Grazia Magazine

For the first time in ages I purchased Grazia magazine the other week. The magazine is published by EMAP plc with a cover price of £1.90. The first edition came out in 2005 and claims to be Britain's first weekly glossy, I understand that to mean a weekly version of Marie Claire, Glamour or Elle. It is more expensive than most other women's weekly magazines, but pro rata the aforementioned monthly glossies are cheaper than buying four editions of this. When I first bought the magazine a few years ago I was impressed with the good mix of designer and high street fashion, as well as 'quality' celebrity articles (as opposed to who as the 'worst cellulite in celebdom' type ...

Grazia magazine has probably become my favourite magazine out at the moment. I think as I've grown older I have moved away from wanting to know what is happening in the Big Brother house (although I have never wanted to know and never watched the show) as told in Heat magazine and the like and feel I have also moved away from the problem pages "my boyfriend slept with my sister" in such magazines as Cosmo, etc. I am not looking either for magazines that let you take surveys to see if he really is the one or if your surname and star sign matches with his. I am however, still looking for fashion, interesting people stories and some celebrity news and for me ...

I normally buy Grazia midweek when I pop to the local convenience store (Co-op) to pick up a little treat, be it a bottle of wine or a packet of crisps. Basically, I buy it when I want a little treat that's not too expensive. You see, Grazia, at £1.90, is not an expensive thick 'glossy' (e.g. Elle), and fits quite nicely between the more 'sleb' mags (e.g. Closer, Heat) and the more upmarket advert-littered lifestyle magazines. You could say that it's a blend between the two. I used to be a magazine addict, buying pretty much all the magazines that were available. I remember on several occasions buying the same mag twice by mistake. Ooops. It's obvious to me ...