~Andrea~ Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 I have never really been able to find a magazine I like and stick with it. I really don't get on with women's magazines, except to flick through at the hairdresser, although I used to regularly buy Take a Break's fiction feast (mostly because I was submitting stories to it). I recently picked up The Economist and enjoyed it, seeing as I don't read a newspaper I may well start buying that semi regularly. And you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 The only magazines I buy on a regular basis are Waterstone's Books Quarterly (which technically I don't buy as it's free to their loyalty card holders) and NewBooksMag, which is also quarterly. I like to pick up the free Somerfield magazine when I can, but the shop I most recently used to get it from became a Tesco so I don't know whether I'll still be able to get hold of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbain Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 I buy Now and Closer magazines most weeks and occasionally buy the BBC History magazine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loopyloo100 Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 I only read magazines at the doctor's surgery or the dentist. I did have a phase buying puzzle mags - mostly logic problems. Reading about celebs and the latest diet hold no interest for me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyanddandy Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 I subscribe to NewBooksMag as well and Nursing Times. I buy Simply Knitting monthly and sometimes other knitting magazine such as Vogue Knitting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Severnlad Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 I find that most magazines are over priced and by and large full of advertisements - so being "careful" with my cash I don't buy em !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beef Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 2600 http://www.2600.com/ Empire http://www.empireonline.com/ Are about the only 2 i read these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echo Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 There are only a few that I read. Victoria Magazine Lucky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mia Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 I read SFX - a genre mag to do with all things sci-fi and fantasy (books, TV, film etc). I used to read Woman and Woman's Own but they changed them so that it was mostly celebrity gossip, which I hate and have no interest in whatsoever so I stopped getting them a few years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 I only get Good Food Magazine every month. Occasionally I like to get Country Living, Sewing World or very rarely a Marie Claire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louiseog Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 I only get Good Food Magazine every month. Occasionally I like to get Country Living, Sewing World or very rarely a Marie Claire Ditto (on Angel's recommendation!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyanddandy Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 I used to read Woman and Woman's Own but they changed them so that it was mostly celebrity gossip, which I hate and have no interest in whatsoever so I stopped getting them a few years ago. Me too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 I don't read specific magazines, I buy the tv mag regularly and occassionally Heat magazine:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esiotrot Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 Over the years I have spent a fortune on glossy & gossip magazines but have managed to ween myself off them. What a waste of money! they are mainly adverts and reprints of interviews that were in the others the week/month before. I do still occassionally buy magazines - usually when I like the look of the free gift. I won a subscription to New Books Magazine from a fantastic website which I love and I will continue the subscription when the year is out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 I've bought various magazines over the years but like Sedge, I find that they're too expensive and too full of ads. For the price of a couple of magazines (that will be out-of-date one day), I could buy a new book to keep forever! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ii Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 Ooh, let's see... US Elle, Fr Elle, US InStyle (I really like their positive attitude, there's never any "what was she thinking?!?" -stories), two Finnish knitting magazines (well, the other has sewing instructions too), occasionally Vogue, Elle Decor and random French decoration magazines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talisman Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 I never buy what most people would define as women's magazines, as like others have said, they are full of ads and articles on fashion, beauty products etc that I am just not interested in. I do read though several spiritual magazines - Paradigm Shift, More 2 Life and Kindred Spirit, and also writing ones - Writing and Writers News, and of course The Bookseller online (can't afford the paper edition, as it costs around £5 a week). As for the celebrity stuff - it bores me to tears, and I just don't see the point. I am too busy enjoying my own life to worry about other people's anyway ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 Not to mention that the celebrity stuff (at least in the mags around here) is complete nonsense, with all the quotes from non-existent 'insiders'. I wonder how they're allowed to sell that stuff (I wonder even more that people buy it!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supergran71 Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 I have bought the Woman's Weekly for years and years and it has always satisfied me. Its a weekly and costs 80p. It has everything I like from knitting patterns to cookery recipes. there is also a letter page and pages devoted to topical news items; a medical page, often discussing something that has been in the news. Every week there is an article interviewing a celebrity (a real one, not one of your so called ones). Last week it was Helen Mirren. Inevitably there is the problem page. Recently they started a book club and have asked readers to do reviews of book which they send to them. The also publish an excerpt of a book and then publish the reviews the following month. This month it was The Beach House by Jane Green. All in all, it is a magazine packed with interesting and useful information, with a couple of short stories and a serial thrown in. Worth every penny of 80p I recommend it, dont think its just for old ladies, give it a try I am sure you will like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Library Nook Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 I get NewBooksMag and occasionally the BBC Food one (although I rarely cook the recipes lol) but my main magazines are Junior Education and Literacy Times for my job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kell Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 I don't usually bother with magazines, but over the past few months I've been getting pregnancy-related ones and they've been rather enlightening! I come up with all kinds of questions to ask my midwife as a result of flicking through their pages. They also help make me feel a bit more "normal", seeing as how I haven't a clue what's going on with my body half the time - LOL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shelbel Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 We've been renovating our house, so I like to buy home renovation magazines for ideas: Home Beautiful, Belle, House and Garden. I also enjoy cooking, so I often pick up a cooking magazine when I'm at the grocery store. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassandra Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 I buy Empire every month and some weeks I get the Radio Times and, erm, heat. That's the only girly type one I ever read though, I promise. I like Fortean Times as well but I haven't bought that in a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inver Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 I subscribe to Country Living...like looking at how other folk live etc...lol. Get copies of Woman & Home and Good Housekeeping to look through from my friend. Then we swap them back and pass on to someone else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 I like Fortean Times as well but I haven't bought that in a while. I used to get Fortean Times. Such a weird magazine. I saw a picture in that mag that will stay with me forever. I won't give the gory details. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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