home portfolio biography   artist profile personal statement buddhism hoxton & shoreditch the ditch magazine photo call art blog news & exhibitions buy & commission contact   Gordon Faulds edited and published The Ditch Magazine between 1994-97. The magazine ran for 5 issues. This eclectic ‘village' magazine, showcased many aspects of the creativite spirit which existed in the Shoreditch/Hoxton neighbourhood in the mid 1990s. Select each issue cover for more detail. All material © The Ditch Magazine                   Shoreditch High Street Issue One Autumn 1994 Contributors: Cedric Christie Nic Clear Joshua Compston Daryl Sharon Dowsett Pegie B Gayle Gilbert & George Izi Glover Sara Featherstone Link Leisure James Lynch Jack Tucker Lynch Anthony Oliver Samantha Roache Alexander Roussos Leila Sadhegee Dickie Stringer Andrew Waugh David C. West                 Inside Cover Shoreditch Church by Jack Tucker Lynch, age 5                   Shoreditch Cover The first Issue was financed by a gift from Alexander Roussos. Another friend, a graphic design whiz-zard, was going to design the mag, but had to pull out, leaving me to a steep learning curve on an extremely basic Apple Mac LC. Everyone pulled together for this first issue. Contributions arrived by deadline, (ahem! Andrew Waugh and Sara Featherstone). Phenomenal I don't remember why, now, but this issue was printed on inkjet then pasted up, thanks Jock and Amelia. It was then transposed to film and printed on some very economic, yellowish, paper stock, by our dear drinking chums at NNC on Curtain Road.                 Factual Nonsense Mission Statement Joshua Compston's lasting contribution to the magazine was it's title, we had a big meeting at 18 Charlotte Road. Loads of people, lots of brainstorming, lots of ideas for a title, none of them quite hitting the spot... After a pause, where many ran fingers through hair or stroked chins, Joshua said, "The Ditch", and it was that easy... This FN page was his one published contribution, as it was 18 months before I pulled together a second issue, by which time I was gathering obituaries...                   Centrefold The Gorgeous Red Headed Lil was the icon of The Bricklayers Arms, in the days when it was a real pub.                 Back Cover A huge thank you to Gilbert & George for this contribution to the first issue.