Danielle Pender News Today

Our deep-dive features this year covered topical subjects affecting creatives everywhere, from dealing with creative grief to navigating the industry as an introvert.

Featuring a collection of thought-provoking explorations into today’s creative industry, and even a giant cheese puff, this year’s list of most-read articles has something for everyone.

Want to discover some of the most discussed and even controversial topics that have made their way around the creative industry this year? Look no further.

‘Aside from telling her fans to hustle a bit harder, Hague doesn’t have much left to give them’: Diyora Shadijanova delves into Becoming Molly-Mae: Finding Happiness in an Online/Offline World

Published in Watching Women & Girls, a collection of short stories by Riposte founder and editor Danielle Pender, Window Display is the story of a woman reflecting on a past relationship with an older man

Anna Cafolla provides a taster of the fiction and non-fiction coming your way this year

Evolving with each edition, we hear from APFEL studio and Riposte founder Danielle Pender about the new direction for the magazine.

Bharat Sikka As widely reported, India is in the midst of a dramatic Covid-19 surge. Having largely reopened in January, the country now has almost 21 million active cases of the virus, with fewer than 10 doctors per 10,000 people, according to the BBC. The situation is made even more disastrous by a pronounced lack of medical oxygen, vaccines, and hospital beds – even as politicians, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, deny any shortages. In response to the crisis, brand consultant He...

Artwork by Kuba Ryniewicz. Courtesy of Art for India. India, the world’s second most populous nation, is in the throes of a deadly coronavirus surge that has claimed the lives of more than 4,000 people in just the past 24 hours. And according to reports from the health ministry, the number of daily infections has exceeded 300,000 every day for the past two weeks. Now, the arts community is rallying to support overwhelmed hospitals facing dire oxygen shortages. Art for India, which launched ea...

Riposte editor Danielle Pender, the print sale’s inaugural statement declares, “Like you, we are completely heartbroken and devastated seeing how the pandemic is ravaging India.” Pledging their support to Mission Oxygen, Art for India will aid the urgent operation to import oxygen concentrators and distribute them to hospitals across the country. Prints cost £100 each plus shipping and 100 per cent of profits benefit this vital cause. But the sale ends Sunday May 9, so don’t waste time...