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Date: 4th of November 2014 Time: 1pm
Date: 13th of November 2014
Location: LCC College of Communication
Time: 12pm
Attendees: Andrina, Deborah, Sofia, Lucyann and Evelyn
Location: LCC College of Communication
Purpose of the meeting: Decide on an idea for the feature, decide on who to commission
Attendees: Andrina, Deborah, Sofia, Lucyann and Evelyn
assigneD actiOn iteMs Features editor: Write commissioning brief for both, photographer and writer until latest 7th of November. Send the com-
Purpose of the meeting: Editor-in-chief can check in with everyone, not just through text, have a look at the commissioned pictures
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TEAM DYNAMICS
theme
THE SPIRIT
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THE IDEA
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eagues suggested for this project, and since one of the tasks I ea of the feature, I decided to select something I am familiar magazine I chose is Kinfolk “a slow lifestyle magazine publives, cultivate communityand spend more time with their
editor required me to come up with an idea for the theme of ne, which based each issue on a different theme.The idea for e is going to be published. Being the latest the winter issue bruary I thought about what are the major “events” during during the winter months so the issue has to have something te to the other months as well so I had the idea of “The Spihen I realized how easily I could adapt it to the whole issue of Kinfolk -the Spirit Issue- explores the meaning of spirit, uring Christmas when we tend to forget how we used to feel he spirit of gathering with our beloved.
writer’s cOMMissiOning Brief KinfOlK ethOs: Kinfolk is a quarterly independent ‘slow lifestyle’ magazine that explores ways in which readers can simplify their lives, cultivate community and spend more time with your friends and family.
Details aBOut this issue • Winter issue • Issue number 14 • Release date: November 25th • Theme of the issue: The Spirit
theMe Of the issue The winter edition of Kinfolk -the Spirit Issue- explores the meaning of spirit, how we should incorporate it in everything we do, especially during Christmas when we tend to forget how we used to feel during our childhood from the magic of making the tree to the spirit of gathering with our beloved. feature stOry The feature is inspired by the Christmas Spirit, which is to be told in a narrating format which see the author relay a story of a time where they felt the essence of that spirit manifest itself it could be a personal story, that of someone else – related to a familiar tradition (food, customs) or a favorite memory. The author should or could include in the essay the importance of being wrapped up in that spirit and how it could be shared with those around you as well as how the reader can further spread that spirit and applied to their celebrations of Christmas. The article must relate in someway to a recipe, which will be displayed on the following pages. Word count: 500-600 words Format: PDF, word document to send to the sub-editor, Deborah Marie (hello@deborahmarielaure.com) Deadline: Please send the article to the subeditor not later than November 14th
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in my mum’s kitchen last year. There was no snow, no soundtrack and we don’t have a fire. We were hue-less. But it was hugely important; to me, my mum and my sister. To explain why though we have to go back to 2005.
ARTICLE TYPE: ESSAY
HEADER: CHRISTMAS
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An essay reflecting on a personal experience of The Christmas Spirit
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I can’t remember laughing as much at the time over the past three years. It felt like Christmas looks in all those films.
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Cinematically speaking, Christmas spirit is easy to define. There’s snow and uplifting music and a heartwarming manifestation of peace or goodwill or redemption. There’s a soft fireside glow bathing everything and everyone in a golden hue that confirms that things are going to be alright. But Christmas spirit doesn’t always look this, well, predictable. In parts the makers of Love Actually understood this. The scene where Bill Nighy’s trumped up pop-star sacks off Elton John’s festive bash to get drunk in a dingy flat with his downtrodden manager is a great example of finding Christmas spirit in unusual places (of course elsewhere they crank the cheese up to 11, but if you’re a Love Actually hater then you might as well bow out here because quite simply you and I aren’t going to get on). Anyway my story involves getting drunk on cheap champagne KINFOLK 328 NE Failing Street / Portland, Oregon 97212 / United States info@kinfolk.com
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My sister came out by accident, thanks to a combination of bad luck, my mum’s nosiness and an unclearly addressed bank statement. My mum opened a statement she thought was for her, and discovered that for at least two weeks that summer my sister hadn’t been in the Phillipines but in south London. I mean she *had* been in the Phillipines, but came back early to visit her then girlfriend (a Chelsea fan with a blonde bob cut and a penchant for melodramatic gestures). Questions led to admissions led to recriminations led to things being said that were impossible to un-say.
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For several years the relationship between the two was strained. Mum struggled not just with the discovery but the manner of the discovery. My Dad had died three years earlier (hey this is a cheery story!) and her ongoing grief mixed with this difficult generational adjustment. Like a frozen pond in mid-November, on the surface things looked like they were holding, but the slightest pressure could cave the whole thing in. But over time things changed (as they are wont to do).
