research on current affairs magazines

1. UK CURRENT AFFAIRS MAGAZINES
Ellis Micklewright

2. CURRENT AFFAIRS MAGAZINES
• New statesman
• The spectator
• The week
• Private eye
• Prospect
• The oldie
• London review of books
• Time

3. NEW STATESMAN
• The New Statesman is a British political and cultural magazine published in
London.
• Founded as a weekly review of politics and literature on 12 April 1913.
• Today, the magazine is a print-digital hybrid.According to its present self-
description, it has a liberal, progressive political position.
• The magazine was founded by members of the Fabian Society as a weekly
review of politics and literature.
• Circulation was at its highest in the 1960s but has surged again in recent
years. In 2016, the certified average was 34,025.
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Statesman

4. THE SPECTATOR
• The Spectator is a weekly British magazine on politics, culture, and current
affairs.
• It was first published in July 1828 and is owned by David and Frederick Barclay.
• Its principal subject areas are politics and culture.The magazine also contains
arts pages on books, music, opera, and film andTV reviews.
• In late 2008, Spectator Australia was launched.This offers 12 pages of "Unique
Australian Content" in addition to the full UK contents.
• In early 2018, Spectator USA was launched as a website. Slowly making them
become international.
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spectator

5. THE WEEK
• The Week is a weekly news magazine with editions in the United Kingdom and
United States.
• The British publication was founded in 1995 and the American edition started
in 2001, an Australian edition was published between 2008 and 2012.
• A children's edition, The Week Junior, has been published in the UK since
2015.
• TheWeek was founded in the United Kingdom by Jolyon Connell (formerly of
the right-of-centre SundayTelegraph) in 1995.
• In addition to the above, the magazine covers a broad range of topics, including
science, technology, health, the media, business and the arts.
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Week

6. PRIVATE EYE
• Private Eye is a British fortnightly satirical and current affairs news magazine,
founded in 196.
• It is published in London and has been edited by Ian Hislop since 1986.
• The publication is widely recognised for its prominent criticism
and lampooning of public figures.
• The magazine bucks the trend of declining circulation for print media, having
recorded its highest ever circulation in the second half of 2016.
• As well as covering a wide range of current affairs, Private Eye is also known for
highlighting the errors and hypocritical behaviour of newspapers in the "Street
of Shame" column.
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_Eye

7. PROSPECT
• Prospect is a monthly British general-interest magazine, specialising in politics,
economics and current affairs.
• Topics covered include British, European, and US politics, social issues, art,
literature, cinema, science, the media, history, philosophy, and
psychology. Prospect features a mixture of lengthy analytic articles, first-person
reportage, one-page columns, and shorter, quirky items.
• The magazine was launched in October 1995 by David Goodhart.
• Notable features of the magazine include head-to-head debates between two
writers with opposing views on a subject; roundtable discussions, an edited
transcript of which is published in the magazine; and interviews with major
political and cultural figures.
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prospect_%28magazine%29

8. THE OLDIE
• The Oldie is a British monthly magazine written for older people "as a light-
hearted alternative to a press obsessed with youth and celebrity", according to
its website.
• The magazine was launched in 1992 by Richard Ingrams.
• It carries articles of general interest, humour and cartoons.
• The Oldie of theYear Awards (TOOTY) is the magazine's annual awards
ceremony.
• It is sometimes regarded as a haven for "grumpy old men and women"—an
image it has played up to over the years with such slogans as "The Oldie: Buy it
before you snuff it“.
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Oldie

9. LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS
• The London Review of Books (LRB) is a British literary magazine published
twice monthly which features articles and essays on fiction and non-fiction
subjects which are usually structured as book reviews.
• The LRB was founded in 1979, when publication of TheTimes Literary
Supplement was suspended.
• it appeared as an insert in The NewYork Review of Books. It became an
independent publication in May 1980.
• Some articles in each issue are not based on books, while several short articles
discuss film or exhibitions.
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Review_of_Books

10. TIME
• Time is an American weekly news magazine and news website published in
NewYork City, It was founded in 1923.
• A European edition is published in London and also covers the Middle East,
Africa, and, since 2003, Latin America.
• Time has the world's largest circulation for a weekly news magazine.The print
edition has a readership of 26 million, 20 million of whom are based in the
United States.
• Until the mid-1970s, Time had a weekly section called "Listings", which
contained capsule summaries and/or reviews of then-current significant films,
plays, musicals, television programs, and literary bestsellers.
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_(magazine)

11. CURRENT AFFAIRS
• Racism
• Influence of social media
• Coronavirus
• Terrorism
• Child poverty
• Gender equality
• Poverty
• Human rights
• Drugs
• Abuse
• Global warming
• The royal family
• Different countries.
• Immigration