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Do you still buy them?
News is freely available on so many platforms now, I’ll be amazed if newspapers don’t start to disappear from the newsstands in the years ahead.
I religiously get a copy of the FT Weekend, which is balanced well written and engaging, if expensive.
The only other printed publications are the Alfa Owners Club Magazine and London Transport Museum Friends Magazine and that’s because I’m a member of both.
I still enjoy a good rummage through the paper over a pot of coffee, however with content so readily available, and so many ways to spend leisure time, how many of you still buy them and what is your motivation?
News is freely available on so many platforms now, I’ll be amazed if newspapers don’t start to disappear from the newsstands in the years ahead.
I religiously get a copy of the FT Weekend, which is balanced well written and engaging, if expensive.
The only other printed publications are the Alfa Owners Club Magazine and London Transport Museum Friends Magazine and that’s because I’m a member of both.
I still enjoy a good rummage through the paper over a pot of coffee, however with content so readily available, and so many ways to spend leisure time, how many of you still buy them and what is your motivation?
I've only bought papers if I am wanting to kill some time in a pub or on a train journey.
My parents still get The Times on a Saturday and their local daily paper whenever they are in a shop or petrol station that sells it. These days it just seems wasteful and fills half the recycling bin or gets used to light the fire.
My parents still get The Times on a Saturday and their local daily paper whenever they are in a shop or petrol station that sells it. These days it just seems wasteful and fills half the recycling bin or gets used to light the fire.
I read the Times and New Yorker, sometimes the FT and Guardian but they are all online. My professional body send me a magazine every quarter which I read but otherwise I only buy a physical paper or magazine if I am travelling.
I do like looking at the headlines of other papers when I am in the supermarket because it gives a small insight into other stories.
I do like looking at the headlines of other papers when I am in the supermarket because it gives a small insight into other stories.
Truckosaurus said:
I've only bought papers if I am wanting to kill some time in a pub or on a train journey.
My parents still get The Times on a Saturday and their local daily paper whenever they are in a shop or petrol station that sells it. These days it just seems wasteful and fills half the recycling bin or gets used to light the fire.
FiL buys the Saturday Times religiously. The crossword, sudoku and other puzzles keep him entertained for a whole weekMy parents still get The Times on a Saturday and their local daily paper whenever they are in a shop or petrol station that sells it. These days it just seems wasteful and fills half the recycling bin or gets used to light the fire.
Alfahorn said:
Do you still buy them?
News is freely available on so many platforms now, I’ll be amazed if newspapers don’t start to disappear from the newsstands in the years ahead.
I religiously get a copy of the FT Weekend, which is balanced well written and engaging, if expensive.
The only other printed publications are the Alfa Owners Club Magazine and London Transport Museum Friends Magazine and that’s because I’m a member of both.
I still enjoy a good rummage through the paper over a pot of coffee, however with content so readily available, and so many ways to spend leisure time, how many of you still buy them and what is your motivation?
But the i at the weekend, maybe the guardian if on a longer journey. News is freely available on so many platforms now, I’ll be amazed if newspapers don’t start to disappear from the newsstands in the years ahead.
I religiously get a copy of the FT Weekend, which is balanced well written and engaging, if expensive.
The only other printed publications are the Alfa Owners Club Magazine and London Transport Museum Friends Magazine and that’s because I’m a member of both.
I still enjoy a good rummage through the paper over a pot of coffee, however with content so readily available, and so many ways to spend leisure time, how many of you still buy them and what is your motivation?
We've constantly been told magazines, books and papers will be gone but I cant see it. For me nothing compares to reading in print. Stare at screens all day, reading print is a great excuse to get away electronics.
NaePasaran said:
But the i at the weekend, maybe the guardian if on a longer journey.
We've constantly been told magazines, books and papers will be gone but I cant see it. For me nothing compares to reading in print. Stare at screens all day, reading print is a great excuse to get away electronics.
