The Happy Reader, the magazine about reading, is back with its fourth issue. The cover of the latest instalment of Penguin’s publishing collaboration with Fantastic Man editor Seb Emina features Alan Cumming. Interviewed by culture editor of The Guardian US Alex Needham, the Scottish actor and author talks about everything from Shakespeare to sexuality, and offers surprising reading recommendations. The second half of The Happy Reader reconsiders sci-fi novel The Purple Cloud by M.P. Shiel through fashion, art, lifestyle and film, and includes a visit to New York’s only sci-fi bookstore.
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Behind the Scenes: Peckham Print Studio’s wonderful new website designed by Mike Guppy
We’ve discussed Peckham Print Studio’s work on the site before. The south London-based screen printing studio keep popping up at events and exhibitions all over the Capital, showing anyone who’ll watch how to pull a super-tight screen print and use the process to make the best of their artwork. As well as workshops and events, they also print commercially for the likes of Kemistry Gallery, Ozwald Boateng, Sunspel and Urban Outfitters. But what makes these guys really interesting (aside from the quality of their work) is their approach to their online presence. Having just re-launched a website that’s leaps ahead of their competitors we caught up with Mike Guppy, the man who built it all, to find out about how and why it was done.
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