And the winner is…
We’re so excited to finally announce the winner of our ‘This London’ short documentary film competition in association with The Smalls and The Guardian.
Issue 3 Launch / This London Event
On 8th May we held an event at The Hospital Club where we celebrated the launch of our London issue as well as announced the winners of This London.
A Look Inside Issue Three
A quick look inside the third issue of Boat Magazine. You can buy the magazine here.
Short Documentary – The Tale of Two Craftsmen
Film-maker Miles Langley tells the story of two craftsmen reviving old London trades. Miles follows Jake Burger of The Ginstitute in Portobello Road and David A. Smith, an ornate glass maker who is creating mirrors for the gin museum.
Pre-order the London Issue Now!
We’re excited to announce that the London Issue is being printed as I type and you can pre-order it now from our shop! Click here to get yours now. This issue features some knock-out content from Nick Hornby, Lee Rourke, Jon Ronson, Simon Roberts, Robert Wyatt, and interviews with Conrad Williams and Diana Athill. We’re...
Piccadilly Escalator : A Collage by Adrian Brannan
One of the most difficult things about running a magazine is not having the page space to include all of the really great content we find. We came across Adrian Brannan’s photo collages quite late in our work on the London issue and were instantly taken by them.
Calling Film-makers – This London
THE SMALLS AND BOAT MAGAZINE LAUNCH DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM CONTEST This London is an online documentary film competition that seeks to discover and celebrate the most talented and innovative storytellers with a unique perspective on London. Through the power of these stories The Smalls, Boat Magazine and Guardian Travel hope to illuminate and bring meaning...
London : Spreading the Gospel
D’Arcy Doran writes : For the London issue, photographer Elizabeth Dalziel and I have been focusing on places where you turn a corner and feel like you’ve been transported somewhere else completely. We’re hoping to capture some of the very different ways people in different communities experience the city. We’ve been looking at how members...
London Scenes – Video
For those that didn’t make it down to the illustration event with Ammo Magazine a couple of weekends ago, here’s a short video kindly shot for us by Tom Eagar. Some of the artwork from the day will go up on Ammo’s site very soon.
London A-Z
I saw this beautiful 2D animation a few years ago at the Rushes Film Festival, from Sally Arthur for Arthur Cox. For the London Issue of the magazine we’re creating a pull out map to accompany the publication, we’ll keep the exact details under our hats for now. But as we were putting it together...
Lost London : Flickr
As we’ve spoken to Londoners about their city, many reminisce about London Lost. In researching for the new issue of Boat Magazine we stumbled across a Flickr group called London RIP. Its 70 members have posted over 500 images of parts of the city, buildings, institutions and residents that may have gone but are not...
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