In 2010, Sam Walton left London. He had spent years as a senior designer at British Vogue, then moved into the commercial side of fashion publishing, art-directing campaigns for Harvey Nichols and working with brands like COS. But when he and his family relocated to the Dorset countryside, something shifted. He started talking to his neighbors — a dairy farmer, a local brewer, a bread maker — and found himself fascinated by their stories in a way that fashion shoots had never quite managed. Together with editor Mark Hooper, who had also recently left the city, Walton launched Hole & Corner in May 2013.
The name comes from an old English phrase meaning "a life lived away from public glare, conducted in a secret place." The magazine profiles craftspeople, makers, and artisans — stonemasons, glass blowers, cricket bat makers, spoon whittlers, paper makers — pairing them with the kind of world-class writers and photographers Walton had commissioned throughout his career in luxury publishing. The result is a magazine where a feature on a cheese maker in Somerset receives the same editorial investment as a Vogue fashion story.
The Independent on Sunday called it "a visual version of The New Yorker," and both the Telegraph and the Guardian named it among the world's best independent magazines. Over more than a decade, Hole & Corner has expanded into events, workshops, and a tenth-anniversary book collecting highlights from its first twenty-three issues.
In a world that moves too fast, Hole & Corner insists on slowness — and proves, every issue, that the most interesting stories are often being told by people who are too busy making things to promote themselves.
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