The Gentlewoman issue 14 launches at Indiecon Hamburg

The 14th issue of The Gentlewoman has launched at Indiecon magazine festival in Hamburg. The A/W issue stars novelist Zadie Smith in the run-up to the launch of her next book Swing Time.

Art director Veronica Ditting and her team exclusively unveiled the issue at the festival for independent magazines, which will continue over the weekend (2 – 4 September).

The combination of editor Penny Martin and art director Veronica Ditting has been consistently praised since the publication launched seven years ago. This issue continues to play on their strengths of insightful interviews, crisp design and joyful commissioning, resuming interviews with “women of great renown and distinction”.

Other features include Erin Brockovich, Diana Athill, Helen Marten and Grace Wales Bonner. The issue additionally showcases an exploration of the art of the self-portrait by the formidable Harley Weir, and a collaboration between The Gentlewoman and Paul Smith creating a lambswool blanket.

The issue will be on sale from 8 September.