Stack Magazines monthly subscription has introduced me to some amazing independent magazines I wouldn’t have read otherwise.
Fare magazine explores Glasgow’s city culture through the intersection of food, history and community and the editor’s passion for food culture.
Weapons of Reason’s sixth issue, Towards Superintelligence, explores technological innovation and where artificial intelligence could take us, through accessible illustrations, unbiased articles, with solutions to inspire action. I grew up in the 1990’s with the latest technology at my fingertips as my dad and uncles were computer programmers. While I didn’t inherit their great mathematical…
How can you buy independent magazines in the UK and how you can easily browse lots of independent magazines to find more issues that you'll love? Whether you buy from shops, set up a subscription, buy online or from the publisher will depend on what kind of magazine you want to buy - an old…
It’s the first weekend of December, and less than a month to go until Christmas. With present buying and wish-lists in mind, I thought it would be a great time to talk about my Stack Magazines subscription. As someone who is passionate about magazines. It’s one of the best gifts I’ve received. Independent Magazine Subscription…
Scenario Magazine is an independent magazine on culture and ideas about possible futures. Founded in 2010 by ‘futurists’ from Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies, Scenario Magazine explores trends, products and cultural shifts that will define our future society. Scenario Magazine's Focus on the Future People from all around the world contribute to the magazine through…
Kajet Journal is an independent journal about Eastern European culture, identity and experiences. I bought issue 1 about Communities as I was keen to read it since enjoying Miroslav Penkov, a Bulgarian writer’s short stories. His writing captured my imagination about Eastern Europe, and made me aware that we don’t often hear stories or people’s…
Magnum Chronicles is probably one of the most challenging magazines I've ever read. A Brief Visual History in the Time of Isis is the very first issue of the independent storytelling magazine and is a harrowing documentation of the rise of Isis in the Middle East. I received this issue as the May delivery from…
Designers influence so much of our lives, yet their own lives can be a bit of a mystery. So, I was fascinated to read issue 3 of Backstage Talks, the April 2018 magazine from my Stack subscription. Backstage Talks magazine delves beneath the surface of design, going 'behind the scenes' and interviewing designers about their careers,…
January is a tough month. Post-Christmas blues combined with rubbish weather and dark nights mean it's not the happiest time of year. However, this month's Stack delivery brightened up January. Perdiz is a billigual magazine about happiness. The idiosyncrasies of people's happiness Perdiz explores the idiosyncrasies of people's happiness through interviews, art and cartoons. In…
The most recent Stack delivery I received is the beautiful 2nd issue of Double Dagger, a beautiful broadsheet style magazine about printing. Double Dagger: Letterpress printing I love reading printed magazines and books in the age of Kindles and e-readers, although I know nearly nothing about printing. So I found it fascinating to learn more…
