Buying magazines

[radioman33]

W H Smiths nobody buys them just they stand there browsing through them.Maybe Puzzle books and Radio times,Take a Break,like Newspapers is it dying out.

[PilotMan]

I reckon so, pretty much everything is online, although I still have a subscription to EVO, I wouldn't be arsed to actually go to the shops to buy it otherwise.

[RandomGuy99]

Things change very quickly now, so online magazines or websites are a more up to date and cheaper way of distributing information.

[standardpostage]

Evo.Car magazine. Had to google it 

[mr.bluesky]

I subscribe to Four Four Two football magazine  and have done for many years. A lot cheaper with a monthly subscription than buying it monthly from the shops.

[Ghost89]

Sadly another outlet that has declined. I used to enjoy a trip to the newsagent to browse the magazines and comics when I was younger.

[mr.bluesky]

Sadly another outlet that has declined. I used to enjoy a trip to the newsagent to browse the magazines and comics when I was younger.

And when you were older no doubt enjoyed browsing the top shelf magazines 

[Dickled]

I used to buy Mojo magazine once.
But it just seems to be a publication which focuses on old rockers, so often you get recycling of stories about groups like the Small Faces, the Who, CSNY, etc.
Now I just browse mostly to see who has passed away.

[puntingking]

W H Smiths nobody buys them just they stand there browsing through them.Maybe Puzzle books and Radio times,Take a Break,like Newspapers is it dying out.

If you want to read unlimited magazines at your disposal then check out "readly" online where you can read any magazines you like for a monthly subscription.

online is killing everything. I missed the days where you can rent a film at blockbuster, go to the cinemas because there was no Netflix and get a paperback of a book you like because there was no audible. 

[radioman33]

I think the 1990s was the time when we had all the Lads mags,I had a read of Viz in W H Smiths still going, soho walk ups were about £20 then,plenty of good magazines to read after walking around 

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[mr.bluesky]

I think the 1990s was the time when we had all the Lads mags,I had a read of Viz in W H Smiths still going, soho walk ups were about £20 then,plenty of good magazines to read after walking around 

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Yeah, I remember the lads mags Nuts and Zoo which came out every week and Loaded every month. Occasionally buy Viz for a laugh.

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[radioman33]

If you want to read unlimited magazines at your disposal then check out "readly" online where you can read any magazines you like for a monthly subscription.

online is killing everything. I missed the days where you can rent a film at blockbuster, go to the cinemas because there was no Netflix and get a paperback of a book you like because there was no audible. 

Thanks,on my library app you can download magazines free.

[Mr Rollison]

The only regular one for me is Private Eye.

I've reduced When Saturday Comes to buy when it looks like it's got enough interesting articles as it's not as good as it was.
I stopped watching wrestling about 15 years ago but still pick up a magazine several times a year.

Going back 10+ years, I was buying 7/8 a Month but most of them are gone now.

I do prefer them for long train journeys.

The ones I was reading are gone for a variety of reasons.
Editor (who was also doing a lot of the writing) moved on to other things
Retirement
Sales

[sir wanksalot]

If you want to read unlimited magazines at your disposal then check out "readly" online where you can read any magazines you like for a monthly subscription.

online is killing everything. I missed the days where you can rent a film at blockbuster, go to the cinemas because there was no Netflix and get a paperback of a book you like because there was no audible. 

I miss video rentals too. I wonder if they closed too early as I don't think Sky or Netflix have really filled the gap in that market

[Dipper]

I think the 1990s was the time when we had all the Lads mags,I had a read of Viz in W H Smiths still going, soho walk ups were about £20 then,plenty of good magazines to read after walking around 

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Good times. 

Loaded was a good read in the early days.

[Munter84]

I used to be a pretty regular buyer of magazines about 20 years ago - gaming, FHM, men's fitness, the occasional cheeky Nuts or Zoo as an ersatz wank mag (a coworker once appeared topless in the amateur section of one of those, God bless you Yasmin, they don't make girls like you any more).

