Best

Yes, I’ll admit it! I’ve been reading rather a lot of magazines lately. Mainly by virtue of the fact that I went to Scotland for a week in August and travelled by train. It’s a five hour journey and whilst I can quite easily get my head stuck into a good book for such a duration, I do find that the density of the text combined with the motion of the train, makes me feel sick after a while. So, magazines, with their colours and layouts make a good alternative. That’s my excuse anyway. One of the magazines that I picked up was “best”. Whilst doing a little research for this review, I was ... more

I was wandering into the local sainsbury's petrol station and studying the mags, knowing I didn't want to add too much onto my bill, I decided to buy Best Magazine. I bought issue 23/05 with date 14th June 2005 on the cover. At 70 pence and with the chance to win a trip to Paris, I just had to buy it. You can buy this on every newsagent's stand and every forecourt. It's as common as The Daily Mirror however I don't think you can take a subscription out on this, so you have to make that trip out each Friday. I used to buy Best regularly when it was just an unbelievably low 40 pence and it was ... more

Best - Magazine read all about it. I won my new boobs on the Radio: Two women, two babies and one man. Best magazine is a weekly magazine aimed at women. It is a great magazine, which can be brought at most newsagents at the cracking price of 64p. I have been buying Best now for over 6 months maybe not every week but when I feel like reading a magazine a always pick up a copy of Best. The front page captures me every time, with its glossy cover, colourful print and excellent layout of the week’s features and real life stories. Best magazine is usually about 65 or so pages long, but about ... more

My mother-in-law recently went away on a boating holiday and, as usual, bought herself a pile of magazines to read. When she came back, she donated them to a worthy cause – me! I don’t usually buy or read many magazines at all. Any spare time I have is either spent on the computer, writing, doing housework or reading books. But, the magazines were free, so I thought I’d give them a go and let you know what I thought. There are oodles of women’s’ magazines out there. So for one to claim it is the ‘best’ is rather presumptuous of it. However, the front ... more

There are tons of women’s magazine on the market, all pretty much aiming at the same audience. There’s little to choose between the 60-odd pence weeklies, but most people who read them have one or two they just stick to. If you want a change though, or are new to the whole wafer thin paper mag set up, you need to know the answer to just one question: is Best best? BEST FOR TRASHY REAL LIFE STORIES? Probably, yes, if you want really and truly atrociously trashy tales to make you laugh / cry. A typical claim? “My flab saved my life”, “I’m 60, he’s 23 ... more