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The Weekend With

The Weekend With...
A person in a dark blazer is pictured in a tilted frame against a yellow background. Bold text at the top reads “THE WEEKEND” and below it, “With Jasmine Dowling”. A handwritten list to the right includes “Tools Magazine”, “The Green”, “Primetime” and “M83”.

The Weekend With Jasmine Dowling

8 days ago
A graphic with a yellow background features a photo of two people smiling and embracing. Bold text at the top reads “THE WEEKEND”, while a handwritten list to the right includes “John Wilson”, “Bocanariz” and “La Fábrica”. A caption at the bottom reads “I can’t afford this but maybe she can”.

The Weekend With I can’t afford this but maybe she can

9 October 2026
A graphic featuring a black and white photo of a person sitting on a bench, set against a bright yellow background. Bold text at the top reads “THE WEEKEND” and the bottom reads “With Claire Marie Healy”. A handwritten list to the right includes “Bistrotheque”, “This is Lorelei” and “Del LaGrace Volcano: Sensual / Mutual”.

The Weekend With Claire Marie Healy

25 September 2026

Gary Grimes

Paint me like one of your pop girls: Gary Grimes on the modern love affair between fine art and pop music

30 June 2026
A group of people stand in a tight formation, all wearing dark blazers and striped ties. One person in the centre stands out, wearing a white shirt without a blazer.

Gary Grimes decodes the angsty cultural references within Romain Gavras’ Yung Lean-starring epic, Storm

7 May 2026
A painting of a person’s face and shoulders, rendered in shades of blue and white. The figure has dark hair and a distorted, expressive face set against a deep blue background.

Why do celebrities keep trying (and failing) to become artists? Gary Grimes wades into the debate

27 July 2026

How Ffern is making branding feel less like advertising and more like cinema

The artisan perfume company’s film practice is at the centre of its success in world building. We talk to Ffern’s co-founder Emily Cameron about what the brand’s approach to marketing has borrowed from fragrance making, and why Ffern now has a full in-house team dedicated solely to filmmaking.

A film poster for “The History of Concrete” by John Wilson. A single grey concrete block is tied with a bright red ribbon and bow like a gift.

“It’s weirdly helpful to get lost along the way” – how to make a film with John Wilson

21 September 2026
A two-panel meme. The top image is a colourful, surreal collage of dolphins, rainbows and fish with the text “I am mentally unstable”. Below, two figures with blonde hair pose in white T-shirts featuring bright, airbrushed graphics.

Gary Grimes examines the niche memes and noughties tech-optimism behind Zara Larsson’s visual world

21 September 2026
A shirtless DJ performs behind a Pioneer Dj deck, lit from above against a dark background. Behind them, a crowd is silhouetted against a glowing orange screen, with one person raising their arms.

20 years, a bunch of photographers, one very sweaty archive: how to shoot The Warehouse Project

26 August 2026
A painting of Margaret Thatcher against a bright pink background. She wears a blue suit and pearls, with the words “GOT MILK?” written across the image in white.

“I take the silliness very seriously”: Joe Lycett on taxidermy, extinction and his debut solo exhibition

5 August 2026
A painting of a person’s face and shoulders, rendered in shades of blue and white. The figure has dark hair and a distorted, expressive face set against a deep blue background.

Why do celebrities keep trying (and failing) to become artists? Gary Grimes wades into the debate

27 July 2026
An illustration of four people in purple uniforms, framed by a winding strip of film against a purple background. Bold yellow text reads “MAKE THAT MOVIE”, with the smaller phrase “NO IDEA IS SAFE ...” at the bottom.

From Garth Marenghi to Garden Force: Sam Campbell and Joe Pelling discuss the creative approach to Make That Movie

13 July 2026
A person stands in a corridor wearing four inflatable rings stacked around their body. They hold a grey Freitag bag in front of them, standing on a yellow and grey striped floor.

How Freitag keeps its cool: A look inside the brand’s less-than-conventional approach to creative campaigns

6 July 2026

Paint me like one of your pop girls: Gary Grimes on the modern love affair between fine art and pop music

30 June 2026
A person dressed as a nurse stands behind a complex arrangement of glass flasks and tubes. The apparatus is filled with colourful beads and liquids, with a small glowing orange flame at the centre.

Inside the handcrafted world-building of Olivia Rodrigo’s The Cure music video

15 June 2026
A person wears a blue sculptural mask with large spheres covering their eyes and a piece resting over their lips. The image is a poster for an event at “Arches” on “Sat 21st March”, featuring “Annie Mac”, “Mystery Jets”, “Frankmusik”, “Freeformfive” and “Twitch//Residents”.

“Music venues are the engine of the creative industries”: lessons from the graphic ephemera of our lost clubs and pubs

3 June 2026

A peek into how Pinkpantheress’ new noughties-infused music video was created with a 21-year-old VFX visionary

2 June 2026
An illustration of a red and blue label for the band Los Campesinos!. The central text reads “Los Campesinos!” and “King of Bands”, with a claim that they are the “World’s Largest Selling Band”.

Los Campesinos!’ 20-year archive of silly band T-shirt designs is a sweaty journey through indie rock aesthetics

27 May 2026

The joy and power of Risograph: Risotto showcases 400 printed postcards from artists across the globe

Print and design studio Risotto is marking 100 months of artist postcards, all printed by hand and posted worldwide, with an exhibition that puts the beauty and breadth of Risograph on show.

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