CULTURE . THOUGHT . MISCHIEF
The Quest for Open Access: Control in Public Institutions & Why It Matters
In a bizarre, antiquated, and inverted model, institutions are draining their own coffers to see work they created… KEEP READING
LOST ART used to be called LONDNR.
Founded by Nina-Sophia Miralles in 2015, LOST ART is a print and digital magazine that hopes to be a pitcher of cold water on our tepid little world – a bracing tonic that will rouse you from the spell cast by colourless content.
We publish trustworthy stories written by clever humans and we host parties and profound cultural talks (see events for more info).
Our independence is important to us; we don’t kow-tow to anyone’s agenda. Instead of joining various media feeding frenzies, we are concerned with disappearing traditions, articles of common sense, joyous indulgence, and other tangible and intangible lost arts.
recommended reading
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Green Eyes: Myths, Migration and Melanin
But why did green eyes become considered as specifically mystical? One explanation is that they are so rare. Less than 2% of the world’s population…
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Punk Spirits at Pullens Yards: Meet the artists of Elephant & Castle
Despite police squads breaking down doors with sledgehammers, it was impossible to make progress…
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Chartreuse by Hannah Foster
The monks may never have intended to drink the incredibly alcoholic tincture, but plenty of other Europeans did...
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London's Burning: Our Red-Hot Tradition
For a city so often associated with grey skies and rain, London sure burns easy. You don’t know just how easy until you start looking at the facts…
The absence of monetary value to lacemaking is ‘liberating’. Amelia, from London Lace Club says: ‘in the city you’re on a constant conveyor belt of manufacturing and output, but lace, in its very essence, provides an escapism from money and capitalism’…
We teamed up with Fight For Sight and abstract artist Furrah Syed FRSA to help put together what we hope will be an ongoing effort to bring art to the blind and visually impaired…
Art
I’m used to barging the charity fundraisers, but I have less experience being accosted by Christians. This is London, famously both a Godless and a multi-faith place. An urban oxymoron…
Bromley is not the sort of place you expect to find God. Its focal point, The Glades, is a classically soulless Zone 5 shopping mall…
Fabrica X presents the science in a way that transforms a jaded Londoner into an eager child at a magic show…
London
Foodstuff
The view is superb; with a miscellany of museum-worthy art on the walls. And besides, I find the locals charming. So, whenever I’m ready for a lunch-long holiday, I go to Wilton’s…
Chefs are the couturiers of cuisine. These maestros create magic at the stoves, but their ability to prepare can also be impaired or improved by how they dress…
The humble cuppa wasn’t always such a quotidian item, back in the day tea was an exercise in etiquette. So why the fuss? And was it really all corsets and crinoline?
‘Generational wisdom has always been the key to progress,’ Sarah emphasises, ‘As women we need each other’s stories and insights to thrive’…
‘We are creators, really, not designers’, shares Anna. This statement encompasses their entire way of living; theirs is a free-wheeling spirit…
If the word ‘fabulous’ could sprout legs and saunter out of the Oxford English Dictionary, Christopher Mills is just about what you’d picture…
People
There are many treasures – both academic and artistic – kept well out of reach of the public, often for opaque reasons…
Sometimes the life of a scribbler does pay off – it brought me to the Alphonse Island, and that was consciousness-expanding.
To what extent do we feel connected to our roots, our past, our lineage? As humans we crave context…
Thought
Spurred on by the annual decimation of the turkey carcass, citizens are now intent on doing the same to their own bodies...
You, a self-respecting and stubborn Londoner, muster the strength to brave the murky grey-brown waters of your commute...
In 1980, a man bought a motel to watch those who stayed. LONDNR visually recreates this astonishing tale in modern day London...
This is the sixth successive year Rita is hosting the 225 Film Club, a festival screening for short films by female and non-binary filmmakers that seeks to provide support to these directors….