-
Smiths Magazine’s Anti-AI Pledge
✨Imagining a “Slop-Free” Publication✨
by Editorial
-
The Last Six Months in Music (January-June 2026)
Smiths contributors and editors take time to reflect on records that have made an impact on them sonically.
-
Tributary
Inigo Guthrie presents a moving triad of poems.
-
Bog Witch (2025)
Faye Stainton reviews Bryony Kimmings’ theatrical staging of 'Bog Witch'- but what exactly is a bog witch anyway?
-
Colourblind Jockeys (2025)
Smiths Artwork Spotlight
-
Tumbbad (2018)
Shaina Shetye reviews a Bollywood folk-horror cult classic.
-
The Cults of Tomorrow
Poetic reflections on the future of the esoteric.
-
Down to the Porcelain
_
-
Circle Jerk
Kurt Truant creates a sleazy underbelly of society for a myriad of characters to thrive within.
by Kurt Truant
-
“It’s These Zombies and How They Treat the World”
Isia Talbi on Gothic Fiction and Morality
by Isia Talbi
-
Ruth Fring’s ‘The Last Bright Routes’ at 20, 11 November 2023
On the twentieth anniversary of Ruth Fring’s cult classic film ‘The Last Bright Routes’, fictional writer “Louise Martin” explores the film’s enduring appeal.
by Mila Appleby
-
Swallow
_
by Meli Varley
-
The Cult of Hospitality
James Green's short fiction gradually uncovers a sense of entrapment and workplace hell.
by James Green
-
Living in a K-Pop Fandom: The Psychological Honey
Q-Ri Kim's personal essay dissects the cultural phenomena of K-Pop idolatry.
by Q-Ri Kim
-
David
With AI LLMs as a starting point, Amaro Qadim's effective prose questions the usefulness of prevalent technological advances.
by Amaro Qadim
-
The Cult of Walking
Hermione Newton's lush photographic explorations take centre-stage.
-
Sunland
Yasmina Snyder’s short fiction tells the story of a road-trip into the desert where not everything is as it seems.
-
Punk Rocks: Jesus Christ Allin and his Faecal Covered Disciples
Rosa Caleb Rae profiles a hugely divisive and transgressive figure of late-20th century American punk, GG Allin.
-
How I Went Viral Twice
Rachel Hunt’s perceptive and richly descriptive take on her own fleeting viral fame interrogates the insidious dynamic that social media has with its own users.
by Rachel Hunt
-
Frankenstein (2025): Reclaiming the Monstrous in a Modern Age
Following the release of last year’s film adaptation of Frankenstein, directed by Guillermo del Toro, Sasha Ehrhard investigates the reframing of Shelley’s tale through a contemporary and intersectional lens.
-
Confessions from the Cubicle Cult
Alice Robson uses her short-form essay to vigorously defend the practice of bathroom cubicle graffiti, in which the grimy walls of WCs become spaces of discussion, reflection and delicious irreverence.
by Alice Robson
-
Cult Following: Niche Fandoms, Flaunted Merch and Legends in the Making
In an observational essay, Fariha Islam discusses what exactly makes artists, musicians and cultural figures so captivating to their respective devoted audiences.
by Fariha Islam
-
Everything Familiar: A Liturgy of the Feed
In her observational essay, Ella Dean tackles contemporary social media streams that are beginning to shape the way we interact and behave in real time, whether we like it or not.
by Ella Dean
-
Prostitution (1976): Parasocial Relationships and the Issue of Cult Followings
In an astute examination of one of the ICA’s most controversial exhibitions, Sasha Ehrhard dissects COUM Transmissions’ attempt to subvert the relentless consumption of pop cultural figures.
-
Alter Christus: The Cult of Video Game Personalities and Why it Has Got Out of Hand
In a sharp analysis of the state of contemporary video gaming, Andrea Sini offers a well-observed prognosis for an industry becoming insidiously devoted to its newfound messianic figures.
by Andrea Sini
