Caroline’s background in business and the creative industries dates right back to when she was in primary school in the 1980s. She and a friend started a members club, charging fellow pupils £1 to join, for which they received a goody bag filled with things they had made, including a badge and a certificate. This first venture into the world of business was cut short, when the teachers discovered they were taking money from the other children and they had to give it all back.

Jump forward to 2000 and Caroline moves from her small village in Northern Ireland to the bright lights of London in search of a career in fashion photography. A year at London College of Fashion proved this was not the right path, so she moved to University of Westminster to complete a degree in Photographic Arts. This was followed by a stint of work experience in New York at Hearst Magazines, and then a career back in London, first with Getty Images then the Financial Times as a picture editor.

Caroline established 91 Magazine in her spare time whilst still working at the Financial Times (as well as running her blog). In 2013, she finally made the leap into the freelance world and has since worked on various projects including her first interiors book – The Shopkeepers Home – published by Jacqui Small in October 2015. She took a break from 91 Magazine in 2015 after having her daughter and writing her book. In 2016 she relaunched the magazine in print with a new look, new website and a new team. Find out more about Caroline’s other work and read her personal blog here.

A fascination with what makes creative people tick, and a belief that creativity is infectious is what Sine loves most about working as a magazine journalist.

Growing up with serial-property renovator parents, Sine inevitably caught the design bug early – her young imagination first fired by a new bedroom to decorate each year! After a degree in interior and spatial design, and a few creative career twists and turns (interior design, prop making, arts and heritage marketing, interiors PR), Sine combined her passion for design with her love of writing, and trained to become a magazine journalist.

Editing, writing and copywriting for national and regional magazines and interiors brands, Sine has been contributing to 91 Magazine since 2014 and loves working on features about the creative and entrepreneurial people that are the inspiration behind the magazine.

Melissa was determined to study Graphic Design at Central St Martins and knew that her portfolio needed to stand out in order to get accepted. So, she experimented with all sorts of mediums and medias including cyanotype, film photography, body paint, textures, fabrics and of course, print.

Throughout her studies, she developed a true love for layouts, paper and typography. Upon graduating, Melissa gained work experience with designer/makers and independent artists particularly on the London design circuit. She developed logos, branding, visual identities and Squarespace websites for her clients. See more of Mel’s work here.

Between working, she loves to learn about photography and languages and loves exploring London to discover new and unique boutiques and coffee shops.

Hannah worked in various industries over the years (events, hospitality and retail) when she and her husband decided to press pause on their careers to go travelling across South Asia. It was during this time of self-exploration and space from everyday life that Hannah had the time to contemplate her next move. She knew she wanted to do something creative, working with an independent brand and with people that inspire her, while still having the freedom to continue soul searching. 91 Magazine has been the perfect place for this and Hannah’s role has evolved organically.

For as long as she can remember Hannah’s grandparents have together created beautiful spaces; her grandfather is a graphic designer and creative, her grandmother, a dressmaker who collects and styles to create wonderful homes and gardens- both a source of inspiration for the work Hannah does now.

Hannah is now also a qualified yoga teacher, hosting classes from her garden studio in Surrey.

For as long as she can remember, Shelley has loved to tell stories. Even at primary school, in suburban Birmingham, her parents were always amazed at the stories she’d written about what she – and they – had supposedly been up to in the school holidays and at weekends (from visits to the beach to the less likely trip to the moon).

Fast forward twenty years, and after completing a magazine journalism degree, writing for an array of independent titles – including her own online magazine and launching her content consultancy business – Shelley’s love for storytelling is still at the forefront of everything she does. Although now, instead of writing about far-flung fantasy trips, her focus is on helping small businesses tell their own unique stories through their online content and PR.

When she’s not writing, Shelley (who now lives in Brighton), enjoys walks along the seafront, perusing (and unfortunately for her bank account, buying!) the wares of the city’s many independent stores and challenging herself to try new creative hobbies – inspired by the makers she’s met along the way.