Issue Number Four

The usual bumph:

Editorial

Acknowledgements and thanks

No Questions Asked:

A selection of images and mini-interviews with a variety of artists:

Alexandria Cmaylo

Ben Chetter

Iaian Greenson

Marcus Fearon

Melissa Bergen

Scarlett Rose

Tom De Freston

C’est Idot 2:

This issue’s online exhibition:

1957, the Invention of the Laser, Woodbines and Other Stories

Poetry

Selected poems:

“You had me but I never had you” by Richard Brammer

“Reflecting” by Natalie Williams

“Attempting to Reconnect my Footsteps” by Alan Watson-Jervis

“All Things Green” by Talulah Miers

In Conversation:

Ferdinand meets painter Mike Newton to discuss his recent exhibition at the Nettie Horn Gallery and his filmic colour palette.

Mike Newton

Gallery Profile:

Marianne probes Elevator founders Simon Reuben White, Cherie Marie Veiderveld and Elisa Tosoni:

Elevator Gallery

Short Story:

A short, short story:

“While listening to Alban Berg’s piano sonata, I remember a moment of of childhood horror” by Mitchel Weaver

Reviews:

“The Secret Life of Poetry” by Tom Paulin

“State of the Nation” by Michael Billington

The Marianne Ferdinand Files:

Marianne’s ephemera:

Introducing: Wisden Almanack

New English Language Test Papers: A Preview

Pete Doherty (or Ferdinand on the Coffee Table)

Photography by Kell Simm

Ferdinand at the Movies:

“Strings” An animated film by Ivan Maximov

“Brian Haws”: A short film by Scarlett Rose

“Daniel X”: An excerpt from a film by Jon Aldersea