Megan Welsh and Nadine Walsh: The Story Behind Us Two
What does 15+ years of friendship actually look like?
It's easy to glimpse moments of friendship through social media, a holiday photo, a birthday post, a quick appearance in someone's latest vlog. But those snapshots rarely tell the full story. The awkward teenage years. The difficult conversations. The heartbreaks, the inside jokes and the decision, over and over again, to keep choosing each other. Every great friendship has an origin story.
For Megan Welsh and Nadine Walsh, it begins somewhere between a mutual friend, a school playground and an apple pie bought from the Co-op after class. Fifteen years later, the details have become blurrier, but the friendship hasn't. While audiences may have discovered Megan through social media, their podcast or The Agency: Unfiltered, what people have truly connected with is something that existed long before any camera was switched on.
Reclaiming the Monster: How Black Magpie Productions is Redefining Scottish Horror
There is something fitting about speaking to Holly Lawrenson Evans and Chantel Hiden-Livingstone while discussing Scotland's landscapes. Every hill, loch and stretch of woodland seems to hold a story, and for the founders of Black Magpie Productions, those stories have become the foundation of a new kind of horror. Their work isn't interested in cheap scares or shock value. Instead, they use Scottish folklore to explore violence against women, misogyny and female survival, proving that horror can be as emotionally resonant as it is unsettling.
Founded by director Holly Lawrenson Evans and writer Chantel Hiden-Livingstone, Black Magpie Productions grew from Holly's desire to challenge how women have historically been portrayed within horror. After completing a Master's in Experimental Filmmaking at the University of Glasgow, she became fascinated by feminist body horror, Barbara Creed's The Monstrous-Feminine and Julia Kristeva's theory of abjection. Rather than accepting the familiar horror archetypes of women as helpless victims or terrifying monsters, Holly wanted to dismantle them.
"I was just fed up with seeing horror films where women were either the victims or the monsters," she explains. "There was never any space for women to simply exist as complicated people."
Thrifted, Timeless and Unapologetically Hers: Meet Beth Farren
In a social media landscape often dominated by polished aesthetics and perfectly curated feeds, Beth Farren's content feels refreshingly honest. Whether she's sharing her latest charity shop find, documenting a coffee run or styling an outfit inspired by Sex and the City, Beth has built an audience not by chasing trends but by simply being herself.
The Paisley-born creator, who spends much of her time exploring Glasgow's vintage scene, has quietly become one of Scotland's rising fashion voices. Her content blends second-hand fashion, indie music, city life and an effortless sense of personal style that feels authentic rather than aspirational.
"I would really just say it's a mix of everything," Beth explains. "I do a lot about coffee and charity shopping, and I think that's what makes my style different from other Glasgow creators."
That individuality has become the foundation of her growing online presence. While many creators carefully build a niche around viral trends, Beth has never felt the need to reshape herself for the algorithm. Instead, trends only make it onto her page if they naturally fit the content she already enjoys creating.
Stitching Sustainability into Community: House of MO Repair Café in Dundee
In an era where fashion is often driven by speed and constant consumption, a quieter, more thoughtful movement is emerging in Dundee; one that centres on care, craftsmanship, and longevity. At the heart of this shift is House of MO, an independent fashion studio led by designer Omolola Olasoju. Through a combination of design practice and community engagement, the studio is fostering a renewed appreciation for clothing as something to be maintained rather than discarded.
Same Fabric, New Expression: The Modernisation of Tartan
Tradition and reinvention are, for me, two words that truly underpin the identity of modernised tartan. With roots in Scottish history and clan symbolism, the patterned plaid represents a visual language of belonging and legacy. In recent decades, tartan has been reimagined by designers like Vivienne Westwood, heritage brands such as Burberry, and pop culture icons—from bands like Sex Pistols to Clueless, directed by Amy Heckerling. Together, they reshaped tartan from a ceremonial textile into a modern wardrobe staple. Few patterns hold such an ever-changing yet enduring legacy.
From the clan-scattered Scottish Highlands to the prestigious postcodes of London, the journey of tartan demonstrates its cultural power—showing that what a fabric stands for can be completely reinvented depending on who gets to tell its story.
That theme of reinvention is alive today in the work of Kelikume Fashion, where recent tartan pieces treat the pattern less like a rulebook and more like a form of creative self-expression. The brand’s founder, Keli, describes what modernising tartan means to her:
‘Mo Chridhe’: Katie Forbes on sharing the Gaelic Language with Modern Scotland
Katie Forbes sits down with Antagonizine to discuss her art, her love for the Gaelic Language and the family that inspired it.
What does Gaelic look like splashed across the walls of Glasgow?
Inspired by her stepfather's late mother – who she refers to as Granny Annie – and her native language, mural artist, Katie Forbes, brings the language to life with vivid colours and eye-catching designs, along with phonetic spellings to truly reach and include anybody. Katie felt drawn to learning Gaelic and truly embraced the rural Scottish side to her artistic ideas.