LFW Luxury | Porter Magazine Review

As London descends into fashion week madness for LFW, we're scouting the trends you need to know about for AW16! Here's how Kerry from Missy Vintage found new season style inspiration with a Porter magazine review, featuring the Fall edition...

Sometimes it’s hard to justify treating ourselves to a big glossy mag. Porter for example has a cover price of £5 in the shops. It is a big read which is packed with content BUT at £5 per issue it can feel like treat/luxury too and as you stand at the checkout to pay, sometimes the guilt can set in…porter magazine fall 2016 Continue reading

Storytime Magazine | Children's Poetry Competition

Introducing Storytime magazine's Children's Poetry Competition! **update -  now closed**

Do you have a budding poet in the family? In celebration of its 2nd anniversary issue, Storytime magazine is inviting children aged 3 to 9 to write a 12 to 20-line poem about animals. The winning poem will be judged by brilliant children's poet Brian Moses and featured in the April 2017 issue with specially commissioned illustrations. What are you waiting for? Get scribbling!storytime poetry competition Continue reading

The AW16 Bold Lip

New season means a new look and at magazine.co.uk we love finding the latest trends, style and beauty tips in the pages of our favourite glossies. If you're looking to switch it up for the cooler months, Lauren from Hello Charmmie talks us through the AW16 Bold Lip from the latest issue of her Glamour magazine subscription...

This month's Glamour magazine featured a piece on Bold Lips and I thought I'd share my top three picks for getting a flawless, bold pout.

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Slimming World’s Prosecco, Passion Fruit & Pomegranate Jelly

If you’re trying to stay on track for a sunny break away (or just make better food choices), Sarah of Extraordinary Chaos blog has just the treat for keeping cool from her Slimming World magazine subscription. A diet-friendly dessert? Where do we sign?slimming world jelly Continue reading

Baking Heaven's Red Velvet Cake

The magazine.co.uk team take The Great British Bake Off seriously and in the spirit of all things sweet, we're baking every week up to the final! Here's Baking Heaven's Red Velvet Cake...

This week, Account Manager Ruth was inspired by the Cupcakes supplement in this month's Baking Heaven magazine and baked a sumptuous (full size) red velvet cake. Iced with traditional cream cheese icing and decorated with sliced strawberries and chocolate curls, we gave it 10/10. Here's how to bake it yourself!Red Velvet Cake Continue reading

Back to School Tips

In preparation for your little (and not so little) members of the family heading back to school (or perhaps starting school for the first time), the magazine.co.uk team have offered their top Back to School tips for handling the transition from summer to September with ease.Back to School Continue reading

Top UK Mummy Bloggers 2016

As the summer holidays draw to a close, we're celebrating the best Mummy, parenting and family blogs of 2016. At magazine.co.uk, we're big fans of Mummy bloggers and are lucky to count a fair few in our blogger network. Here are the top UK mummy bloggers of 2016; the cream of the crop.

Our Top UK Mummy Bloggers

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magazine.co.uk Great Blogging Bake Off

In celebration of the Great British Bake Off (or GBBO, if you're a diehard fan like us) returning to our screens, we've compiled a quick list of our favourite bakes on magazine.co.uk's The Hub so far (aka the Great Blogging Bake Off)! Check back every week of the Bake Off for our own magazine.co.uk team Bake Off bakes to try at home - will we have a star baker on our hands?

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Supersized (and calorific) French Toast from Olive magazine

As we kick off the 7th series of The Great British Bake Off, we're turning our hands and hearts to the kitchen! Here's how Sarah from Modern Bric a Brac got on with an indulgent peanut brittle, peanut butter and raspberry jam French Toast from Olive magazine...

The photo made it look sensational and, just like some other recipes I'd found in Olive magazine, completely unknown to me. Cue my blundering attempt to re-create a super-sized French Toast with peanut butter and raspberry jam filling.peanut butter jelly french toast Continue reading

Why You Need to Visit Berlin

Fancy a city break with a difference? Daisy of 'Pretty Green Tea' blog tells us why you need to visit Berlin, inspired by her Lonely Planet magazine subscription...

Every month my postie drops the latest copy of my Lonely Planet magazine subscription through my letterbox. I always save the magazine for a sunny day so I can sit outside and read it without any interruptions. It’s a wonderful magazine filled with stunning photography and interesting articles. I’m always left planning my next trip away and I’ve built up quite the bucket list over the last few months.

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