Do You Buy Magazine ?

[LuluBlakey1]

I am asking because it came up in conversation with a group of friends who were all surprised when I said I never buy magazines. They all buy a couple at least, regularly. I literally never even think of looking at or buying a magazine.
DH gets about 3- a History one, one from his union about 'School Leadership' and he gets Private Eye. I might look at those because they are there but nothing else.
If you do, what do you buy and why? What do you spend a month on magazines?
One of my friends reckons she spends about £30 a month on house magazines.

Im almost 51 and Red does feel too young for me now. Woman and Home feels about right

I’ll give it a go so, really would love if they brought back easy living

I also subscribe to readly.

it can have up to 5 profiles so the whole family can access what they want for £8 a month. I think its mainly me that reads stuff on there but even so it not much more than buying 1 glossy mag a month. I used to buy lots more before

Oh i forgot about that one I bought that quite a few times too.

I enjoy W and Home or prima. They pricey though 8 euro in dublin. I like bella too. My friend buys Hello so we swap them. So a few reads

I bought a Sunday paper this weekend, with magazine. The weather was vile and I fancied doing the crossword and other puzzles.

I hardly ever have a feet-up weekend, so it was a treat. 😊

No, I used to though as a teen. I read Heat and Cosmo religiously.

I subscribe to 3 home/interiors mags and have done for 20 plus years. Prices have gone up a lot (esp when you buy individual issues) but I absolutely love them! Having done up 14 places, it's been much cheaper than hiring a designer and I've learned loads, but it's a passion of mine anyway.

I don't buy other magazines (or TV guides) other than once in a blue moon. My mum and ex mil buy things like Woman and Home/Good Housekeeping (plus different interiors mags to mine) and I enjoy reading those too. It's easier to find time to pick up a magazine for 10 mins - I love reading books but hate having to keep putting it down.

Despite always buying clothes etc secondhand, I would have to starve before I'd give up my magazines. Ridiculous perhaps, but they're great escapism in the middle of renovations - which take years with a tiny budget.

I used to buy so MANY magazines each week, when I was younger..All them Elle, Graziaa, Cosmos, New Woman, Glamour etc..
i have an app now where I pay monthly fee and I have access to most magazines in the world for free..love specially the US and Australians mags.

I have Apple News+ so I read several on my iPad. I haven’t bought a physical copy for years.

I far prefer reading on paper rather than devices. But magazines are an expense I can no longer justify. I will buy one every so often, though. Usually Private Eye, the Economist or the New Yorker. It feels like a treat. But the magazines I buy most often are those awful children’s magazines which usually come with a crap toy for my DD! Only for long trips by train or airplane though. They keep her entertained for an hour or two and I figure it’s better than her being on a screen for the whole journey.

Not since the nineties/ early 00.
I used to buy decorating/home magazines, cat and horse magazines.

Used to buy all the glossies when l was a fashion student.

Never buy any anymore. Not interested in glossies.

I had a subscription to Psychologies until recently but it started to get a bit samey. I do occasionally get Take A Break as a guilty pleasure when I do the food shop- I love the mad stories 😂

I have a subscription to Period Living and buy Horse and Hound most Thursdays. I recently revived a Private Eye subscription but cancelled it after about 3 months as I was sort of forcing myself to read them. Which was daft.

I used to love a magazine Jackie ,17, Cosmo, the Lady, Elle , Red ! I feel inspired to go and buy one now.

I was going to treat myself to some yesterday but they were more expensive than books.

Then I also remembered I have Readly!

Not anymore. I used to buy National Geographic quite frequently, also fashion magazines when I was in my 20’s.

I love magazines, and digital versions are not the same at ALL.

I have a Spectator subscription and also buy Private Eye. Then occasionally as a treat I buy something very different to my stressful London job, eg Good Housekeeping, Country Life, Coast, Good Food or Olive.

Occasionally I like Red but beauty articles bore me and there are often several pages of them so that feels like a waste of money.

DH gets a weekly crossword magazine and I occasionally pay a one-off to the Guardian online.

If there’s a cute patchwork pattern or gadget I might buy that and I have copied online shopping discount codes like PRIMA10% which I consider free for all.