Artefact Magazine

29/05/2025

Artefact's Anggi Pande hops south of the river to Toad Bakery in Peckham Road, where they serve buttery inventions like the everything-bagel croissant and the soy sauce cookie.

The bakery on Peckham Road attracting Londoners from all over the city

29/05/2025

"At 4:00 am, the bell strikes, starting trading. A horde of restaurateurs, market owners, and personal shoppers descend on the market stalls to barter and buy the freshest catch at wholesale prices.

Among the bustling traders and familiar banter, Billingsgate fish market is rich with tradition, where generations have worked, laughed, and bartered — a London landmark soon to be lost."

Read Artefact's Jimmy Hughes-Brown's final farewell to Billingsgate fish market.

Among the bustling traders and familiar banter, say goodbye to a place rich with tradition, where generations have worked, laughed, and bartered — a London landmark soon to be lost.

28/05/2025

Dive into the world of women’s-only cold water swimming in ‘s most recent piece for Artefact 🏊‍♀️🌾In Hampstead Heath lies a safe haven for women all over London, bonded over their unusual yet relaxing hobby.

27/05/2025

Alongside running and writing for Artefact, the students at LCC have been busy putting together a brand new issue of our Southwark Food Magazine! You can head over to the Artefact website to read a selection of reviews on the borough's best eateries, as well as a series of food-focused feature pieces 🍱🍜🥟🥢

Keep your eyes peeled for the upcoming print issue. All updates can be found over on the Instagram page.

25/05/2025

When exactly did cafés become the office of choice? Between the screech of the milk steamer and the humming Massive Attack album, are cafés really a good place to work?

Or perhaps the better question: is work a good thing to bring into a café?

Artefact's Ella Katz visits Lumberjack café, a cosy indie coffee shop, which has involuntarily transformed into a makeshift office space for laptop users.

When the Wi-Fi is free and coffee is flowing, remote workers flock to cafes. But who loses out when we bring work into a place of leisure?

25/05/2025

Southwark is home to a melting pot of flavours and rhythms that reflect the diversity of its community 🥘🍤🎷💿

With live performances ranging from afrobeat and soul to hifi vinyl listening and electronic open mics, journey through Southwark with our guide to the best places in the borough for mouthwatering bites and soulful sounds.

As one of London's most eclectic boroughs, Southwark is bustling with good food and music. Its deep roots of migration and connection to the Windrush Generation have grown a rich cultural landscape.

25/05/2025

This is not your usual film club.

Created by friends Fiona Kehinde, 29, and Grace Kettle, 25, “Movie & Mingle” has grown into a community of over 800 members, offering a place for real-life interaction at a time when virtual relationships often replace face-to-face connection.

Artefact's Adrian Madzura attends a screening of Scream, hosted at All is Joy, Studio 1 in London.

Movie & Mingle brings together hundreds of film buffs for screenings and socialising, creating a real-world community in a digital era.

24/05/2025

“You can’t have a third space in a … post-welfare state, really.”

Artefact's Maddie Agne interviews Ollie Mason, owner of Gulp Fiction, a bookshop-coffeehouse in Oxford's Covered Market, discussing the difficulties in making enough profit to pay staff, while creating an affordable community hub.

An Oxford bookshop reckons work against play, asserting it must have both to maintain its community.

23/05/2025

Ever wondered where to find the best jollof rice in Peckham? 🥘

Artefact's Oreoluwa Adeyoola and Max Ingleby tried them all, so you don't have to.

A jollof expedition in Peckham uncovered a thriving, family-run Nigerian restaurant scene with a strong sense of community.

23/05/2025

"Jack Coulter first saw sound when he heard his own heartbeat at the age of three."

Artist Jack Coulter has synaesthesia, a phenomenon which causes him to hear colours and see sounds. Having featured on the Forbes 30 under 30 list, the Irish painter has received great critical acclaim for his artistic style, which incorporates visual representations of music.

The young Irish painter who sees sounds and hears colours says, ‘It’s something so complex yet so simple’.

23/05/2025

“People of culture who talk about Ukraine, preserve the memory of everything that the Ukrainian people are going through, and revive what gives people the strength to live in such difficult times, are important.”

Artefact's Davis Blakely talks to artist Dzvinya Podlyashetska about motherhood, conflict, and identity.

Artist Dzvinya Podlyashetska discusses motherhood, conflict, and identity.

20/05/2025

’s article on her experience living in Brixton, regarded by The Top 10 as the second most dangerous place to live in London, offers a fresh perspective to the misunderstood district. 🌃

Click the link in our bio to read it in full!

Do you think Brixton is misunderstood?