MEET THE TEAM
Andrea Shields - Founder and Editor
If you could live anywhere, where would it be?England and South of France; Valbonne, Eze, St Paul de Vence, honestly I'm not fussy!
What is your favourite sport?
Playing tennis and supporting Liverpool FC.
Top 5 Albums?
Radiohead- The Bends, Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation of Millions, The Strokes - Is This It? Jeff Buckley - Grace, New Order- Substance.
If you could share a meal with any 5 individuals, living or dead, who would they be?
Winston Churchill, Sir Ernest Shackelton, Oliver Reed, Sean Connery, Marie Colvin.
What's the longest you've gone without sleep and why?
Reading 1991 - Iggy Pop, Sonic Youth, Nirvana, The Fall, Gangstarr, Dinosaur Jnr etc - beyond amazing - wish I could remember it all!
Bugbears?
People using the 24hr clock incorrectly and litter louts.
What box set have you watched every episode of?
Succession, Sons of Anarchy, Californication, Game Of Thrones, S.A.T.C, Ray Donovan.
Lauren Fowler-Doke - Designer
Matera, the ‘cave town’ of southern Italy, the most beautiful, romantic place I have ever been.
What are your bugbears?
People that take too many selfies - enjoy the moment instead!
What makes you laugh?
Inappropriate humour.
Top 5 films?
Stealing Beauty, Breakfast at Tiffany’s,Romeo and Juliette (Baz Luhrmann) Candy, Cold Mountain.
What is the longest you've gone without sleep and why?
Benicassim Festival camping for 4 days on the beach 2012 ...or three weeks ago in hospital after giving birth to my son.
Tope Tijani - Print Designer
Japan 2019 - once in a lifetime experience.
Top 5 albums?
TLC - No Scrubs, Ja Rule - Pain is Love, Maroon 5 - Songs about Jane, Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi, Bon Iver - Blood Bank.
What are your favourite books?
Americanah - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichi, A Little Life - Hanya Yanagihara, Tamora Pierce - The Immortals, Jane Austen - Pride And Prejudice.
If you could share a meal with any 5 individuals, living or dead, who would they be?
Maya Angelou, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichi, Nelson Madela, Grace Jones, Brene Brown.
If you could eat one meal for the rest of your life what would it be?
Starter - Rice Pudding. Main Course - Sticky Toffee Pudding. Dessert - Banana Bread!
Mehmet Tarin - Head of Production
Northern Cyrpus, at the very edge of the point, with miles of deep untouched sandy beaches, where wild donkeys roam the landscape. No man-made structures, only nature.
What are your favourite books to read?
Biographies - Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, Stephen King novels, My name is Red - Orhan Pamuk.
If you could eat one meal for the rest of your life, what would it be?
Aubergine kebab (or any kebab) served with rice and salad and Lahmacun, or Korean style noodles.
Top 5 films?
The Shawshank Redemption, Forrest Gump, The English Patient, The Godfather, Goodfellas.
What is your favourite sport?
Football - Arsenal, Tennis and Basketball.
Brett Russell - Photographer
When I first went to Lombok in Indonesia and learnt to surf.
Bugbears?
Khruanbin, Moby, Bob Marley, Stone Roses, Ministry of Sound chilled 1991-2008.
When you and your friend see something funny and make eye contact.
Run Forrest, Run!
Chilled, Kind, Calm, Caring and Curly!