# UK magazine stands: no politics or science?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 15, 2011, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-magazine-stands-no-politics-or-science/606298 "2011-12-15T14:50:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-magazine-stands-no-politics-or-science/606298/21 "2011-12-16T09:27:15Z")

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> [@isaiahrobinson](#):
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> And as far as science magazines goes - in what part of the world are those stocked in every corner store and petrol station?!

I was only thinking of larger corner shops, petrol stations etc, that have a wide selection of magazines.  
I wasn’t thinking it’s strange that you don’t see science magazines _everywhere_.

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2011, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-magazine-stands-no-politics-or-science/606298/22 "2011-12-17T05:02:46Z")

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> [@Wallenstein](#):
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> …Total Politics is probably the leading political magazine, but that’s also online and subscription (or centered around Westminster and Whitehall)…

Never heard of that before. Is it a well-regarded magazine? Well-written? Does it lean one way or the other ideologically? What is its tone, would you say, all in all?

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**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2011, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-magazine-stands-no-politics-or-science/606298/23 "2011-12-17T09:26:58Z")

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My observation is that whenever I’m in an airport or train station in continental Europe, Germany or somewhere like that, I do notice how highbrow some of the magazines are. They’ll often have several chess periodicals, magazines about philosophy, and so on (alongside all the usual fare). Not that you can’t get magazines like that in the UK, but probably not in the newsagent at Birmingham New Street.

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**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2011, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-magazine-stands-no-politics-or-science/606298/24 "2011-12-17T09:40:39Z")

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> [@isaiahrobinson](#):
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> And as far as science magazines goes - in what part of the world are those stocked in every corner store and petrol station?! I think the UK has done pretty well simply to have the New Scientist so readily available.

In my experience, _Scientific American_ (at the least) is on the magazine rack in most decent sized supermarkets in the USA. Also news magazines such as Newsweek.

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