Harper's & Queen

HARPERS is for rich cosmocrats who go to posh parties. The rich? The adverts are for penthouses from £1.5 million, flats at £5000 per week, Cartier, Chopard, Jaguar... (not for people who worry about the minimum wage and the masses of kids living in poverty) Cosmocrats? The October 2000 edition describes cosmocrats as the "high earning elite taking over the world...they weekend in Bali and know to buy Prada in Tokyo rather than Milan...They not only look good (thanks to a cocktail of superior genes and hordes of personal trainers, herbalists, and masseurs...),they command SIX FIGURE SALARIES AND AS MANY SHARE OPTIONS..." (So, they are the guys ...  Read the complete review

I don't understand who this magazine is for. It doesn't really seem to be tailored to any one audience bracket in particular. It does seem to be for the older and more sophisticated woman-about-town but from that point I'm lost. There are lots of articles on country-type stuff like horses and how to treat your staff, but there are also city articles like where the best place is to lunch etc. Does the magazine assume that all readers have a country retreat AND a city hide-away? I agree with TigerTiger, if you are under 45 and don't own either a country retreat or a horse then do not buy this rag. If, on the other hand, you ...  Read the complete review

I was given a complimentary copy of this whilst on a flight and out of sheer boredom and desperation I decided to read it, however never ever again would i read this and i would definitely not buy it, what a waste of money. I expect I am the wrong person for this magazine to be honest, I am in my twenties and an academic, but I live a well rounded life and enjoy going out and having a good time with my friends. I could not relate to anything in this magazine at all, well apart from a book review that was useful advice. I have better things to do with my life than read about the "Smythe-bottoms" family and the like. Obviously i am not a society girl, ...  Read the complete review