I'm really not sure why I stopped reading magazines - lack of storage space, less spare time, easier to access similar free content online, declining quality? All of the above? A few years back I considered restarting my physical readership with a subscription to Playboy, unfortunately this was exactly the same time period that they decided to go woke and stop publishing nudes. I understand they've rescinded the decision, but blow that, my faith has gone.

In summary I'll be sad when physical magazines stop being a thing, likewise newspapers, but I'll only have myself to blame as I haven't bought one in literally decades at this point.

[Munter84]

Yeah, I remember the lads mags Nuts and Zoo which came out every week and Loaded every month.

As a point of interest (to very few people aside from anoraks like myself), the original Nuts office signage now resides in a pool club in Southwark. I think the club owner is a former staffer.

[Ghost89]

And when you were older no doubt enjoyed browsing the top shelf magazines 

And hoping no one you recognised walked in just as you were making your purchase. 

[Ali Katt]

Used to buy Viz. Sometimes buy the annual now.

Was looking for a magazine to read and nearly bought Edge. It was a shadow of its former self.

[mr.bluesky]

Used to buy Viz. Sometimes buy the annual now.

Was looking for a magazine to read and nearly bought Edge. It was a shadow of its former self.

I usually buy the annual when it comes out before Christmas as it is " a best of compilation"
Usually good for a laugh over Christmas.  The monthly  editions can be a bit hit or miss

[mr.bluesky]

And hoping no one you recognised walked in just as you were making your purchase. 

Yeah, sometimes it was a bugger waiting for the shop to be empty,  you would end up looking at  "gardeners world" for ages  even worse if there was a young lady serving behind the counter. Damn I'll have to come back tomorrow and hope she's on her day off 

[PilotMan]

I've been trying to locate the sketch (I think it was Little Britain) where the guy goes in the news agent and the server behind the counter provides a running dialogue on what the customer is looking at.

From memory, it went something like (customer picks up a writing pad) server "thinking of writing to a distant friend"? (Customer looks at sweets) "thinking of having a tasty snack"? (Customer reaches for porno mag) "planning a wank"?

[Ghost89]

Yeah, sometimes it was a bugger waiting for the shop to be empty,  you would end up looking at  "gardeners world" for ages  even worse if there was a young lady serving behind the counter. Damn I'll have to come back tomorrow and hope she's on her day off 

Ha ha! Yeah. All the people watching they would have done, they’ll know exactly what you were after!

[mr.bluesky]

Ha ha! Yeah. All the people watching they would have done, they’ll know exactly what you were after!

Of course I used to buy Mayfair strictly for the informative articles on cars, airplanes and steam trains 

[WARSZAWA16]

I've been trying to locate the sketch (I think it was Little Britain) where the guy goes in the news agent and the server behind the counter provides a running dialogue on what the customer is looking at.

From memory, it went something like (customer picks up a writing pad) server "thinking of writing to a distant friend"? (Customer looks at sweets) "thinking of having a tasty snack"? (Customer reaches for porno mag) "planning a wank"?

Yes, it was Little Britain. Can't find the sketch itself, but the dialogue was:

"The Nosey newsagent appeared in Series Two. He owned a newsagents, where a man visited. The man grabbed a drink. ("Thirsty?") The man then grabbed a chocolate bar. ("Hungry?") He then grabbed a newspaper. ("Looking to catch up on today's news and sports?") He grabbed a notepad. ("Hoping to write letter to friend or relative?") The man, curious what the newsagent would ask, reached for a porn magazine. ("Planning a wank?") The man decided not to take it and just bought those, avoiding eye contact."

I wonder if it is based on Caroline Aherne brilliantly playing the supermarket checkout girl in The Fast Show though where she comments on every item a customer buys(?).
 

[DastardlyDick]

Good times. 

Loaded was a good read in the early days.

Was it "Loaded" that had "Assess my breasts" in it? Supposedly, the girlies would send in pics of them with their chebs on show and readers could rate them 1 - 10.

[mr.bluesky]

Was it "Loaded" that had "Assess my breasts" in it? Supposedly, the girlies would send in pics of them with their chebs on show and readers could rate them 1 - 10.

