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The latest Issue: 

1. Barriers - Richard Hall    A set of annotated images exploring physical and social barriers.
2.  Barn Owl - Hester Steedman Thake    A lino cut of a Barn Owl.
3. Bees - Sam Gibbons Frendo          What bees talk about when they talk about honey, and why we might just be fleshy walking talking hives. 
4. Bellies - Penny East    The cultural significance of the belly, from the Spice Girls to Gujurat via the Old Testament.
5. Benefits - Sam Mohun Himmelweit     Considering the cuts that are less cool for us to despise, and shows us why we should think of the Camerons and Osbournes as they lose out on their child benefits.
6. Bill and Ted - Rahul Bery            an article which bombastically wrestles with the implications of the Bill and Ted saga for our lives.
7. Blade Runner - Richard Whitby       Thoughts about one of the writer’s favourite films.
8. Blessed, Brian - Rachel Adams           An inspirational pull out poster for your wall - WWBBD?
9. Boats - Rachel Crellin        A lifeboat heads out into huge waves in the sea around the Isle of man.
10. Boats - Tom Crowley          Some pictures of boats.
11. Bono - Henry Hall              Its easy to hate Bono, but not only does the writer do so with real elan, but he argues hat there is good reason to mistrust his approach to Africa.
12. Brain Tumour - Jessie Levene       Its hard to adequately summarize this reflection on a Brain Tumour.
13. Bread - Ben Critchley                A wander through the world of bread with a guide who has an insatiable appetite for puns and loaves alike
14. Brownout - Paul Gottschling            The things we learn when infrastructure breaks down, looked at through the lens of lunch habits. 
15. Bus Chat - Nellie Kluz               Curious chat awaits on the buses of America

Or Something is a new project, we’ve published the A edition and B will be out in February; below is the first editorial. Get in touch at orsomethingorsomething@googlemail.com, we’re accepting submissions until the 1st of December for the letter B.

Or Something is an ambitious project that refuses to settle for self deprecating evasion. This is a publication packed with bold proud ideas in words and images. Held together only by the letter ‘A’ this is like an ostentatious Sesame Street - all grown up. The entries in this encyclopaedia are fascinating, and they are better still for the fact that these are written about topics that their writers care about – really. No doubt, these are amongst the things that these people will talk about when drunk That is part of the ambition of this publication, Or Something. Directly conceived out of a desire to lift our opinions, ambitions and plans from the dregs of our pints and closing time and onto the solid proud page. I hope that this publication will be but one part of a bigger thing. Whether it be through bands playing at events, art exhibitions or chest beating arguments over generous plates of food – I hope, recklessly, that Or Something will be an< opportunity to develop and share the things we really want to do. Some, would smirk at this collective self-aggrandisement, they might find the project self indulgent and confused. However – I think that this is a good read, and I think that it is far more fun to allow yourself to be proud of what you do than to cower in reticence. Or Something.