What magazines do you read?

[KenQueen]

Mine:
Tatler (I know)
Harper's Bazaar
Town and Country
Vogue

Also any interior design or luxury weddings magazines!

But glossy magazines are so expensive, and so full of adverts with just a few articles thrown in, you feel like you're paying to be advertised to. Paperback books, especially when on offer, have so much more reading in them, I feel they are much better value and ebooks certainly are. Eg I have had books like 'Bridget Jones', Stephen King books, Michel Faber, Sarah Waters, Margaret Atwood etc. for 99p on my Kindle (special offer, but they come up often).

This is why I don't buy magazines anymore. Maybe a lot of people don't mind the ads then?

Nothing regularly, but I occasionally buy Tatler, Vogue or Vanity Fair if I feel the need for a bit of sheer beauty. I love VF particularly, for the photos and the surprising range of articles (slebs, political scandals, the endangered birds nesting in an NYC apartment roof ).

Also The Lady sometimes. The writing, editing and proofing is rubbish but I like the gentleness, and the absence of fretting about Losing Weight/Meeting a Man/Keeping a Man Happy/Having Perfect Hair etc. It feels like a relief. Their art and culture section can be good too.

Intelligent Life, the sister mag to the Economist (although I think they've just changed its name). Grown-up and varied. Takes an equally thoughtful and well-written view of everything: science, art, fashion, travel... The tone can be slightly dry though but that's a minor quibble.

And the Christmas Radio Times, naturally!

Our library used to have Which magazine but because of the economic downturn in Ireland they don't send it to said library.
I did have a subscription myself for Which but it was costly as I only wanted to see 'the Best Buys' as most of the consumer legislation obviously didn't apply to Ireland.

If you are a member of a library you can use an app/web based thing called Zinio where you can read magazines free online or download them to read later. There is BBC history, national geographic, health and fitness, Grazia, hello, wallpaper, Cosmo, a home magazine whose name escapes me and loads more.

Zinio doesn't seem to have the same provision for every library, though, as I've mentioned below. There's Zinio online for our library but no sign of BBC History :(

No, I agree Nadia, and I'm 27.

I just use feedly now on my phone and read blog posts instead. You still get articles but they aren't as full of ads. Plus I can unsubscribe from any which annoy me.

I don't like reading magazines online. I like the act of buying and reading an actual hard copy, even though I agree they are expensive and full of ads.

In things like Vogue, though, the ads are so gorgeous they're part of the experience.

And they're expensive for what they are, but for me it's an affordable treat every once in a while if I need cheering up or just feel like splashing out a bit.

That's a shame Quog, I quite like a browse through the BBC history magazine on zinio.

Our Library at work has Vogue Only so that saves me buying it! I can't resist a magazine with a good freebie otherwise!

I agree with what Nadia said about how mags are now terrrible value for money compared with books. They often cost as much as the books and take no time at all to read.

I often get a yearning to buy and read magazines but I always end up disappointed so generally don't bother anymore. I don't even look at the adverts in womens glossies so as there is very little content left now they take almost no time at all to read - such a waste.

I had a subscription to a travel magazine for a while - that was quite good but now I just read Waitrose Food, Co-op or Lakeland magazines on my tablet.

Woman & Home
Good Housekeeping
Gardeners World
Runners World

It takes me a long time to get through a magazine now. I just read a couple of pages at night.

I used to read red and country living years ago but now I prefer magazines about my hobbies. Love sewing, love patchwork and quilting, quilt now. Now I've taken up running women's running too

Ideal Home
Countryfile
Gardening World
I have a stack of unread magazines to read 😡

I used to live Good Housekeeping and Woman and Home but I got fed up of well known front cover women and the gushing over their youthful ( natural - ahem) looks and bodies achieved by a skin cream or something else they were pushing/ promoting.
I think the mags were patronising to their readers ( customers).
Tell it like it is.
'Our cover girl this month looks like this because of: air brushing/ botox/ face lift etc. Don't feel bad if you, at their age, look so much worse.'

Rant over

Hi
I read
Homes & Antiques
Women & home
Good Housekeeping

For my birthday the year before last my husband got me subscriptions to vanity fair and psychologies. I do like them but I had a big pile at the end of the year that I hadn't finished. I've been studying this year so I've been buying a couple after every completed essay.

My usuals are Slimming World and bbc good food.

Been picking up loads of Wedding magazines recently. Had great hopes for Brides as it was thick. Thought it was going to be full of ideas but in fact it was 3 quarters adverts. Then I noticed its made by vogue/glamour ...so not surprised.

Wedding ideas was nearly half the price and packed with useful ideas.

We pay £10 a month to have Readly on our iPads, it's up to five devices for that one fee so pretty good value. There's over a thousand magazines plus back issues on there. I miss having a 'real' copy of a mag but I was paying £5 for one sometimes and only reading half of it.

The Economist

I read BBC History and NewBooks magazine. Sadly the latter only comes out every few months but has lots of great interviews with authors and book recommendations. Love it.

Eviesmummy is NewBooks subscription only?

gailforce1 No it isn't subscription only. You can buy the issue's individually .. they are £5 each and then P&P on top.

Talk to me more about Readly.....

I subscribe to Fortean Times and that's about it really.

The Artist and the Leisure Painter. I subscribe to these and my husband who never even draws reads these.

I have subscribed to Readers Digest for a few years now and still find it an interesting read. Have got a subscription deal that makes it just over £1 a copy so will continue with it. Used to have Woman & Home but it became too samey. Am wondering whether to start another sub maybe Red or Good Housekeeping but don't want to pay direct debit for the cheaper price.

Red, psychologies, Good housekeeping and grazia. Also women's health until recently but it got a bit samey. I'm trying to cut down and read more books.