In this editorial, photographer Leonie McQuillan explores the nostalgic presence of love, symbolised through the cutting of fresh fruit in South Asian communities.

Ahead of presenting the Spring 2024 iteration of Out, an award-winning performance celebrating queerness through dancehall, the transdisciplinary experience-maker Ray Young speaks to us about the creative approach of their dynamic duet piece that celebrates how queerness intersects Black and Caribbean communities alongside confronting how homophobia and transphobia may haunts them.

Kokoroko is a Jazz Afrobeat fusion band that bridges a cross-cultural and generational gap. Their concoction of afro-swing takes the seeds of an era gone to plant something anew.