Volume Two: THE OLIVE

A celebration of cultural crossover and local identity, through the lens of The Olive.

Across five chapters, we wend through market stalls in Izmir, punt amongst the reeds of Iraq’s southern marshlands, climb the precipitous hillsides of the West Bank, and emerge into the light of Italy’s Victorian-era riviera. 

Elsewhere, we venture for inspiration and nourishment: striking out with a foraging-map into the hinterlands of Marseille, or tracing New York City’s original olive oil gelato, with its well-travelled inventor. 

In vivid pastels, artist Dessy Baeva conjures the botanical wisdom of Kapka Kassabova, both steeped in the folklore of their native Bulgaria. Photographer Emma Hardy offers a bittersweet lament to the diseased olive trees of Puglia, Maggie Wang knits fragments of poetry, and Sardinian-based cook Letitia Clark pens a love note to harvests past and present. 

Soon we circle home to Edinburgh – finding comfort in the pebble-spirals of Jim Ede – before settling on the harbour side of Newlyn, on a salty-aired summer’s eve.

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On Volumes One & Two:

“A thing of beauty… A fascinating variety of articles” (Fernando Augusto Pacheco, Monocle)

“Remarkable… A brilliant mix of art, history, science, design and horticulture… A magazine that releases new surprises with its erudite and thoughtful content every time you flick through its pages… Beautifully realised at every stage of production” (Jeremy Leslie, MagCulture)

“Uncategorisable and utterly lovely… exquisite…wholly original.” (Magalleria, Bath)

“You’ll never look at a Granny Smith the same way again…” (Stack Magazines)

“A lovely publication wonderfully done. I greatly appreciated plundering lore and tales of a fruit with joy” (Chef Jeremy Lee)

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Published April 2024

330x240mm, vegetable-based inks and carbon neutral printing.

Creative & Editorial Direction: Louise Long; Design: Émilie Loiseleur

** Pre-Order your copy now for delivery w/c 29th April**