Issue 35 The Autumn/Winter issue of Port – featuring actors Andrew Garfield, Barry Keoghan, Sebastian Stan, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Colman Domingo, musicians Dev Hynes, Mustafa and Steve Reich, writers Hannah Strong, Caleb Azumah Nelson and Natty Kasambala, artists Tavares Strachan and Sofia Lai, photographers Christopher Anderson, Jim Goldberg, Arielle Bobb-Willis and Dan Tobin Smith, plus writing from Vijay Khurana, Daniel Tammet and Selma Dabbagh.

Six incredible talents grace the cover of Port Issue 35. Andrew Garfield explores the complexities of grief, joy and vulnerability in a conversation with friend and collaborator Daisy Edgar-Jones, while Dev Hynes digs into Mustafa’s new album Dunya, where they discuss themes of preservation and confronting global crises like the Palestinian genocide and Sudanese civil war. Barry Keoghan opens up about his journey from no formal training to becoming one of the most compelling actors of his generation, Chiwetel Ejiofor discusses his challenging roles and artistic inspiration, and Colman Domingo looks back at growing up in Philadelphia and the experiences that have shaped his artistic ethos. Finally, Sebastian Stan reflects on playing Donald Trump in his upcoming biopic The Apprentice and how this controversial figure has sparked new conversations about identity and power.

Elsewhere, James Vincent examines the mysteries of the universe, Federico Perelmuter pays tribute to minimalist composer Steve Reich, Gus Casley-Hayford, director of the forthcoming V&A East, explores themes of invisibility and rewriting history with artist Tavares Strachan, and Deyan Sudjic speaks with designer Margaret Howell about the 10 things that inspire her.

In Portfolio, Gus Wray investigates the rise of new protective gear for phones, Thea Hawlin critiques mechanised art in the age of technology, and Jennifer Jasmine White tackles the ultra-processed food debate. For the visuals, Dan Tobin Smith transforms the pages with his hyperreal, experimental photography, alongside CGI artworks created under his studio, Optical Arts.

For Commentary, British-Palestinian writer Selma Dabbagh looks at the role of literature in confronting the violent erasure of Palestinian identity in her essay Literature from the Barrel of a Gun. Meanwhile, Daniel Tammet challenges stereotypes about autism in an excerpt from his latest work Nine Lives, and Vijay Khurana delves into memory and tension in his original stories The Bad Man Who Killed You and Dad Bod.

Finally, Syrian Design Achieve closes the issue with a collection of posters from its platform, which aims to preserve the country’s visual identity.

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