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BBC History Magazine
by Lady_Alys
Ok so a little warning that this review may be biased a little as I am a huge History buff and am studying to work in a museum so I will try and put everything as fair as I can.
BBC History magazine can be found in most larger stores that have a magazine section, such as WH Smith and Tesco, every month for an off-the-counter price ... off £3.80. If you decide this is the magazine for you then every month is a different offer to sign up to have the magazine delivered to your door for free and with a discount on the price of the mag if you pay with direct debit, this usually saves about £1 per issue.
The BBC History magazine is pretty much what it says on the tin. It is a glossy magazine in the History genre, ranging in all matters to do with History. For example, in the edition for July 2010 the front cover is about the pirates of Elizabath the first of England, the radio battle for World War 2, a section about Brunel's SS Great Eastern and a Short History of Swearing.
There is opportunites for readers to write in and comment on anything they have read, whether it be to correct a historical mistake, add more information not included in an article or to simply say well done for a great written piece.
Each month has it's usual features, such as readers letters, books and TV programmes coming out soon and a section at the back on personal heroes.
In short, this magazine is for everyone interested in History, whether it is a hobby or you work in this field and covers a large array of subjects to try and meet the needs of readers as well as presenting new information as it happens, such as the final discovery of the place the Battle of Bosworth actually took place (a historical semi-mystery now solved).
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Viz
by martyfarty69
Having just read an issue of Viz magazine for the first time in a couple of years I felt compelled to write a short review here on Dooyoo.
Viz is a british institution, it is a Comic Book magazine first released in 1979 by geordie brothers Chris and Simon Donald and their friend Jim Brownlow, it started out simply enough, ... a few photocopied pages distributed around pubs locally and very soon became an overnight success, after a few years of sales and huge popularity mainly in the northeast of England they signed a deal with Virgin Books to distribute it nationally and would release one issue every 2 months ( Which stayed that way until Viz was bought out by another publishing group, which increased the frequency to 10 issues a year ), at one point Viz was one of the most popular magazines in Britain, although its sales have declined a little over the last few years.
Viz is renowned for its humourous Comic Strip's, including such legendary characters as Roger Mellie, The Fat Slags, Billie the Fish and Johnny Fartpants, but other strengths within Viz's humour lie in the numerous regular features contained within, they will feature spoof newspaper style articles in the vein of the News of the World and the Daily Mirror, also two of the most popular features are.....
Rogers Profanisaurus:
An Encylopedia / Thesaurus of the rude, including such gems as....
"B.o.b.F.o.c" Body off Baywatch, face off Crimewatch !!, and other reader submitted rudeness
Viz Top Tips:
A Collection of Viz created and reader submitted top tips, one such example is,
"Save money on sex-lines by phoning up the Samaritans and threatening to kill yourself unless they talk dirty"
Top Tips gained a measure of infamy in the 90's when McDonalds ran an ad campaign in england that was a direct rip-off of Viz's Top Tips, they later settled out of court.
Letterbocks:
This is by far my favourite section of Viz, the creativity of some of the "Letter's" is incredible sometimes, whenever I look at the Letterbocks section of Viz i'm normally laughing out loud by the end of it, such an example would be....
"TO THE zookeeper in 1978 who replied "I'll tell you when you're older" when I asked him why one of the monkeys stuck its tongue up another one's a*se: I'm 36 now and still waiting for that explanation.
There are other funny parts of Viz that I could go on about in more detail, but I find the above to be the most vital and the core reason's why Viz was and still is as successful as it is, I remember reading it when I was younger and I know alot of people are saying that its not as funny as it used to be, however I think those people may have just been reading it for too long and still might be hankering for the days of Johnny Fartpants and aren't interested in newer characters, or newer segments.
Another gripe is the sticker price, yes the Magazine started life at 20p...but that was in the 70's !! and quite frankly I think its larger now than it used to be, plus most magazines out now are in the 2 to 3 quid range and I think its money well spent for the Comic Genius of Viz.
I'll read it for as long as they'll publish it, being here in the states I don't have access to it every month as some in England may, so maybe I get to appreciate it more, either way I strongly recommend it, provided you enjoy crude, irreverant humour !!
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Friday-Ad - Magazine
by KirstyLovesShane
The Friday Ad is a weekly paper with items that people are selling in your local area. You can pick these up from most newsagents, despite them being called the Friday Ad they are normally in the shops by Thursday.
There are a range of different items which people are selling, from books, DVDs, games, TVs, mobiles ect. Since ... its local means you wont have to travel far to collect it, you never know you may be able to get the seller to drop it off to you for a couple of pounds petrol money.
All of the items are under different headings which helps you find things you are intrested in, for example if you wanted to buy a phone you just locate the heading 'mobile phones'. All of the heading are in alphabetical order. One heading I do check out alot which you may want to is 'free to collectors' this is for people who want to get rid of their stuff fast and you can be suprised at what things people are giving away for free.
Advertising your items is a good way to get rid of your old stuff while getting some money for them at the same time but I dont know how much it is to advertise.
In conclusion the Friday Ad is a great way to find yourself bargains and a good way to get rid of your old stuff to make more room in your house and earn at the same time. Worth a look since its free.
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