Independent Magazine Reviews
Margate is the original summer holiday destination. We took a train down for the weekend to discover its vintage seaside charm. Reading my friend Ruth’s blog post and Charlotte from Betty Magazine’s guides to Margate inspired me to visit this summer. I booked The Reading Rooms as a treat for my husband Dan's birthday, and we…
The glorious hot holiday-like weather we've been having in the UK inspired me to read the most summery independent magazine I could find - and I think I've found it in Caboodle Magazine, issue 7. Caboodle is quite unlike any other independent magazine I've read before, exuberantly bursting with cheerful colour, fun and summer vibes.…
This autumn we are off to New Zealand - for a trip that I've been dreaming of for more than half my life. I fell in love with New Zealand after seeing Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings films almost 17 years ago (can you believe it?!). Over the years I've only been more enchanted…
Last weekend my husband Dan and I went to Print! Tearing It Up, an exhibition about independent magazines at Somerset House in London. On display were decades of magazines, charting British publishing to the present day. In all honesty, there were plenty of magazines I've never read or even heard of. But it was fantastic…
I love the pull of the wilderness in Lionheart magazine. Summer in London is my favourite season to live here. Yet, on the hottest days, I find myself longing for balmy sweet countryside air and the rhythms of nature rather than TfL timetables. Reading Lionheart issue 9 ‘Land, Water & Air’, was a refreshing break…
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,…
I've always been interested in food. Everything from the flavours, textures, smells, colours, to the roots of where the recipe has come from. An ideal night in for me is watching Chef's Table or some similarly beautifully shot food programme. And an ideal night out is at a street food market; trying exciting new flavours…
From the very first page, Cedar Magazine feels like a quintessentially English magazine. Inspired by nature, the photography and articles about gardening and lifestyle are beautifully presented. Bath based magazine The creators of Cedar, Matt Green and Katie Thomas, are based in Bath. I bought a copy of the first issue of Cedar Magazine when…
Ever since Papersmiths opened in Bristol I've wanted to visit. Colourful stationery and independent magazines equals my dream come true. I have drooled over Papersmiths' Instagram for ages. And when I finally made the trip, it was just as good as I'd hoped. Papersmiths and independent magazines The shelving covering one long wall of Papersmiths is…
