Est. 2024 in the neighbourhood Printed for pavements, stairwells and night buses Vol. 04 · September 2026

A magazine of everyday city life

Side Street

Eight stories about the rooms, routes and counters where the city actually happens. Written to be read on foot, on the bus, or with the kettle on.

Every story is filed from somewhere you could walk past today. Photographs are illustrations, not records of the people or places described.

Reading list

Showing 8 of 8 stories.

How to read this issue

Start anywhere. Each story takes three to eight minutes and stands alone. Open a story to read it in full, and keep the ones you want to return to on your reading list, stored in this browser.

Departments

  • Culture — rooms where people gather to listen and look
  • Food — where lunch actually comes from
  • Movement — buses, pavements and the walk home
  • People — neighbours keeping things in use
  • Places — libraries, gardens and leftover plots

A note on pictures

All photographs are stock illustrations for atmosphere. The people, places and products in the stories are fictional, created for this magazine.