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FQ is dead, long live FQ

6th November, 2011 by Katie

Nearly two and a half years on and three magazines down, I have finally decided to take a break from FQ. I am still as passionate as ever about feminism, but while doing FQ has been great and I have loved meeting and working with so many brilliant women (and receiving such nice emails from [...]

Courtney to write her memoirs

30th September, 2011 by Katie

Rock n’roll icon Courtney Love is to write her memoirs at last. The 47-year-old (NO!) Hole frontwoman has signed a deal with HarperCollins to write her life story, described by the publisher as “one of the most powerful, important, and most highly anticipated rock and roll memoirs of all time”. A release date has yet [...]

Topman pulls sexist t-shirts

14th September, 2011 by Katie

Topman has withdrawn two men’s t-shirt designs after a storm on Twitter, saying they were meant to be “light-hearted”. The t-shirts, one reading “Nice new girlfriend: What breed is she?” and the other emblazoned with the legend “I’m so sorry, but…” followed by a list of excuses “You provoked me, I was drunk, I was [...]

Queen of craft

8th September, 2011 by Katie

Jazz Domino Holly, founder of the Shoreditch Sisters WI, has just published her first craft book, Queen of Craft. She chats to FQ.

More, please

8th September, 2011 by Katie

Far be it for us to go all gushy about a celebrity–but this ain’t just any famous lady, it’s actress/producer/director Drew Barrymore. Normally we couldn’t give two hoots about wanky-sounding collaborations between celebs and designers (Barrymore is fronting swanky US retailer Neiman Marcus’ The Art of Fashion campaign), but let’s face it, the pictures are [...]

lazy bints

22nd August, 2011 by Katie

OK we admit it, we’ve been lazy. FQ has been slightly neglected over the past few weeks (we blame: holidays, birthdays, work, moving house and general ennui, not necessarily in that order) but we’re BACK so thank you for not forgetting us. Exciting plans are afoot, including a project involving Thames Festival’s Craft Trail next [...]