If I remember correctly Nuts and Zoo had a feature of "real girls" showing their chebs in general public.

[jessie100497]

Looking back, I must have spent an absolute fortune on mags each month in the 90s. FHM and Maxim every month, Nuts and Zoo every week, not to mention Empire and Total Film. Add in an occasional Private Eye, GQ and a PC magazine or two each month. I used to spend an hour or so each way traveling on the underground to and from work so didn't really think anything of it at the time

[Darren101]

Yeah, I remember the lads mags Nuts and Zoo which came out every week and Loaded every month. Occasionally buy Viz for a laugh.

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I used to really enjoy the Nuts and Zoo mags. I'd buy them now and again if they were still about.  Babes, gadgets, jokes. Great fun.

These days, I very ocassionally buy a computer magazine but very rarely.

[radioman33]

I wonder how long before WH Smiths end the mags section,the bloke standing near me had a page open,his pencil and pad with diagrams,just using the magazine for help.
I used to use the car price book when checking the second hand price of cars.
When you had dentist or doctors appointments magazines would normally be around,even if it was the Readers Digest,Private Eye,Hello,there’s nothing now or available appointments.
 

[Landscape]

I subscribe to Retro Gamer and also to When Saturday Comes since the 90s. Have found Retro Gamer to be a bit hit and miss with the last couple of issues being definitely miss. Their last subscription offer came with a free 8BitDo gamepad which is decent. When Saturday Comes is always an interesting read and do enjoy their tournament and season prediction issues.

[mr.bluesky]

I subscribe to Retro Gamer and also to When Saturday Comes since the 90s. Have found Retro Gamer to be a bit hit and miss with the last couple of issues being definitely miss. Their last subscription offer came with a free 8BitDo gamepad which is decent. When Saturday Comes is always an interesting read and do enjoy their tournament and season prediction issues.

Occasionally buy when "Saturday comes", it's been going for a long time, surprised it has lasted so long. Also Occasionally buy "Late tackle" which is a simular sort of magazine .
Also " Forty twenty" which is a Rugby League monthly magazine very similar to "when Saturday comes"

[radioman33]

Yeah, sometimes it was a bugger waiting for the shop to be empty,  you would end up looking at  "gardeners world" for ages  even worse if there was a young lady serving behind the counter. Damn I'll have to come back tomorrow and hope she's on her day off 

It’s like a soho walk up,just forget about anyone watching and do it,but I would hesitate for ages before stretching out to the top shelf after reading national geographic for ages.

[Ghost89]

It’s like a soho walk up,just forget about anyone watching and do it,but I would hesitate for ages before stretching out to the top shelf after reading national geographic for ages.

Before selecting one or more of the following fine publications: Men Only, Razzle, Parade, Escort, Fiesta, Electric Blue, Club, Big ones and Knave. I think that’s majority of the popular ones. And at the time I was buying them, they were around £1.95! A bargain price for the amount of wanks you got out of them!

[MrBamboo]

Before selecting one or more of the following fine publications: Men Only, Razzle, Parade, Escort, Fiesta, Electric Blue, Club, Big ones and Knave. I think that’s majority of the popular ones. And at the time I was buying them, they were around £1.95! A bargain price for the amount of wanks you got out of them!

Yes.. buying a "nudie" mag.. the newsagent put it in a brown paper bag with a scowl on their face..
All you could think about was getting home and having a hand shandy....

[mr.bluesky]

Yes.. buying a "nudie" mag.. the newsagent put it in a brown paper bag with a scowl on their face..
All you could think about was getting home and having a hand shandy....

  and anyone who saw  you carrying a brown paper bag would know its a porno magazine inside after all they wouldn't put "motoring news" in a paper bag.

[mr.bluesky]

Before selecting one or more of the following fine publications: Men Only, Razzle, Parade, Escort, Fiesta, Electric Blue, Club, Big ones and Knave. I think that’s majority of the popular ones. And at the time I was buying them, they were around £1.95! A bargain price for the amount of wanks you got out of them!

