Do you still buy magazines?

Fallingstar

There was always a table full of mags in the doc’s and dentist’s waiting rooms, they don’t do this now. Haven’t bought a magazine for many years but always take them when visiting someone in hospital, at least they pass the time even if they are fully of ads and celeb news.

I think they got shut during Covid as they thought that virus could survive on paper.
Hubby & I use to leave mail & parcels for a few days before we opened them.
Crazy now when you think about it.
Even today I thoroughly wash my hands after opening mail.

No, I stopped buying magazines when I was about 45, in other words 30 odd years ago.

For two reasons, they are very expensive here, as there are only at the most six million people who speak and read Danish, and here women's magazines are written ot appeal to women between the ages of 18 and 40. Neither features, fashion and make-up tips or short stories or serials appeal to women over 40+.

My husband bought me a lifelong membership subscription to Saga magazine years ago (no longer available) A couple of years ago they informed me that members could only now get their issues online. I was fuming, however I’m not used to it but rarely read it. I must have around 9 months to catch up on reading. I used to give the hard copy to my aunt who then gave it to an old folks home.

I have quite a few magazines and they come in the post!

I enjoy the Oldie too, but then I am!

I have a subscription to Saga magazine.

Always plenty of reading in that.

I always turn to the Doctors column first.
And then Anne Robinson is the agony aunt.
She writes with a sense of humour.

I am able to refer a friend for a free copy.
Which is very generous of them I think.

Retired 65

I get my monthly Saga magazine posted through my door each month.

I think your information is incorrect.

Sometimes read copies of Private Eye l get from a friend

I'm glad the Saga Magazine readers find it interesting because I have just taken out a trial 6 month subscription! I do like magazines because you can just pick them up with a coffee break and put them down again.
Been getting Radio Times for years and would hate to be without it. I do a swap with a friend, she has Country Walking and I have Countryfile, so, two for the price of one!
I agree with what people are saying about Good Housekeeping, though, most of it seems trivial and is not longer relevant to me at 77.

I used to love reading magazines and as others have mentioned, I can read them all for free using my library service. Despite this, my consumption has definitely declined to the extent that I only download Good Housekeeping or Women and Home every few months.

I think that the main reason is that they present such an idealised version of life. I used to read County Living and the articles about couples who had found their dream homes or individuals who had started up small businesses, were basically the same each month.

I also dislike the airbrushed photos on their front covers.

Try the Readly app- can get a month or 2 free and then its either 12.99 or 14.99 a month,but saves loads spent on individual magaxines and papers

* magazines

I do subscribe to the “Christianity” magazine that arrives monthly. My sister kindly passes on her “Private Eye” when she’s finished with it and we buy the Yorkshire Post on a Saturday which gives us plenty of reading for the week plus various crosswords and puzzles.

My stepfather (94) has his Saga magazine posted through his door every month. Has done for years.

He kindly passes each copy to me. I love Anne Robinson, miss Jenni Murray (RIP) and Jeremy Paxman (Parkinson’s) but turn to the medical queries. I ignore swathes of pages (gardening - no longer have one, recipes - can’t be arsed I just cook good quality food and assemble it on a plate - and Hunter Davies - old man extolling his love life - no thanks).

When I’ve read the 50% that interests me I pass it to my neighbour friend, who passes it back to me once she’s read it and then I take what copies I have out to Málaga each time I go over. My friends out there love it and pass it round. They can’t get a subscription abroad, much as they’d love to!

My neighbour loans me her Saga magazine and I enjoy the monthly Best of British by subscription. I occasionally buy People's Friend.

Aveline

I buy 'The Oldie'. It's excellent. Always full of great articles and very good cartoons. It fair cheers me up every month.

I’ve been buying “The Oldie” for DH for a few years and it has led to him and a friend going up to London for “The Oldies” lunch a few times every year.

I no longer buy magazines for myself as they are not worth the money. There’s never anything of interest in them anymore.

No

The New Yorker, Saga Magazine, London Review of Books, Country Living ( free from the bank).

I do pay for a subscription to YOURS magazine. I enjoy reading the articles and the puzzle pages. My son pays a subscription for me to Radio Times.
I did take out an introductory offer to the BBC Magazine, History. Am enjoying this excellent magazine, and pass them on to one of my g.children who is doing this subject at A level. However, once this special price runs out do not think I will continue as it is so very pricey.

We are RHS members and have The Garden magazine delivered monthly, along with Gardener’s World. I pass old copies to family and friends, who do the same.

I thought this thread was a bout newstand magazines. Move from that and I get a wide range of magazines on archaeology, a computer for idiots magazines, national Trust, English Heritage and others.

When we’re away I always buy Marie Claire or Femme Actuelle, the sort of magazines I don’t buy here, but very enjoyable.

Strange.
Ever since my first post on this thread, my FB page is flooded with magazine adverts!

I get a free copy of Good Housekeeping and ATM a free copy of Women's Health (post free trial not sure I'm going to subscribe). We get the Times on Saturday mainly for the magazine. I love sitting in bed browsing a mag before I settle down, equally I love reading Hello and OK at the hairdressers, wouldn't dream of paying for them and I don't know most of the people featured but I love to look at the clothes!

I buy People's Friend Summer special for the airport wait.