230 x 300 mm, 304 pages (plus sticker sheet)

London, UK 

Quarterly

Published since 1998

Editor-in-chief: Masoud Golsorkhi

Creative director: Sohrab Golsorkhi-Ainslie

‘Must-Read. Since 1998.’

As Wikipedia dutifully points out, this publication is ‘not to be confused with Tank, the magazine of the Royal Tank Regiment.’ If it’s contemporary culture, fashion, art, architecture, technology and politics you’re looking for, this would be the version to go for. Tank has taken many forms and continues to carve a distinctive niche in a crowded genre, with its selective themes and intelligent writing. Typically sticker-friendly, recent issues have been uncharacteristically unstickered (not including the logo, which has indeed been manually stuck on) but with a sheet of stickers ready to be applied.

The self-proclaimed ‘heavy-duty culture’ magazine returns with its annual ‘Summer Reader’ issue. Editor-in-chief Masoud Golosorkhi opens this edition by reflecting on the ‘psychological frenzy’ novels inspired in the 19th century, exploring how the cultural influence once wielded by writers has now shifted to the AI and technology companies that shape the flow of information we consume—voluntarily or not.

Leaning into romance, this issue offers an extensive reading list spanning contemporary fiction, translated literature, canonical classics and extracts from Booker Prize-winning books. Elsewhere, readers can expect to visit the V&A East Storehouse with AKONI, hear from writers and intimacy coordinators on the sexiest thing they’ve ever read, and discover how Daniel Blumberg, acclaimed composer of the soundtrack for ‘The Brutalist’, approaches creating scores for two radically different films.

On the Journal:

At Work With Masoud Golsorkhi: ‘I am not sure if we are academically rigorous. We don’t aim to be academic, we mean to approach fashion as a serious topic in and amongst other serious and interesting ideas. I guess the form of address implies a reader of a certain discernment, education and intellectual aspiration.’ 
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