Journal tagged by Opinion

We all love an end-of-year round-up, so as 2023 comes to an end, all five of the magCulture team look back at their favourite magazines of the year. The brand new and the long-established mix it up as we offer proof of the continually developing, exciting world of the independent magazine. Is your favourite included?

The impact of Covid-19 on all tiers of the fashion industry has been well documented over the past few months. But what of the fashion magazines; their base content dependent on each brand’s seasonal output? With fashion weeks, photoshoots and...

I generally resist list-making of the ‘Top 10 of the year’ variety, but as we enter the new decade I’ve been wondering which single magazine might sum up the one we’re leaving. As we always remind people, we love magazines...

Two long-standing magazines have recently redesigned, taking inspiration from the energy that the new wave of independent magazines has provoked. What are the stories behind the new look of New Internationalist and History Today, and how successful have their redesigns...

Strange things are afoot at British Vogue. Despite its central role in British fashion – it has long been the sensible pole around which more radical fashion mags swing – the monthly has never offered much of interest to anyone...

In his latest column Rob Alderson considers what magazine names mean when detached from their context. In 2003, American writer Chuck Klosterman wrote a piece for Spin in which he watched music channel VH1 Classic for 24 consecutive hours. At...