8 July 2023
Episode 568
30 minutes
This week on The Stack, we catch up with old favourites – starting with David Shaftel from ‘Racquet’ magazine, just as Wimbledon is under way. Plus: David McKendrick from ‘Paperboy’ and Ilirjana Alushaj from ‘The Pop Manifesto’.
8 July 2023
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We speak with the editor of the tennis-focused quarterly magazine.
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David McKendrick, ‘Paperboy’
We hear from the founder and editor about issue four of his upbeat magazine.
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Ilirjana Alushaj, ‘The Pop Manifesto’
We speak with the founder of a new cultural publication.
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