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Good enough to fuck, not good enough to love — Artefact

In today’s dating world, attention is saturated; desire has become easy to offer and even easier to withdraw. But what does it mean when desire is everywhere, but rarely stays anywhere?





Approximately fifteen men hit on me every week. 


That’s not a brag. It’s a statistic I carry around like a receipt. 

It happens any and everywhere: on the street, at cafés, on social media, in clubs, sometimes even when I’m buying toothpaste. My friends think I should be flattered. Strangers assume I...
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The intimacy question: The hidden mechanics of trust after trauma — Artefact

What happens to intimacy when the cost of being understood feels higher than the cost of being alone? And what does connection look like for survivors of sexual assault, when every disclosure feels like a risk? 





Ayla doesn’t notice the flinch until after it happens. Her partner reaches for her thigh during a quiet moment on their couch, and before she has a chance to process, her body pulls back – barely, a breath’s width – but enough for her to feel a flash of shame. 


“The funny part...
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The business of desire: Why romance sells — Artefact

From Jane Austen to Wattpad, romance is the most popular genre worldwide, particularly among women. But what does its global dominance say about the emotional economies we inhabit?





They say that romance is the softest of genres – a guilty pleasure, a mass-market fantasy, a paperback daydream sold by the million. Yet it remains the hardest to kill.


Year after year, love stories outsell every other category in publishing, generating more than a billion pounds annually and accounting fo...
Cent Magazine •

Fall In Love With The Divine New Taste of Christmas 2025 | Cent Magazine

If only our senses were simple; sight just for seeing, taste just for eating, sound just for listening. A sixth sense to tune into. But the truth is far messier, more fluid, more interconnected, and yet, formless. Every experience we have is not governed by one sense alone, but by the way they weave together, spilling into one another. A single sip of mulled wine is not just about taste; it’s the cinnamon scent rising into memory, the clink of the glass, the glow of fairy lights softening its sw...
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What Is Minimalistic Music? A Formless Yet Powerful Sound | Cent Magazine

Some things in the world resist structure, convention, and form. Clouds that stretch and fold unpredictably, waves that fold over themselves restlessly on a shore, rain that trickles down streets and windowpanes, tracing unforeseeable paths. Formless, unbound, impossible to pin down completely; yet when we encounter them, they feel infinite, alive, and quietly insistent. Their quietness carries power, and and beneath the surface lies a hidden pattern, even if we are not instantly aware of it. Mi...
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From Hearing to Feeling: The New Function of Sound | Cent Magazine

What if sound isn’t just something we listen to, but something that listens back? Not the kind pressed into sheet music or forced through headphones. This is an older, stranger sound: tactile, cinematic, alive, visceral, almost feral. The kind that blooms in your chest before your ears can help name it. The kind that hums under the city like a secret. The kind that doesn’t just move you; it knows you. If this sounds enticing, find out more in From Hearing to Feeling: The New Function of Sound....
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Cassis and Its Hidden Perfumed History | Cent Magazine

Let me tell you a story about Blackcurrant. Not the kind spooned into jams or stirred into champagnes to make Kir Royales. This is a wilder, more electric blackcurrant; aromatic, alchemical, extraordinary. The kind that bruises the air when you brush past it. The kind that once slipped between the fingers of monks and apothecaries, perfumed royal gardens, and now, centuries later, finds itself bottled into perfumes that smell like memory and reinvention. If this sounds enticing, find out more in...
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The Grandest Statement in the Smallest Form | Cent Magazine

Some things don’t need to be big to make an impact. Impact isn’t always about scale. Sometimes it’s about precision. Intention. Design. A detail so considered, it leaves a lasting impression. Like Chanel’s new Coco Mademoiselle Eau de Parfum Intense Purse Spray; a fragrance that doesn’t just linger, but leads the way. Designed to slip into your life and transform it, one spray at a time, meet the grandest statement in the smallest form.

This beautiful, white, gold and cream pearl-chained limite...
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Lipstick; Your Most Beautiful Ally | Cent Magazine

What if you were told that the simple act of applying lipstick holds the weight of rebellion, royalty and freedom? That every shade and swipe has silently empowered generations of women, and some men, to claim their autonomy, express their desires, and refuse to settle for being anything but extraordinary? Find out more in Lipstick; Your Most Beautiful Ally.

Step into Chanel’s Rouge Coco Playground at Covent Garden from March 21st to March 30th 2025, where luxury and freedom aren’t just invited...
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The Dreamy Drink of The Dandies | Cent Magazine

What could possibly be the most dangerous drink in the history of the world? One that drove artists mad and made people stop work? Picture yourself sitting in a dimly lit Parisian café, with drapes of velvet framing the street ahead. A thin glass on the table before you, shimmering green like a jewel. A sugar cube perched atop a slotted spoon, with a slow drip of ice-cold water, releasing a milky swirl; an opalescent cloud unfurling. A ritual. An invitation. A performance. Welcome to the dreamy...
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From Rebellion to Rhythm: Dandyism was Revolutionary to Dance | Cent Magazine

Imagine, a man stepping on the floor, not to dance, not just yet, but to be seen. The fabric of his long coat illuminated by the candlelight. His black boots reflect the light, seemingly untouched by the filth outside. Poised, but not stiff. Controlled, but not rigid. Every gesture, glance, and grin, all intentional. Before the music even begins, he has already taken his first step. This is the dandy. And this performance of the self was the very first revolution in the world of dance. From Reb...
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Grewal's Window to the World | Cent Magazine

Imagine standing before a six-metre art piece, curving gently around you. Crashing sea waves, misty hills, golden hues on distant cliffs. A connection to nature and somehow, yourself. A window to the world. A window to yourself. If this sounds enticing, welcome to Grewal’s Window to the World.

Artist Jake Grewal‘s work doesn’t just sit pretty on a wall, it pulls you in and leaves you standing in the middle of something vast and alive, bringing with it an emotive space to ‘feel’ the work.

Jake...