Real

"Streetch" Why do they have these mags placed up so high, always risk pulling the whole lot down on me. A £1? For a magazine of this type? I don't supposed it does come with any freebies like the others. "A bag, madam" Certainly not, do you think I'm ashamed to be seen with it in public? We should wave our mags free and proud! Hmmm, now to sneak into the house past my partner. Honestly I'm not worried about it, but the other half usually thinks they're puerile and often degrading, not to mention exploitative. Personally I think they're fantastic, particularly the little red number on the front! Where to ...

Each week at the gym, I like to have a project. Not the “jog an extra mile” or “drag the body through 10 more stomach crunches”, kind mind you. Nope, it’s a reading project. I don’t have much time to read anymore, so whenever I do get the opportunity, I can usually be found with my nose in, well, something. At the end of last week, with 4 Blondes finished a few days earlier, I found myself pedalling away reading a magazine for a change. And that magazine, ladies and gentlemen, was Real. ** Audience ** As part of English at school, and of linguistics now, we have to analyse texts to see if they are appropriate for ...

I am totally fed up with womens magazines such as Company and Cosmopolitan. I don’t find the articles that interesting, and half of the magazine is adverts. I usually just opt to read my housemates copy of FHM because it is far more entertaining! So as I entered Tesco and began my usual browse of the magazine rack I was hoping for something new. I was immediately blinded by the shocking pink advert on the cover of Real magazine. It might have well as said ‘buy me’. It was on half price special offer at 75p, and promised to be the magazine for the ‘modern women’. With ‘Heartland reports on crucial issues affecting ...