clucker1 Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 Well as its all quietish on here at the moment I thought I'd see what we all read. I was going to treat myself to BBC good food magazine but at £4.95 (I think) decided I could buy a full recipe book for that!!! Every now and then I buy Good Housekeeping as I like the recipes, product tests and features. What magazine do you read? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursula123 Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 A stall in our local pannier market sells magazines for £1 each, they are not the current month but usually stocks the previous 6 months or so. He has a good range, good housekeeping, cooking magazines, practical poultry, small holder, gardening etc. Last year I picked up a gardening one that had 6 packs of seeds all for £1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groovychook Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 A stall in our local pannier market sells magazines for £1 each, they are not the current month but usually stocks the previous 6 months or so. What a great idea! We subscribe to the Radio Times. I used to subscribe to Country Living but gave that up years ago. Magazines are just so expensive these days and full of adverts! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlottechicken Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 I don't buy magazines any more. I used to have a home style one, a chicken one and tried the home farming one when it came out. No time now, unfortunately Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patsylabrador Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 I don't buy magazines anymore. I follow lots of different sites online and get everything I need from that. We do get Police Pensioner and Guide Dogs delivered every now and then. They have lists of ex coppers and ex guidedogs who have died so I dont really delve into them. OH gets a very boring magazine all about trucking, I think it's useful because of discussion about various laws and safe driving issues and has pages and pages of trucks for sale. I don't tend to delve into that one either. MS brings over old copies of Focus and Empire both of which I love. I can spend hours reading The focus through thoroughly. I like the BBC online news magazine but I think that's going to be cut soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 I used to subscribe to BBC Good Food but it is just too expensive and has too many adverts these days. I like Good Housekeeping too and read it in reception at work. When our children were small the only reading I did was magazines because I could dip in and out of them but I have gone back to books now. I do buy a lot of second hand cook books which are way cheaper than the magazines and have no ads. We are lucky to have a good charity book shop nearby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullethunter Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 I agree - they're so expensive! I have Practical Poultry on iPad subscription. Other than that I only ever buy one if I'm going on a train journey. Then it's usually either National Geographic, Nature, New Scientist, Country Living, Country Life, Vogue, Marie Claire or Good Housekeeping. Quite a variety! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandmashazzie Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 I totally agree, when I saw this post I thought I would sound like a grumpy old woman. I think they are so expensive, full of ads and with little content. Even if they are supposed to be special interest. There is very little that can't be gleaned online. I would however buy the bargain £1 ones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapdragon Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 Totally agree about the cost - unless they have a VERY nice freebie like L'Occitane or Neal's Yard hand cream!!! Every so often The Daily Mail has a set of four coupons for various mags for £2. Thats generally the only time I buy new...usually Country Living. I use to have that on subscription but gave up when the ad content outweighed the articles! I have a friend who takes Good Housekeeping and Woman and Home on subscription and she kindly passes them on. Then they go to my lift share partner, then to her sister, her mother, mothers neighbour and finally her mother's local Dr's surgery! That's value for money However, when we go on holiday we stop off at a service station as far along the way as we can possibly get before we all need the loo the boys and I do treat myself to a couple of mags then. I also get the boys something but even the children's ones have loads of ads There are a couple of nice nature ones for children and also a 'proper' newspaper aimed at slightly older children (prob 8+) which they enjoy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purplemaniacs Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 DD bought me an electronic subscription to Gardeners World magazine for Mothers Day. Sadly we have not got it to work on my iPad despite numerous emails to the company. Very disappointing DD has now demanded her money back but they are ignoring her request. I used to have the BBC Good Food magazine ( a printed version not electronic) but decided it wasn't worth the money. Chrissie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavclojak Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 Oh dear......I buy grazia and closer every week....don't judge me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groovychook Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 Shan't tell anyone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackrocksrock Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 So expensive now and loads of things we can access on the computer makes me only buy Quilting Arts magazine and it comes out once every 3 months so not so bad. Going on holiday I load up my kindle app with a book or two to read on route!. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 I have given up buying magazines over the past year or so, or even a Newspaper (I go to a supermarket that gives me a free one) I reckon in 5 years or so, both forms of media will be obsolete, as its so easy to read online now. Back in the day I used to buy Good Food, Good Housekeeping & Empire (a movies mag) every month....now I probably only buy them once a year when I am in the Airport ready to go on holiday! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavclojak Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 I reckon in 5 years or so, both forms of media will be obsolete, as its so easy to read online now. Funny you say that, my son works in "media" he and his team monitor magazines etc for the biggest media company in the UK and he and his whole team have been made redundant and the jobs have been outsourced to India Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clucker1 Posted May 22, 2016 Author Share Posted May 22, 2016 Hmmm, really interesting....it's not just me who thinks they are overpriced then. And full of adverts . Having said that, I bought the Sainsburys mag today for £2, will see how it goes, looks pretty from the outside Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvachicken Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 Only get the free Waitrose magazine each month if we remember. Some nice recipes in it and usually a gardening page or two. Luckily I get given a hand me down Your Chickens every now and then too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 A friend buys me a subscription to Good Food every year, I enjoy reading it but rarely make anything from it. It's full of adverts and a lot of stuff that I don't really read. I'm thinking of asking if she'll swap it for Good Housekeeping next year. It's not just that most women's magazines are full of adverts, I don't recognise myself in any of the articles or features. Anyone remember 'She' magazine? I used to like that. As an older woman who doesn't have children, isn't interested in celebrity gossip and who doesn't buy many clothes or cosmetics I don't find there's much for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Country Smallholding - subscription. I rip out the useful bits and they get put in a box - the rest is recycled. But I do like it. Sometimes it can be repetitive as are they all, but those long gone articles sometimes have relevance further down the line. Yes a fair few adverts but it doesn't bother me. Quilting I only buy books and don't do magazines there. Recipes - easier to go online for a huge variety of things to do with monkfish etc! I have a few favourite books but others really aren't worth keeping as they take up space. Plus I only work with imperial measurments and even then use it as a rough guide. I'm getting more like my grandmother - about so many spoons of this to so many spoons of that! Even then I'm finding the US measurements very handy - a scoop of this and a scoop of that - works better than a spoon! Alpaca magazine seems to be a freebie at the moment in the farm shops so I'm taking advantage of that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 I've subscribed to Practical Poultry for years but can count on one hand how many I've read in the last 2 years so really need to cancel; the only ones I have read have been on flights. I get home from Uni to a pile of post and don't have time to read the mags. A friend is in publishing and said quite a few magazines are struggling which is the reason for so many adverts, without them the magazines could not exist. I think I'll start a subscription to one of the vetty magazines and get it sent to Uni instead so I have more of a chance of reading it! Might look at getting electronic copies. If anyone gets Your Chickens mag, look out for me this month June 16 edition Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvachicken Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 If anyone gets Your Chickens mag, look out for me this month June 16 edition Weren't you in it once before for something ? I'm sure someone from here was if it wasn't you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapdragon Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Can we cheat and view it online, do you know, Lewis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Not entirely sure I should post it online but I've just put it on my blog: here Been in it a few times now, they have new photos taken at vet school and Gardeners' World Live but the editor has used an old photo again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvachicken Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 Not entirely sure I should post it online but I've just put it on my blog: Had a quick peep but will wait for my friend to pass on her June issue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 Ooooh! Whoohoo Lewis! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
