Journal tagged by Opinion

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...

As Euro2016 reaches the semi-final stage our columnist notes a new golden generation of football magazines I have enjoyed the Euros this summer, but as with any major football tournament it has been a bit weird too. We’ve had the...

This month Rob Alderson goes indie magazine shopping and identifies nine types of purchase in his tote bag. I have tried to write this column from somewhere between magazine fan and magazine maker; a fairly straightforward task as the latter...

It’s the start of a new month and time to hear from our regular columnist Rob Alderson. Today he asks whether it’s enough for indie mags to be aesthetically satisfying lifestyle objects. What happened to iconclasm? A couple of weeks...

In his latest Opinion post, Rob Alderson appeals for more written experimentation alongside the clever designs and physical formats of independent publishing. I had never heard of the Sunday Correspondent newspaper until I heard Jon Ronson interviewed on the Longform...

For his March column, Rob Alderson warns publishers not to over-estimate what readers will pay for their magazines The recent announcement that the Independent newspaper is to stop producing a print product later this month was spun in two predictable...