Bella

I can't say I'm a fan of women's magazines because they're all the same to me; celebrities, thinness, thin celebrities, diets, fashion...and a little more on how to look thin just incase you weren't already fed up of reading about dieting! To my knowledge, Bella comes out every Tuesday and is priced at 85p. I remember years ago when it was around 70p, but it's still one of the cheaper magazines out there. If it wasn't for the cheap price I don't think I'd ever bother picking Bella up, but it's worth a peruse if you're bored and want something to flick through with a cuppa tea. The front cover usually gives a good indication of what to expect to ...  Read the complete review

How odd, you might think. A young person is writing a review on such a ?mature? magazine! But I must admit that I?ve read my mum?s Bella every Tuesday since I can remember. Of course I buy my own Cosmopolitan, Marie-Claire and Creative Review (Art Student, yip yip!) but I rarely miss reading my mum?s magazine each time she buys it. Sometimes it makes me laugh, sometimes it makes me cringe, but I find it all highly entertaining. My mum?s forty-one. And as long as I can recall, Bella magazine has been part of her weekly shopping. This means that she?s been reading since at least her mid-thirties. I on the other hand began reading Bella at a much younger age? as ...  Read the complete review

In my never-ending quest to find something to read, I often find myself persuing my wife's hand-me-down magazines that she gets off her mum. Bella is a weekly magazine that costs 85p, for which you get around 60 pages of gossip. The stories revolve around both celebrities (although admittedly minor ones) and real-life stories. In terms of these types of 'women's mags', I have so far struggled to find one that is worth reading. Sadly, Bella hasn't broken the mould there. Clearly a mag produced on a budget, the celeb stories are mostly Z List in focus, with last week's front page story featuring one of those 'Loose Women' hosts, and I have to say ...  Read the complete review

If you buy Womans magazines for the competitions then this is not the magazine for you. If, like me you want it for a good read and good various items then with Bella you will get just that. Although I would hate to have had the real life stories happen to me, they are not so outragous and unbelievable that you think they could not happen to anyone. They are stories that could happen to you if you were in the wrong place at the wrong time. The articles are very varied. They cover food, health, fashion and beauty. You get articles on the home and some very good recipes. Throughout the whole magazine the print is easy to read. ...  Read the complete review

I buy this magazine every week. It has everything I want in a magzine. gosip, real life story's, crossword, doctor page AND a alternative health page, write ins, cooking suggestions, fashion and a couple of short stories. I sit down with a cup of coffee and a chocolate bar and curl up for a hour and enjoy myself and escape from the world a little while. I particullarly like their Rita Rogers collum (she is a medium) and I find their Kevin guy (who helps people who are in "trouble" with bad consumer problems - like conservatorys without windows etc- I do wish he would stop making those little poems though) and At the end of each weekly ...  Read the complete review