I need a change of magazine. Have they all got worse (apart from EVE) or is it just me?

[MrsMuddle]

I love getting magazines on subscription. At the momemt I get EVE, Easy Living and Good Housekeeping. But the last few editions of GH seem to be full of adverts and menopause information and not much else. I quite like Easy Living but I really can't be arsed reading about yet another yummy mummy who lives in a pristine house, decorated soley in white with tasteful family antiques scattered casually everywhere. It's just so not like my home, or the home of anyone I know. I'm almost 40, and I feel like I'm in magazine no-man's land. What do the rest of you enjoy?

I stopped buying easy living the month they had a 'make it yourself' leather monkey for a child for over £200 on their 'best buy' page.

It was a Bill Amberg toy (who just happens to be married to the editor - and his products are in every edition).

vanity fair is very up and down but i still get it every month. oddly, i find the mix of glamourous film stars, christopher hitchens and gruesome high-class murders very addictive. graydon carter's been very outspoken about the war and the war on civil liberty as well, which is fairly brave for an ed of such a big mag. he's canadian, which helps. pass me a salladegasquatzoonaberry, nqc.

Grazia for a quick fix. But for longer reading, I like Eve and Marie Claire (although I do agree that standard has gone down). InStyle is great for times when I fancy flipping through pages and looking at pretty pictures of clothes, bags, etc.
Funnily enough, I've noticed that in the last few weeks, I've been loitering in the magazine section ... finding myself wanting to buy something but not knowing which to buy. They all don't seem enticing enough. Been ending up with the papers instead.

I'm a little younger than you, (shouldn't make a difference though!) but I get Organic Life, The Green Parent and 4 kids.... just my interests I suppose. I'm not hideously interested in Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, or the latest 'do.

I like vanity Fair too. I also get Red but it invariably makes me feel inadequate in some way.

Grazia is just dull - way too much about plastic surgery and extreme diets.

I think I'll stick with Good Food and Oprah!

He is indeed, aitch. I'm pretty sure he founded Spy, which was the Best Magazine ever for ages.

I'm almost feeling ill enough to start a game of 'name the random Canadian musicians other people have on their shelves'.

yep, he was the Spy guy. absolute when he was appointed VF ed.

does no-one buy Private Eye? that's my treat. tbh i'd rather read a newspaper than a glossy, by and large, it's become much easier now the tabloid format is gaining currency. (although i wish the graudian had just gone for it, as i'm still not in love with the berliner).

Which one has a good range of Freebies? Used to get some good ones with Red.

I've tried to read Private Eye, but unfortunately it makes no sense to foreign old me.

prospect? I remember being able to get areally good one from the US when I was in London.I'm not american but liked it's longerarticles and analytical content.
Allthe women'snoes seemto havedumbed down(uneless I've dumbed up with age?)

Junior
Juno
Permaculture!

Yeah I used to like She too until it changed its format and its awful now! I buy Essentials - find that a good read, usually has a nice freebie and has a wide range of items

I had a look at EAsy Living. Terri Hatcher was on the cover. I immediately put it back.

Sorry, she's a munter and I'm sick of her.

i subscribe to:

• Time Out
• Eve
• Ideal Home
• Good Food magazine

I read Red and Junior every month and sometimes I read SHE and period homes.

am thinking about subscribing to the economist.

Hate womens magazine generally.

Really like Vanity Fair, also get food mags (especially Good Food) and occasionally a current-affairsy one.

Only ever buy Good Food and get the odd Good Housekeeping passed on. My Mum saves up Bella and Best for me when I go home

I tend to do the trial offers of magazines and haven't really found one that I would pay full price for regularly. I get cosmo at the moment (3 issues for 99p)but I won't subscribe, I'll just trial another one. Take a look Here for offers. Just remember to cancel the DD once you've received the first issue.

Red are doing 6 for a quid, Instyle, Marie Claire and Delicious have got 3 for a quid. Just don't forget to unsubscribe!

Anything that costs over £3 I don't buy.

I love how they all start out reasonably-priced, then start hiking the price.

I've been reading Junior since it started (about 9 years). MIL got me a subscription about 5 Christmases ago and hasn't bothered to cancel it.
Read, variously, Easy Living, Eve, She, Woman and Home, Health & Fitness, Healthy, and anything that has an appealing freebie.

Vanity Fair
National geographic
Newsweek
She
Country Living
Martha Stewart
Junior