I can remember the first ever `Hello` magazine that I ever bought as if it were yesterday, my GP was getting remarried to an actress and they had sold their story and photographs to the glossy magazine. The local newsagents cant have known what had hit them that week. The GP was a well respected member of the community and everyone wanted to see the photographs. The pictures didn't disappoint and the fairytale romance story of how they met and so much enjoyed each others company had all the females in town in raptures. The `Hello` photographers always seem to capture the moment perfectly, the pictures are crystal clear and the photographs ...  Read the complete review

I've never bought a copy of HELLO! magazine before, merely flicked through it at the hospital but I was one of the suckers who wanted to see the pics of Bradgelinas new babies which HELLO! had spent millions of pounds to publish. HELLO! amazingly has a readership of almost 400 000 copies per week of their glossy magazine which normally retails at £2 per copy. This week they will obviously sell a lot more and have pushed the price up to £2.50. I've no idea who the readership are since I dont know anyone who buys it. The front cover of this weeks magazine has a lovely full sized picture of Brad, Angelina and the new babies. Inside we are treated to a ...  Read the complete review

Hello! Magazine - Who on earth buys this dross? "Leading sportsmen and women rubbed shoulders with a host of glamorous celebrities at this year's Laureus World Sports Awards in Monte Carlo, but it was Catherine Zeta Jones who undeniably stole the show. Looking every inch the Hollywood superstar, she set flashbulbs popping as she stepped out for the prestigious sporting ceremony in a dazzling low-cut black Versace gown." The smugly optimistic and naively fawning style of writing is happily pretty damn unique with its yearning desire to transport the reader back in time to when the only people we knew where sparkling stars of stage and ...  Read the complete review

****Update at the bottom of this op!**** It's a rainy Saturday afternoon - the rugby has finished, the pub has quietened down and in my post alcoholic haze I bought a copy of Hello on the way home as it has vouchers for a free newspaper every day for the next week and two bars of chocolate stuck on the front. Baragain I thought!! One cup of tea and chocolate bar later the utter drivel inside this 'publication' has almost completely sobered me up. No longer do I find any of the men I was chatting to, drinking with, and cheering the lads on in Oz with, attractive. Hello magazine has achieved more in half an hour than several cups of ...  Read the complete review

I love all kinds of trashy magazines, from Love It! to Glamour, whether that's for the comedy value alone or interesting stories and discussion. However, a few weeks ago I noticed that Hello was on sale for just £1. I never normally buy it as I think it's too expensive, so I picked it up thinking it would make a nice change. A couple of pages in, I remembered why I never buy it. Even if they were handing it out free, I probably wouldn't pick up a copy. I love words (though I appreciate visuals) and this magazine is mainly big pictures with captions. The first few pages were photos of some clothes designer's home in Italy, and despite being a large, glossy ...  Read the complete review