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Mum acknowledged, then accepted who my sister was and my sister in turn was kind and patient and respectful as she made this transition. Now she is engaged (to a policewoman with a brunette bob cut and absolutely zero time for melodrama of any kind) and Mum adores them both. Which brings us to Christmas Eve last year. My girlfriend and my sister’s fiancee were working, my mum’s new husband was in the lounge watching TV with my uncle and auntie. My sister, my mum and I sat in the kitchen and got gradually, gloriously drunk on three bottles of champagne mum’s clients had given her as Christmas presents. I can’t remember laughing as much at any time over the past three years. it felt like Christmas looks in all those films, even if it was essentially three people in a north Birmingham kitchen giggling stupidly at a bunch of in-jokes.
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CHRISTM AS
A N ES S AY R EFLECT I N G A P ERS O N A L E X P ER I EN C E O F T H E C H R I ST M A S S PI R I T WOR DS BY RO B A LDERSO N A ND PHOTO GR A PH Y BY V ICTOR I A JOU V ERT
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inematically speaking, the Christmas Spirit is easy to define. There’s snow and uplifting music and a heartwarming manifestation of peace or goodwill or redemption. There’s a soft fireside glow bathing everything and everyone in a golden hue that confirms that things are going to be alright. But the Christmas spirit doesn’t always look this, well… predictable. In parts the makers of Love Actually understood this. The scene where Bill Nighy’s trumped up pop-star sacks off Elton John’s festive bash to get drunk in a dingy flat with his downtrodden manager is a great example of finding Christmas spirit in unusual places. Of course elsewhere, they crank the cheese up to eleven but if you’re a Love Actually hater then you might as well bow out here because quite simply you and I aren’t going to get on. My story involves getting drunk on cheap champagne in my mum’s kitchen last year. There was no snow, no soundtrack and we don’t have a fire. We were hue-less. But it was hugely important; to me, my mum and my sister. To explain why though we have to go back to 2005. My sister came out by accident, thanks to a combination of bad luck, my mum’s nosiness and an unclearly addressed bank statement. My mum opened a statement she thought was for her, and discovered that for at least two weeks that summer my sister hadn’t been in the Philippines but in South London. I mean she had been in the Philippines, but came back early to visit her then girlfriend - a Chelsea fan with a blonde bob cut and a penchant for melodramatic gestures. Questions led to admissions, recriminations then to things being said that were impossible to un-say. For several years the relationship between the two was strained. Mum struggled not just with the discovery but the manner of the discovery. My Dad had died three years earlier and her ongoing grief mixed with this difficult generational adjustment. Like a frozen pond in mid-November, on the surface things looked like they were holding, but the slightest pressure could cave the whole thing in. But over time things changed. Mum acknowledged, and then accepted who my sister was. My sister in turn was kind, patient and respectful as she made this transition. Now she is engaged to a policewoman with a brunette bob cut and absolutely zero time for melodrama of any kind - and Mum adores them both. Which brings us to Christmas Eve last year. My girlfriend and my sister’s fiancée were working. My mum’s new husband was in the lounge watching TV with my uncle and auntie. My sister, mum and I sat in the kitchen and got gradually but gloriously drunk on three bottles of champagne mum’s clients had given her as Christmas presents. I can’t remember laughing as much at any time over the past three years. It felt like Christmas looks in all those films, even if it was essentially three people in a north Birmingham kitchen giggling stupidly at a bunch of in-jokes.
Alderson is the editor-in-chief at It’s Nice That with a background in newspaper journalism and particular interest in art, advertising and photography.
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highly doubt that there is any beverage that tastes more like Christmas than mulled wine. Mulled wine, or Gl端hwein, is a warm winter version of the Spanish Sangria. Use apple juice instead of red wine to make the belly warming beverage child friendly and to avoid hangovers that will keep you enjoying the coldest season of the year.
6 cups of pure apple juice or fresh apple cider 6 cinnamon sticks 1 orange 6 whole cloves 6 star anise
Pour the apple juice into a saucepan and warm it up over a medium heat. When the apple juice is about to boil, add all the spices and keep stirring to make sure the juice absorbs the strong flavour of the spices. After stirring for approximately 3 minutes, add two slices of orange, cover the pan and leave the juice to simmer for 8 minutes.
METHOD
T O S E R V E Pour the hot mulled apple juice into mugs and make sure each one of them has a star anise, a cinnamon stick and a whole clove inside.
Serves 6
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