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After years of talking about it, I’m launching a magazine. I’ve wanted to publish my own magazine for a very long time. The closest I got was The Magazine Diaries, the namesake of this newsletter.
Hello. You might not have noticed, but there was no Magazine Diaries newsletter last week. I could use the excuse of a wonderful day out in Edinburgh, or the after affects of the Scottish Magazine awards, but I won’t. Instead I’ll be honest and admit that I had nothing much to…
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I hate Black Friday! It’s meaningless here in the UK - a post-holiday sale without a holiday makes no sense. But even without that absurdity, Black Friday embodies the absolute worst of humanity; greedy retailers opportunistically marketing their stuff to greedy consumers…
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No newsletter this week or next. For the next four or five days I’m writing my section of our Media Moments 2022 report and don’t have space for…
I heard the best idea story this week. Lin-Manuel Miranda, he of much musical fame, needed a holiday. He headed to Mexico with his wife and, being the…
My thoughts on the artist formerly known as Kanye West are entirely predictable and not entirely relevant to this newsletter. However, seeing the…
I subscribed to The Telegraph, a right-leaning UK news title, to get me out of my leftie echo chamber. The paper’s general reporting is solid and they…
Britain right now is in chaos. Our government is a shambles. The chancellor has just been sacked and the new guy is an old guy most famous for…
There was no newsletter last week because I was traveling back from the Magazine Street conference. The decision to skip the send was made at dinner the…
Yes dear reader, I’m still in Spain, and it’s lovely thanks. I saw some dolphins from the balcony this morning. I’m back next week and heading more or…
Not permanently or anything. I’m just escaping the mourning olympics here in the UK for a week or so. One of the things I’m most looking forward to is…
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