Not forgetting the " stronger " magazines like Playbirds, Whitehouse,  Lovebirds that left absolutely nothing to the imagination. Quite often I remember visiting a " Private" shop in my home town and there used to be a lady serving there who was faf herself in a milfy sort of way. Sometimes models from these magazines would do tours and visit these shops.
I remember meeting this particular lady at a shop her name was Tara Bardot 
This was long before mobile phone cameras unfortunately so could not get a souvenir picture of her visit 

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[Jumping Jack Flash]

For me, magazines have gone the way of newspapers in that I never buy them.

When I moved from comics to more hobbies and interest based magazines I read Q Magazine, 442 and Wisden. Over time, and even though magazines were still in their heyday I grew bored of them and stopped buying them. Looking back I don’t remember why I stopped buying them, I just did. It became a habit to buy them when they came out and I think the publishers rely on that buyer’s inertia.

It’s like those serial magazines that seem to get published every January where you can build a model of a Spitfire in 1,000 easy stages. They start at £1.99 for the first edition and after that they are £6.99 and you have to re-mortgage your house to afford the cost!

[mr.bluesky]

As a young kid growing up I remember buying Scorcher and Tiger comics  then progressing 
on to  "shoot !" football magazine as I started to get into football more then progressed to the monthly  "Goal" magazine.
A shame Shoot ! is no longer going for the young football fan of today.

[Ali Katt]

I wonder how long before WH Smiths end the mags section,the bloke standing near me had a page open,his pencil and pad with diagrams,just using the magazine for help.
I used to use the car price book when checking the second hand price of cars.
When you had dentist or doctors appointments magazines would normally be around,even if it was the Readers Digest,Private Eye,Hello,there’s nothing now or available appointments.

Some coffee shops had magazines along with the newspapers. Was usually stuff like Time Out or Wallpaper.

[Doc Holliday]

I've been trying to locate the sketch (I think it was Little Britain) where the guy goes in the news agent and the server behind the counter provides a running dialogue on what the customer is looking at.

Yes, it was Little Britain. Can't find the sketch itself, but the dialogue was:

"The Nosey newsagent appeared in Series Two. He owned a newsagents, where a man visited. The man grabbed a drink. ("Thirsty?") The man then grabbed a chocolate bar. ("Hungry?") He then grabbed a newspaper. ("Looking to catch up on today's news and sports?") He grabbed a notepad. ("Hoping to write letter to friend or relative?") The man, curious what the newsagent would ask, reached for a porn magazine. ("Planning a wank?") The man decided not to take it and just bought those, avoiding eye contact."

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[Dipper]

I used to love escort and razzle. Particularly ‘readers wives.’ Which on the odd occasion featured someone local. 

[mr.bluesky]

I used to love escort and razzle. Particularly ‘readers wives.’ Which on the odd occasion featured someone local. 

Used to have some right munters in them too

[scutty brown]

And when you were older no doubt enjoyed browsing the top shelf magazines 

But now I find as you get older it's harder to reach the top shelf

[Doc Holliday]

But now I find as you get older it's harder to reach the top shelf

  ...or even harder getting upright again, from the bottom shelf.

[sir wanksalot]

Of course I used to buy Mayfair strictly for the informative articles on cars, airplanes and steam trains 

I always felt more than a little bit dirty buying the Daily Sport!

[radioman33]

You can’t beat a decent car mag or whatever hobby read when your on a holiday,relaxing in your room or pool.Remembering the pornos it was nice a having £5 note go a long way,mag £2.50p and a chocolate bar.

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[WARSZAWA16]

I always felt more than a little bit dirty buying the Daily Sport!

Or the Daily Spurt as it's more commonly known... 

[Pillowtalk]

If you want to read unlimited magazines at your disposal then check out "readly" online where you can read any magazines you like for a monthly subscription.

online is killing everything. I missed the days where you can rent a film at blockbuster, go to the cinemas because there was no Netflix and get a paperback of a book you like because there was no audible. 

I've looked at Readly, but the choice of magazines seems pretty poor to me. It's far from 'unlimited' as far as I can see.

[scutty brown]

...or even harder getting upright again, from the bottom shelf.

Yeah, as you get older you get stiffer