best old-stylers magazines

EstherH

I would second Prima and Essentials and also Woman & Home is quite good.

Pink.

Hi dandycandy,

This thread has lots of recommendations:

best old-stylers magazines

I'll add your thread to that one later to keep the suggestions together.

Pink

Shysarah

I think the Sainsburys Magazine is a good read, plus its normally packed full of vouchers.
My mum always gets this and then passes it to me so it suits a wide range of age groups too!

Hope your mum feels better soon x

Linda32

Hi, My Mum reads Peoples Friend. That has stories in, but nice stories, if I know my Mum, they are usually romances between Nurses and Doctors

Bronnie

I don't know how old your mum is, but there's a magazine called Yours, which is marketed at over 50's. It's quite contemporary, just not aimed at the "mums with young families" market.

http://www.yours.co.uk/Home/

I used to get it for my mum some years ago when she was in similar situation. There's no horrid nasty sordid stuff in it!

Do you use freecycle? Try a "Wanted" locally post for free mags.
I occasionally advertise a bundle on there and they always get taken.

Also I used to pick up stores free magazines/catalogues wherever I went, like the health food shop, Waterstones, Superdrug. Sometimes they have an interesting interview or article amongst the adverts. When you're not well sometimes something to flick through and distract for a few minutes at a time is just enough.

dandy-candy

Thanks so much for all the replies, you've given me lots of great suggestions. I'm off to the shops shortly and then around to visit mum so I've mad a list of the titles!

rosy

I've seen this craft magazine on several blogs and would like to get a copy (even though I don't speak French!) The only place I can see online to buy a copy is this site https://www.newsstand.co.uk/
(I also saw they had Martha Stewart's Living -too much temptation!) Has anyone used this site and if so is it OK? Also if anyone has tried the 'idees' magazine, is it worth getting?
Thanks!

HKS

Hi Rosy, never tried the magazine but newsstand.co.uk are brilliant - I buy from them all the time and every time the magazine has arrived the next day And yes, they do have Marth Stewart Living - eek!

ChocClare

I used to buy Marie Claire Idees every time I was in Paris (which used to be about twice a year). I always bought it, and afterwards I always thought, well, that was a waste of money. There was usually only one or possibly two things I wanted to make or do - the rest LOOKED pretty but were not really useable ideas.

Of course, I last bought it years ago so it might have improved out of all recognition!

rosy

Thank you, both of you! That's exactly what I wanted to know - think I'll give the idees mag a miss (still thinking about the Martha Stewart though!)