Do you keep old magazines (eg bbc good food)

[tory79]

We are moving in about a month and i am trying to declutter.

I have 3 years worth of BBC good food magazines in the kitchen. They are neatly stored (in my opinion anyway) but the honest truth is I don't ever really refer back to them, I normally just go on the website. However, I love them, I like having them etc etc

Do I bite the bullet and get rid? My brain says yay and my heart says nay

Never mind, I am 90% following my head and just keeping the current year!

I love the visuals of a magazine but again, use website instead. So I've just recycled them but kept my fave recipe clippings

Just chuck them.

I a dreadful for keeping magazines, and I get a lot.
What I do now, is as I read them, I scan/upload anything that I want to 'keep' (I use my phone and an app called Evernote), then only keep the mag for a month or so, as I do re read them a bit, and others read them when they visit.

You could always advertise them on freecycle, that's how I managed to get rid of alot of my magazines.It saves putting them in the recycling bin. I would love to be able to keep all my magazines which are mainly Ideal Home etc but I am running out of space!

As we were organising our tiny flat for the arrival of DS, I had to bite the bullet and chuck 8 years' worth of Empire magazine! It nearly killed me slight exaggeration
I spent the end of my pregnancy reading them all (and the odd reeeeeaaaally old one - Speed 1 anyone?) And then recycled them, sniff sniff.
Don't regret it for a minute.
I do have some really old late-70s/early 80s craft magazines for women, they are great, full of macrame, woodwork, how to make a kiln in your garden - very Tom+Barbara! They were my DGM's, not throwing them away, ever.

I's suggest getting an A4 plain-page book, cutting out recipes you use a lot or would realistically like to try, plus some tips, them recycle them.

Donate them to an early years/foundation unit. They're great for cutting up!

You could scan the articles you particularly like --then get rid.

I snap pictures of recipes on my phone then chuck - am now ruthless with all magazines!

I have those A4 display books with recipes from about 10 years of delicious which we have stopped subscribing to now.

I chucked mine about a year ago. I hung onto the Christmas ones but as I didn't actually look at them over Christmas I couldn't really justify it so they went in about Feb. It was nice having them but it's nicer having the space.

I've freecycled lots. Makes me feel better that they have gone to a good home, rather than just recycled.

If anyone is still reading this thread. I would love to have old issues of BBC Good Food, so you could send them to me. I will pay for shipment of course. I love this magazine, used to buy while living in the UK but I cannot get it in Germany. Due to shipment charges for Germany is a subscription too expensive for me.

Fire hazard.
Our attic is full of DH's old car magazines. Waste of (unused) space

I keep the last 12 months worth. Or it gets out of hand!

adinutza if you have an iPad you should get the readly app. It's €9.99 a month (and there's generally a few weeks free at the start) and you can get lots of English magazine incl good food.

Get rid. I tear recipes out of them then chuck them. Scanning is a good idea as I do lose a favourite from time to time, though usually find them on the website.

I gave two years worth of good food magazines to the food tech department at elder spawn's school. They were delighted with them :)

just realised this is a zombie thread - when did the warning go?