? A sweet pun for a sweet read) of people, near and far, and whoever they are, one thing that connects them is the shared goodness that emanates from their actions 🍬🤝

The Open Book bookshop and Airbnb is also, quite literally, an open book. One that resident readers from all around the world can not only stay at – but run themselves.

Ethos writer and emphatic reader, Emily Wilcox, stumbled upon this Scottish sanctuary of stories from pure and happy happenstance. Now a piece of her heart (and her email address on the cancellation waiting list) resides there 📚💖

“The Open Book, the world’s first Airbnb bookshop, based in , , notorious for luring in lovers of words from around the world; this issue, it’s us who have fallen under The Open Book’s spell.”

Read more about the Airbnb built for readers, offering them a chance to step into their bookshop owning fantasies – without having to pay any of the bills 🤷‍♀️ – here: https://ethos-magazine.com/local-hero-the-open-book/

07/05/2025

⚠️ Attention all butterflies, bees and other bugfolk! ⚠️

📣 This is a pollinator service announcement! 📣

It’s that time of year again, inverte-mates. has finally arrived!

If you had opposable thumbs or access to the internet, you might have already read about Plantlife: saving wild plants's national flower power campaign in one of last year’s Ethos Green Swaps challenges: https://ethos-magazine.com/challenge-4-a-green-clean/

But if you didn’t, let us tell you what it’s all about 🐝🦋

🌿 is an initiative started by Plantlife in 2019, encouraging garden-owners up and down the country to leave their gardens be for the entirety of May, transforming them into a green utopia of biodiversity 🌱

“A healthy lawn with some long grass and wildflowers benefits wildlife, tackles pollution and can even lock away carbon below ground.” – Plantlife.

So you see, bee? You won’t believe your butterfl-eyes! But this is your time to thrive! You might be spineless, but you’re certainly not afraid to venture through the flowering wilds that the kindly garden owners of the UK have left, untouched, for you 🌷🌻🌼

And for you humanfolk who are thinking of bringing your lawn mower out of retirement – don’t just yet. Let your lawn grow!

You can find out more about here: https://www.plantlife.org.uk/campaigns/nomowmay/

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06/05/2025

The sweltering mini-summer we stuffed into last week’s back pocket might not have fully emerged this week – but you don’t have to heat wave the summer goodbye just yet 👋🌞

We've got a taste for it now. For cloudless skies and warm breezes, for outdoor seating and a book in hand – or you know. A magazine 🤷‍♀️

✨ With the summer on the horizon, now is the perfect time to order yourself a copy of Ethos 22! ✨

Full of bright stories about sunbeam people and their dazzling endeavours. It’s summer set in 2D, inked in high quality pages that are perfect for fanning yourself with, should you get a little too sweaty 🥵🫠

06/05/2025

Ethos will be joining at The Black-E Liverpool tomorrow (May 7th) at 7pm, for the truth-seeking, change-making event; A Climate of Lies 🙌

With Mike Berners Lee, Simon O’Brien and our very own Fiona Shaw on the panel, hosted by Liverpool’s Shift sustainability network, we’ll collectively be raising our voices to highlight the ongoing – and what we can do to inspire change 📣📣

Now, we’re inviting you to do the same 🫵

Making the climate emergency a priority – that’s OUR ethos. Could it be yours?

Find out more and buy your tickets for A Climate of Lies here: https://writingonthewall.org.uk/myevents/a-climate-of-lies/

02/05/2025

In Ethos 22, our very own Lucy Moss talks to Lunya – a restaurant, bar and deli in our home town of – about what it means to become an employee-owned business 🤷‍♀️

“We wanted to try something different that would preserve what we had created as well as protect our staff in the long-term,” says Peter Kinsella, co-owner of Lunya with his wife, Elaine. “The new structure not only rewards the hard work and dedication of the staff but also empowers them to play a direct role in the restaurant’s continued growth and innovation as we retire gradually. Importantly, in the future, they will financially benefit from Lunya’s success.”

It’s a read that’s set to engage businesses, encourage employees and enlighten those who have wondered about the benefits of this radical shift from tradition 🤔

This feature will meet all your EOT (Employee-Owned Trust) cravings, and it’s a dish best served well told.

Read How To: Become Employee-owned here (and grab a copy of Ethos 22 while you're there!):

Liverpool's Lunya is being taken over by local people the owners trust to take them from strength to strength in the future. We find out how.

01/05/2025

Ethos is an advocate for truth – and for A Climate of Lies 🌍

Our very own founder, Fiona Shaw, is joining Mike Berners-Lee and Simon O’Brien to speak out at the Writing on the Wall event, A Climate of Lies, hosted by Jon Davies from the Liverpool’s Shift sustainability network. And they’re inviting you to raise your voices, too 🗣️📣

“There is no getting away from the reality that things are getting worse, with no reprieve in sight, now that the world’s most infamous climate denier holds the world’s most powerful seat in the White House. Big oil, and companies across the world involved in pollution and destruction, have been given a license to burn the planet.”

👎 The bad news: there is an ongoing .

👍 The good news: we can change that!

A Climate of Lies takes place at The Black-E Liverpool on May 7th, from 7pm, providing a united space to share ways in which we can force action, challenge the system and extinguish the flames.

It’s time we shared the truth 🤝

Want to join the fight, alongside environmental campaigners, sustainability consultants and other like-minded changemakers?

Then find out more about the event – and buy your tickets – here: https://writingonthewall.org.uk/myevents/a-climate-of-lies/