Hold on to your (ridiculous party) hats, everyone – The Grub Street Journal is now open for preorders!!
Yep, Issue 1 is out April 1st 2023 – but you can earmark your copy FROM THIS VERY MOMENT.
Brace yourself for a sneak preview…
You might want to sit down before you look at this.
Behold: our psychedelic and slightly deranged cover, designed by the sweary and very talented Dundonian illustrator, Sara at Badbish Design. There’s more to come on our thoughts behind this delight, but for now we’re dropping it in to tempt you to splash your cash. Hopefully it will give you a bracing slap in the face this fine Wednesday morning (as we hope the feature itself – What kind of idiots still make magazines? – will when you get the print mag in your hands).
And now for some of the ‘meat’
In the first issue of The Grub Street Journal, there’s plenty for you to get your teeth into. As well as our ‘Idiots’ feature, we explore the enduring relevance of street papers, look at magazines in the movies, and chat to an ASMR-tist who gives people tingles using ‘60s copies of Good Housekeeping.
It’s also got top-notch tips for ad sales (say goodbye to those night sweats!), shares how to steal have great ideas and asks if magazine designers are just ‘colouring-in monkeys’ (they're not). Plus: CoverJunkie on killer covers, Agatha Christie’s brief foray into mag-making, and an homage to the Smash Hits Biscuit Tin.
Magazine people in our inaugural issue:
Mark Allen (Mark Allen Group)
Kirstie Beaven (Sonshine Magazine)
Edward Felsenthal (Time)
Fiona Hayes (BBC, Vogue)
Laura Kelly (The Big Issue)
Chris Maillard (Decanter)
Liz Moseley (Tortoise Media)
So…what kind of idiots still make magazines?
You’ll soon find out, my friend. Just pre-order your very own copy of The Grub Street Journal’s ‘Don Quixote’ issue NOW!