Woman's Own

I have been brought up in a family of very keen 'recyclers' who have the motto "If you are finished with it then pass it on". This applies to everything from old television sets to paperback books, but one thing that regularly circulates amongst my sister and mother and I is magazines. We buy our own, read them, and then pass them on to each other, ensuring that we well and truly get our monies worth from each one! One such magazine that my mother buys quite regularly is Woman's own, which is available to buy in the UK, for around 90 pence or so. It is a 'weekly' magazine, with a new issue coming out on a Tuesday or Wednesday of each ...  Read the complete review

As long as I can remember my mum has got Woman's Own and in my bored teenage years, usually when I was grounded, AGAIN ( I was such a bad girl!), I usually had a read. But the years have passed and I have moved on to far grittier things like 'Chat' and 'Take a Break' (more sex scandals than you can waggle a stick at) So nowadays I have to be bored to read It, to buy it I must be so bored I'll barely have a pulse! And that was how I was today, read all my books, read all the decent mags around, not even Jenny Jones could cheer me up! So eeny, meeny, miney mo in the newsagents and I ended up with Woman's Own. And then I look at ...  Read the complete review

I have been buying Woman's Own now every week for many years. It may just be a comfort buy as I don't really enjoy it anymore. It may be quite a cheap magazine at only about 80p but it is filled with some complete and utter rubbish. Only a few years ago it was a magazine which every woman would buy and sit down with a cup of coffee to read about a few real life tales and to catch up on the latest soap gossip. Now however the soap gossip has gotten smaller, probably only one page for all the soaps, I don't pay that much attention any more. Also the real life tales from people across the UK have become ever increasingly terrible to read and depressing. I'm sure ...  Read the complete review

Womans Own is published every Tuesday and nearly always has a soap star on the front and an interview inside. If you?re into the soaps you?ll love this ? it tells you a little about what?s going to happen to the characters in the interview over the next few weeks ?s sometimes this an then ruin the soap because you?re sat watching for the moment ! It has a good letters page and a decent problem page. I?d guess the mag is aimed at the 25-45 age group with kiddies. They regularly feature ?diets and fitness plans? and have a few fashion pages ? but fashion form the high street not the designer shops. They have tips in on make up and ...  Read the complete review

I started to buy this magazine just over four years ago when I was on maternity leave with my first child. I have been buying it weekly ever since. Personally, I find it be good value for money (87p a week) although, I think the standard has dropped slightly over the years. There is a good variety of stories - gossip, stars, real life, diet tips, fashion, excercise, reader letters etc. I'd like to see more competitions but then you can't have everything! The real life stories are good and some tug at the heart strings but its nice to read about ordinary people rather than rumours about what stars may or may not be doing. The cooking sections seem easy and ...  Read the complete review