A Letter to Our Readers

Front cover photography by Natalie Leanne Magazine Design by Anna McFarlane

Head Editor, Kirsty Taylor

A Letter To Our Readers

I As a woman in the UK, I have spent most of my life living in fear of my safety, presuming sexual harassment was just part of being a woman and always working ten times harder than my male counterparts for the same results. But that ends now, I will no longer live-in fear and to every single woman not just in the UK but in the whole world we deserve better, and we are here for you not just as a company but as individual women who make up our small team. I hope that my children do not live in a world where women carry their keys in between their fingers for their own protection. On a lighter note, I am so excited for us to be sharing out sixth issue with you on ‘Time’ marking out six-month anniversary! Time is a concept I have always found so interesting because time is... well, just a manmade concept which so much of our life is based on. Recently, I have been loving our longer reads such as ‘Morning Ritual’ by Yash Seyedbagheri, ‘Plastic Breath’ by Alfredo Salvatore Arcilesi, and of course part two of Bob Ritchie’s ‘Sultan, Pretty and Me’. I am also very excited to be featuring the talented Rude Cookies Glasgow for our small business feature as I am absolutely obsessed with their cookies on Instagram, and I am ordering some right now! So, please sit back, relax – whatever the weather and the state of the world – grab a beverage of your choice and perhaps a blanket or a fan and immerse yourself in this issue on Time! And remember to show up for and support the women in your life.

Kirsty Taylor, She/Her