National Geographic have a fantastic Titanic cover this month in tribute to the liner sinking 100 years ago. The trademark yellow border is interrupted by the boat as it sinks beneath the waves – making for a powerful image. Inside too, the magazine does not disappoint. 32 pages of feature, including a massive fold-out perforated
How apt that this week I should be reviewing the 1st birthday special issue of The Dog magazine – as our family bought a wee Springer Spaniel puppy at the weekend. It’s always disappointing when you lose a pitch for a magazine, and that’s what happened to CMYK a year back, when Red Dog Music
FITNESS titles are battling each other for shelf space as never before. Alongside the new gender-specific running mags is Outdoor Fitness, now on its fifth issue. It focuses on running, cycling and swimming, though not necessarily triathlons, and is as breathlessly enthusiastic as all the competition. It could do well, because plenty of people out
Just returned from the fantastic Making Magazines 2012 conference – a joint effort between our chums at Magculture and Eye Magazine. What can I say – it was a sell-out – with speakers as diverse as Gill Hudson (editor of Reader’s Digest) and Russell Davies (founder of Newspaper Club). The audience was diverse too, with
Teenage magazines have been around for a long time, and Honey was one of the forerunners when it launched in 1960. This edition is from 1964, and features include ‘how to have a party’ and ‘how to get the perfect figure’ So – nothing much has changed I guess. Honey was well-loved and sold
Sorry for the lack of posts – we have been unbelievably busy over the past few weeks – speaking to new clients, re-tendering, tweaking print prices and of course making magazines. I found time to help out on a photo shoot for Scotland in Trust – our membership title for the National Trust for Scotland.