Focus

Up until my GCSEs I loved science, even telling one of my primary school teachers I was going to be an inventor! I needed to know how things worked and why. Like Bill Bryson, I was irrationally concerned with the thought that when a plug is removed from a socket, what stops the electricity leaking out? GCSEs have a habit of killing enthusiasm and inspiration - not the teachers' fault, just the tune they have to dance to. With an inability to understand molecular equations, I lost interest in Chemistry, and the only thing I accomplished in Physics was making a pair of roller-skates out of wires from the electronics kit and wooden trucks used to measure ...

Focus is the magazine that allows you to discover the world around you – lots of science, technology and discovery articles. I have been reading this magazine for several years now, having become a subscriber, and I must say it is one of the most interesting magazines around. You don’t just need to be interested in science, as it is far more than that. It is all about the world today and is the magazine equivalent of a few hours on the Discovery Channel. Basically, the magazine splits its articles into five themes: science, technology, nature, adventure and culture, and within each theme each issue will have several articles of a very ...

Focus is written with the intelligent general reader in mind. Less dense than, say, the New Scientist but far from lowbrow, I`ve been reading this magazine for some years now. If anything Focus is a bit of a misnomer. It covers science and technology as well as history, geography, psychology, and anything else they feel like throwing in. What it doesn`t do is remain focused on any one subject. Unfocus would have been more accurate, although a title like that probably wouldn`t have sold as many copies. At around 120 pages with few adverts it always takes me a few days to get through. The articles are usually well written and bring up vital ...