Good morning,
This week felt like a turning point. On Thursday we held our first weekly team meeting with colleagues dialling in from London, Chicago and Melbourne, and I found myself looking around the screen thinking about how far we have come. Not long ago this was a handful of people around a table in the studio. Now we are a team that spans three time zones.
We have welcomed new people into the mission, alongside them, Detail magazine is taking shape and making a long awaited return, with 30 up-and-coming creators about to get the spotlight they deserve.
Growth like this is exciting, but I am reminded that it is never only about scale. It is about the detail: the care we take with each person who joins, each project we take on and each story we tell. Rising together means building something strong enough to carry everyone who comes next.
So I’ll leave you with this. What are you building right now that could make room for someone else?
What does African spirituality actually mean? This Black History Month, Mike sat down with Kelechi Okafor and Adeche Atelier for an honest conversation about faith, heritage and belief.
Kelechi spoke about returning to indigenous practices and whether it’s been the liberation she hoped for. Can making art be a form of worship? And what to make of Christianity’s roots in Africa long before it reached most of Europe.
This is a great conversation addressing many of the questions most of us carry but rarely say out loud.
Turning Towel Waste into a Fashion Empire // Farouk Braimoh.
In this episode Mike sits down with Farouk Braimoh, founder of RWRK Studio, a London streetwear label built as a direct response to global textile waste.
Farouk takes us through his journey from Burberry to launching his own studio: spotting gaps in the market, reimagining towels and linen as something people actually want to wear, and the story behind the Louis Vuitton cease and desist.
He also shares honest advice on building a sustainable fashion brand that is also a successful business, and on the realities of entrepreneurship that rarely make it onto Instagram.
Israel’s election ends in deadlock.
Israel’s election has produced no clear winner, with neither Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition nor the opposition bloc led by Gadi Eisenkot securing a majority.
Netanyahu’s Likud won 27 seats in the 120-seat Knesset, while Eisenkot’s Yashar party won 21. Likud and its allies took 53 seats, Yashar’s bloc 48, and the two Arab-led parties, The Joint List and Ra’am, 19. With nobody reaching the 61 needed, coalition talks will now decide who becomes prime minister.
The Arab parties won more seats than in any previous Israeli election, and Likud has claimed the vote was “stolen” by them, saying it was handing evidence to police. Israel’s currency, stocks and bonds all fell as the results came in.
Lagarde to leave the European Central Bank early.
Christine Lagarde will step down as President of the European Central Bank on 7 February 2027, rather than finishing a term that was due to end in October next year.
Lagarde, 70, has led the ECB since 2019 and previously ran the IMF. She said she wanted to leave so she could speak out on issues beyond the bank’s mandate, telling reporters she no longer felt she could stay neutral.
The bank held interest rates at 2.5% on the day she announced her exit, though she revealed policymakers had debated a rise and hinted at a move in December. Leaving in February gives European leaders time to choose her successor before France’s presidential election in spring 2027.
We are getting ready for a range of events with Hyphen, our private members community for multi-hyphenate creatives. If you haven’t joined yet, now is a good time to explore what membership could mean for you.
Have an amazing weekend,
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