Company

I was lucky enough to get a 12 month subscription to Company magazine from my husband for Christmas (I also got a subscription to Prima - review on Ciao). I say luck because this is one of my favourite magazines for a few reasons, and also lucky that hubby happened to pick it at random! The first reason I like Company is the price, at £2 an issue it is one of the cheapest monthly glossy magazines. My yearly subscription cost £24 and that is delivered to my door! The only problem is that I don't get any of the free gifts that you see with issues in the newsagents, but apparently this is the norm with delivered subscriptions of magazines! Secondly ...

Company magazine caught my eye, because I am often drawn in by the bold statements proclaimed by magazine e.g. "can psychics see you coming?" and "get body positive - drop a dress size in a week and still eat chips!" The contents is useful as it is broken down into sections: 1. On the cover! For example, "we've made a million" i will the next sir alan please stand up. These titles have the page number next to them. However, the title in the contents is often different to the claim splashed across the front, this can be misleading. 2. 1,2,3 shop! This section contains the bargains that the fashion editors of ...

I’d like to say it was the “Saucy Sealed Section” that caught my eye and persuaded me to buy the latest issue of Company, but truth be told it was the price. At £1.50 per 200 page monthly issue, it’s quite a bit less than my usual reads, and since I hadn’t looked at a copy since I was in our 6th form common room, I thought I’d give it a go. It’s a magazine marketed at people in their “freedom years” which I guess means anything up until you start settling down and having kids. Whatever their definition, I’m sure it applies to me somehow. The magazine wasn’t a disappointment when I started to ...