I would agree. Nothing replicates the tactile enjoyment of a newspaper or book for me. We've constantly been told magazines, books and papers will be gone but I cant see it. For me nothing compares to reading in print. Stare at screens all day, reading print is a great excuse to get away electronics.
mikeiow said:
Buy them?
No.
Read them?
Sometimes….using PressReader, & a library card.
Works very well, many papers and magazines available - highly recommended!
Sample of todays opening page selection (& it scrolls and scrolls….). No Times, if that is important to you.
I must try that. I will always get the FT Weekend in print, however I like the idea of dipping in and out of other news sources online. No.
Read them?
Sometimes….using PressReader, & a library card.
Works very well, many papers and magazines available - highly recommended!
Sample of todays opening page selection (& it scrolls and scrolls….). No Times, if that is important to you.
Mr Penguin said:
I read the Times and New Yorker, sometimes the FT and Guardian but they are all online. My professional body send me a magazine every quarter which I read but otherwise I only buy a physical paper or magazine if I am travelling.
I do like looking at the headlines of other papers when I am in the supermarket because it gives a small insight into other stories.
I subscribe to the FT online, at some point i'll upgrade it to include the FT Weekend in paper form too, I do miss the physical paper.I do like looking at the headlines of other papers when I am in the supermarket because it gives a small insight into other stories.
I read the Times and struggle to do anything more than scan any news online. In a paper I also read stuff I am not looking for , or may even not be interested in. I also listen to R4 and Times radio .
I am amazed when I hear someone telling me they get all their 'news' from Facebook or Tik Tok etc..I suspect the population at large has rarely been more ill informed - I was gob smacked when talking to people after Mr Bates and the Post Office - the scandal, I assumed , was widely known already . Not a bit of it.
We seem to be sliding down a rabbit hole full of gossip, trivia , half truths and conspiracy theories .
I am amazed when I hear someone telling me they get all their 'news' from Facebook or Tik Tok etc..I suspect the population at large has rarely been more ill informed - I was gob smacked when talking to people after Mr Bates and the Post Office - the scandal, I assumed , was widely known already . Not a bit of it.
We seem to be sliding down a rabbit hole full of gossip, trivia , half truths and conspiracy theories .
I went into a solicitors for a small job the other day and they had a couple of newspapers on the desk in the waiting room. It caught my attention because I haven't seen that for a long time.
Shouldn't have been surprised when they wanted paying in cash and I had to go out to an ATM, because I haven't used cash in this country for a very long time either.
Shouldn't have been surprised when they wanted paying in cash and I had to go out to an ATM, because I haven't used cash in this country for a very long time either.
The advantage of reading a full newspaper (or indeed watching the whole of the television news not just the headlines) is that you might discover a story that you wouldn't have read just by scanning the online clickbait headlines (or distracted by a picture of a minor celeb in a state of undress).
Similar to how as a kid I had to sit through John Craven's NewsRound awaiting for the Flintstones or Neighbours to start, and got to learn about the world and current affairs by osmosis.
Similar to how as a kid I had to sit through John Craven's NewsRound awaiting for the Flintstones or Neighbours to start, and got to learn about the world and current affairs by osmosis.
Truckosaurus said:
The advantage of reading a full newspaper (or indeed watching the whole of the television news not just the headlines) is that you might discover a story that you wouldn't have read just by scanning the online clickbait headlines (or distracted by a picture of a minor celeb in a state of undress).
Similar to how as a kid I had to sit through John Craven's NewsRound awaiting for the Flintstones or Neighbours to start, and got to learn about the world and current affairs by osmosis.
^^^^This is exactly why I tell my kids to read a newspaper rather than just looking at bloody TikTok Similar to how as a kid I had to sit through John Craven's NewsRound awaiting for the Flintstones or Neighbours to start, and got to learn about the world and current affairs by osmosis.
We read the Saturday Telegraph and the Sunday Times, it's a luxury for me to just sit down in front of the fire and lose myself in a broadsheet....love it but it takes me a few days to read them both!
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