think piece

making films: behind the scenes

Take another look behind the scenes in director Eva Michon's Making Films with Alma Har'el video: a look at the making of JellyWolf and the current state of play within the film industry through the eyes of female filmmakers championing diversity, and Alma Har'els Free The Bid initiative. 

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the feminine mystique: the myth of feminine scents

The only scent I’ll ever consider traditionally masculine is the go-to cologne used by the majority of boys I went to highschool with. And I don’t think that’s a good thing.

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romance fc

The London-based creative collective and football club Romance FC, formerly known as Boiler Room Ladies FC, share five points on the power in all-female teams, what keeps them together and some changes they hope to see in the sporting world.

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when love is scented with lemons

Writer Alix Fox has ‘olfactory synesthesia’: a neurological condition that causes her to smell ‘phantom perfumes’ when other senses are stimulated.

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sound of the underground – meet the female pioneers of beirut’s growing nightlife scene

In what was once a male-dominated world, women are invading the city’s dance music scene in radical ways.

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ten smells from outer space

Discover ten smells that are, quite literally, out of this world.  

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kate mclean: mapping the world of scents

Humans tend to guided by their eyes. A dog may bumble about sticking its nose into things to build up their map of the world but humans prefer to stick to lines etched on paper to guide us. Maps are useful, effective, and dull. A paper map can tell you where to go but gives you nothing of the experience of being there. Kate McLean’s smellmaps are changing that.

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the scent of berlin’s infamous nightclub berghain

There are many reasons you might go to Berlin’s legendary nightclub Berghain: for the music, (obviously) to dance, to drink. But one night, Isabel Lewis went there with a very specific mission: to smell.

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how to write a smell

Smells are evocative; they have the power to change our moods, take us back to a specific place in our lives, or remind us of long-forgotten memories. We asked five writers to walk us through the creative process of describing the intangible: fragrance.

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