Origins

Is where you started something to outgrow, or something to keep building on?

Origins returns to the first places, people and experiences that shape who we become. This issue begins with the understanding that a beginning is never merely a point behind us. It is a foundation, a reference and sometimes a source of strength we only learn to recognise once we have travelled far enough to look back.

Our cover story features Sabrina Elba, whose Somali heritage carries a story from a country too often made invisible in global conversations. Through an intimate and thoughtful exchange, she speaks beyond the headlines about identity, advocacy and her work supporting women in farming. Her story anchors an issue that asks what it means to remain connected to where you come from while continuing to grow into who you are becoming.

The issue also travels to Ethiopia’s Omo Valley to encounter the Arbore people, whose cultural identity and traditions are shaped by deep connections to land, community and ancestral knowledge. Alongside this story, Origins features a conversation with a much-loved author about his latest novel, extending the issue’s central question into the realms of literature and imagination: how do our beginnings continue to influence the stories we tell?

Across its pages, Origins celebrates the imperfect, complicated and often overlooked places where every journey begins. It argues that beginnings do not need to be polished to be valuable. They are the first trail markers, the corners from which we learn perspective, and the foundations upon which everything else is built. Bring home Origins and rediscover the people, places and stories that remind us where every meaningful journey begins.

English Edition. Printed in premium quality and designed to be collected, displayed and treasured for years to come.