One year since the relaunch of Clare, and three issues down the line. We have solicited, edited, designed and printed work from industry leaders, academics, students, poets, writers, artists and dead people.

Now we reign our focus right in to home – London.

Walking around London it is hard not to feel the shifting aesthetic. The colossal structures of Kingsway, northwards to the buzzing toy-town of Camden, east towards the metallic city and shanty Bricklane. Perhaps to the West End – deliciously tacky, expensive and seedy at the same time; and then south as far as Southbank – where the carnival atmosphere oozes from the musicians, book-stalls and skaters.

And that’s just the tour guide.

Out of all this, unquestionably, comes a home and an inspiration for artists. Just amble anywhere in London and the abundance of new emerging talent is clear.

But at LSE, in the centre of all this, where is the art? At a glance we seem devoid of artistic expression. All facts but no figurines. But true this is not. Neath the seams many of us are enjoying and exploring our ideas through some a medium or another.

Whilst this issue is a homage to all the wonderful of artistic London, it is also a stamp from LSE to show that we are here too. In the pages that lie ahead Clare has diverged from her well-trodden wordy path and taken to the gold-paved streets, camera, paint-brush and PVA in hand and etched a fresco of art in this here city as we know it.

Home-grown talent sprinkled throughout the issue we are also delighted to invite Daniel Yates and Julian Boys to curate and compile our music supplement. Unfold it right and bliss awaits you, get it wrong and you may just unfurl an army of viking warrior ships on the people of London.

In these unpleasant times of exam-induced stress, see Clare as a welcoming friend; coaxing you out of your unrest, providing you with a warm mug of ease and some calming words of encouragement.