Close-Up with Aurelia Magazine

Here's a treat for you because we love you! Today we bring you a very special episode and a very special guest: the one and only Aja Barber. We spoke to Aja about her incredible work, sustainability, intersectionality,  money, her forthcoming book 'Consumed': the need for collective change; colonialism, climate change & consumerism', a personality trait we really can't stand, and she shares some some truly beautiful advice about love, energy and soulmates.  And that's not even all of it! Enjoy x

It's the final episode of our first season! After asking our guests so many questions over the course of Close-Up, we decided to consult our followers and find out what people wanted to know about us. Here's over an hour of us just being us; answering general questions, falling out over bread vs potatoes, offering our advice and having a laugh. Thank you so much for joining us, we'll be back soon!

Hello! This week on Close-Up we were joined by complete genius Natalie Morris, who is a writer and an author. Her debut book Mixed/Other: Explorations of Multiraciality in Modern Britain is out now. We talked about her trailblazing book, identifying as mixed, why the conversation around being mixed desperately needs to happen, our wishes for the world in 10 years time, taking time for ourselves, personality traits we want to adopt and more.

This week we are joined by the complete force that is Mireille Cassandra Harper! Mireille is (to name just some of her achievements) an author, a writer, an editor at Square Peg Books and a sensitivity reader. We talked about allyship, things that make us feel hopeful, getting lost in thought, 64 Zoo Lane(!), changing the colour of the sky and more.

Hello! In this week's episode, we’re joined by The Fat Zine co-founders Gina Tonic and Chloe Sheppard to talk about their incredible publication, their own creative work, the power of self-portraits, the best gifts we’ve ever received, what we’d do if we had more time, words we love and hate and loads more.

Hey all! This week we spoke to the brilliant Lauren Maccabee, a Manchester-born and usually London-based portrait, documentary and fashion photographer. Lauren told us about her experiences with loss and grief after losing her Dad, taking photographs, the best advice she ever received, saying "I love you" and more.

We're back with another episode! This week, we're joined by the incredible Sareeta Domingo, editor of and contributor to new release Who's Loving You: Love Stories by Women of Colour. We discuss the importance of Black people and PoC being given space to write about topics beyond trauma, Sareeta's previous writing work, her hopes for Who's Loving You, our heroes, our favourite teachers, and the craziest things we've done for love.

We're back and we're joined by the always-inspiring Annie Lord, to talk about being a Vogue columnist, writing about real life, the trials and tribulations of dating, fears, lessons and more!

This week we're joined by the one and only Cherry Valentine: icon, Drag Queen and mental health nurse. We talk about Cherry's life so far, her drag name, being on Rupaul's Drag Race UK and what life looks like when they're not in drag. And of course, we spin the wheel!

This time, we're joined by two amazing guests. We have Poppy Scarlett, pleasure educator and owner of online sex toy boutique Self & More; and we have Beth Ashley, freelance journalist specialising in sex (bylines in Vice, Restless, HuffPost and more). We have a very honest, very funny and very important conversation about good sex; both partnered and solo, and we discuss our first kisses, the ick, sex toys, polyamory and more.

In this episode, we're joined by the multi-talented Amy Baxter, founding editor-in-chief of Bad Form (a literary review by and about Black, Asian and racialised authors) and editorial assistant at Penguin. We chat about the importance of reading and supporting non-white authors, the publishing industry, influencers being given book deals, our lives so far and what might happen after they're done...

In our first episode, we introduce ourselves as your hosts and chat about our new podcast. Expect a lot of honesty, reflection and laughter as we cover everything from how we met to the things that have impacted us the most. www.aureliamagazine.com