
NEW GIRLS | MEET THE NEW FACES AT MODELS 1
Name: Hannah Gillespie Age: 18 Height: 5'9.5 Where are you from? Loughton in Essex. What was it like growing up there? It was lovely growing up in Loughton, because we live right next to Epping Forest. I spent most of my childhood walking and playing with my dogs in...

BURN IT DOWN | BILLY LOCKETT
We interview one of the UK’s hottest unsigned musicians Billy Lockett moments before his stunning catwalk show performance at London Collections: Men and discover how love and heartbreaking loss inspired his new music It’s a balmy Monday night in Spitalfields at the...

ANARCHY IN THE UK. WITH A SIDE ORDER OF STRAWBERRIES AND CREAM
In the Editor's Letter for the July issue of The Manual, out now on iTunes and Android, PHOENIX's Editor-in-Chief Hannah Kane gives her reaction to Brexit When millions of us entered those low-fi plywood cubicles to vote in the referendum last week, after all of the...

BLUE STORY
Click photo to launch gallery The colour palette of sunny skies and seafoam, blue and white gets our vote this summer. Look for unexpected floral prints Photography Tim Bret Day Styling by Charlie Davies (@charliedaviesfashion) represented by www.novelbeings.com Hair...

SOUND OF THE SUMMER | LION BABE
Capturing the sound of the summer, feel-good soul, funk and electronics duo Lion Babe comprised of singer/songwriter and performance artist Jillian Hervey and instrumentalist/producer Lucas Goodman / Astro Raw have just dropped an 11 track mixtape SUN JOINT available...

Robert Montgomery On Lights of Soho’s Open Submission Exhibition
Contemporary art gallery Lights of Soho does what it says on the tin - with more than a bit of panache, might we add. Located on Brewer Street in the beating heart of the city, it focuses solely on light installations. With a member’s lounge acting as a cultural hub...

New Beauty | Bagsy
We’ve all been there - it’s Saturday night, you reach for your favourite clutch bag… but there’s a problem. Your bulky bronzer and chunky lipstick won’t fit inside. You can’t take both. If this totally serious situation sounds familiar, you need to know about Bagsy -...

5 Reasons To Visit Castro’s Cuba Before It Disappears
The story of Cuba is a Bildungsroman, but the tale is not quite finished; she has not completed the transition from youth to adulthood just yet. With a thawing of US-Cuba relations, will the country evolve into a tawdry island playground for American tourists akin to...

Warm It Up, Slow It Down | Carnival’s Best Parties
Carnival is back, in all its bejewelled glory. Here's a jerk-spiced taste of what's to come... Pre-Game Babylon Resuscitate last year's feather headdress and shake off your worries with this pre-Carnival treat. Babylon's increasingly popular warm-up party at Paradise...

Extend Your Summer With September’s Best Festivals
It’s the last month of assured warmth before your coats and scarves begin to appear again, so make the most of it with these September festivals. Bestival This award-winning member of the Isle of Wight festival family is bursting at the seams with talents new and...

PHOENIX Trials A Seaweed Spa Session With Voya
When I initially pondered the prospect of a seaweed body wrap, it evoked childhood memories of slipping on slimy tendrils on the beach, running screaming from the sea as they slid over my feet. But now, being an (ever so slightly) more mature adult, I have learnt to...

The American Dream Gets Upturned In Chilling New Thriller The Gift
In The Gift, Joel Edgerton’s surprising and disturbing new thriller, a middle-aged couple move from the urban maelstrom of Chicago to the leafy, peaceful Californian suburbs in pursuit of the new American dream – a cushy corporate job and 2.4 children (what on earth...

Dance Into The Weekend With Cazzette – New EP Desserts Released Today
Four years ago Sebastian Furrer and Alex Björklund formed Cazzette after a chance meeting via old school social media platform MySpace. Now rising stars of the EDM scene, and following in the footsteps of other masked DJs such as Daft Punk and Deadmaus (check out...

Colombia Comes To Carnaby With Flor Amazona
Colombian luxury brand, Flor Amazona has a summer pop up on Carnaby Street to showcase its Spring Summer 2015 collection as well as jewellery inspired by Colombia’s Pacific Coast. The vibrant pieces blend traditional pre-Colombian gold work with cutting-edge fashion...

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It's competition time and boy, have we got some goodies for you! All you have to do is click > here < to complete our short reader survey (we'd love to know more about you lovely lot!), and make sure to leave your email address at the bottom. There will be one...