What's in the issue

2026 has been labelled ‘the year of analogue.’ This issue, read John Gilbey’s insightful overview of film photography in the UK and why he’s confident it has a bright future. Meanwhile, John Wade looks at some of Ilford’s best-known cameras; we present the Close-up Photographer of the Year Challenge winners – proving there is an upside to death and decay; and we have an in-depth test of Nikon’s versatile new 35mm macro lens. Plus, Elliott Erwitt and Coco Chanel in our books section, and more