We tried something new on Instagram this week – a lovely, slow video featuring the editor of Visions magazine reading a piece from the current issue. It's a strange and wistful story about a society profoundly changed, and it feels like it could have been written for this COVID-19 moment. Scroll to the bottom of this email to see the video for yourself, plus our other highlights from this week's independent magazine coverage.

Happy reading,
Steve.

Beyond the virus It's Freezing in LA! continues its mission to raise awareness of the climate catastrophe, lobbying for positive changes that will make for a better world "post-corona".   £7 / €8.5 / $9.5

Feeling fuzzy Feeeels is the latest magazine to have fun with bizarrely specific themes (MacGuffin, we're looking at you). This launch issue is based around 'fuzzy' – read our review to see why we love this newcomer.

“O Ye Bards Of Future Times” The second issue of literature and arts magazine Ossian is dedicated to “non-words”: words submitted by the public to the Oxford English Dictionary, but which didn't make the cut because their use isn’t quite widespread enough.

Architecture of the rural and modern The Modernist's new issue focuses on juxtapositions £7 / €9 / $9

It's BBQ time Get inspired for a season of grilling with the brand new (re-designed) Pit magazine £6 / €7 / $8