Ok, I'll admit it, I'm a dust slut, I really find the idea of housework pointless unless there is a specific reason for it (my mum ringing to say I'm dropping around in a few minutes provokes a flurry of dusters and Pledge). Personally I subscribe to the Joan Rivers idea "what's the point of house cleaning, 6 months later you only have to do it all again" So therefore it may seem perverse that this op is extolling the virtues of that fine publication, Good Housekeeping. My conversion to GH came about partly because I was fed up with the "How to bonk for Britain" type articles in She & Cosmo; not ready for the ...  Read the complete review

A while ago this would not have been the magazine I would like my teenage daughter to look at let alone purchase but it is a different matter now. Bliss has changed and changed for the better. In fact it has changed so much that it has some articles that I would suggest to my daughter to read. Bliss comes out monthly and costs £2.00. Like a lot of magazines it does have its pin up boys which they can cut out for the bedroom wall. This month I notice that they are not showing ultra slim models and most articles the girls are around size 14 upwards. So good for Bliss. There is a very good Saturday night party, Monday dead report. ...  Read the complete review

EVERYONE SHOULD BE AWARE OF CANCER AND HOW TO DETECT SIGNS EARLY ENOUGH FOR TREATMENT. Every year, more than 13,000 British women die from breast cancer-a disease which, if diagnosed early enough, need not be fatal. The solution to this unsatisfactory state of affairs is to increase awareness of breast cancer amongst women and their partners. For this reason October is BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH. But did you know that by treating yourself to a glossy lifestyle magazine you can also contribute towards this cause? PINK RIBBON MAGAZINE costs £2.95 and for every issue sold, £1 will be donated to breast cancer charities. The magazine ...  Read the complete review

If you have ever read the magazine Bliss and from this month look on the shelves at the newsagents for it and cannot find it there you would think they either dont have it or dont do the magazine anymore. Bliss is alive and kicking though but in such a different format that you would not think from the outside that it is the same magazine. It costs £1.75 which isnt bad for the amount of reading in it and it comes out monthly. Gone is the usual size of magazines and in comes this new sized one that looks more like one of those mini catalogues and would easily fit in your handbag. The size of Bliss is now 6" x 8". It has on ...  Read the complete review

It doesnt say for 17 year olds but it does say "The Worlds Coolest magazine ... definately". I expect a lot of other Countries "teenage" magazine editors would argue with that. I has 15 pages of lads, advice and celeb secrets. A very varied magazine but has a "you are never to old to read this" so that gives me the go ahead! 17 year olds must definately be more mature than a few years ago as J17 confidential has stories such as I confess ... , views on sex, lads and life. I spent my holidays in the army, and so you know about virginity. Plus a great one I think on "How old is too old!" There ...  Read the complete review