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The Sunday Times Magazine was launched in 1962 as a vehicle for colour advertising, then unavailable in newspapers. It quickly earned a reputation for smart photography and art direction, recording London’s swinging sixties. In recent years it had lost its...

As ever the magazines keep coming and I’m running behind, the pile on the desk growing, even spilling onto the floor here at magCulture. So here’s a quick flick through some recent arrivals, starting with the third issue of Edinburgh’s...

Surf mags are usually for the obsessed semi-pro/wannebe-pro surfer. New magazine Acid promises to be different. This is a magazine for the weekend surfer, the type of wetsuited amateur I suspect is looked down on by those wannebe-pros. ‘Hardly Any...

A quick look at four independents, each doing a good job with illustrated front covers. Starting with Huck and the always reliable Jean Julien. As the cover announces, the issue looks at gender bias through sport, gangs and cupcake-making. It...

A brief look at a few recent arrivals here at magCulture, starting with the fifth issue of OK Periodical. This issue takes the theme of the Body and presents just about the whole scope of what that brings to mind,...

Here’s a round-up of five recent arrivals at magCulture. They highlight the variety and inventiveness in current independent publishing, starting with photography magazine Motley. Motley presents nine stories by young photographers without captions in a random (motley) run of pages,...