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Women’s magazines still thriving despite closure of The Lady, the ‘journal for gentlewomen’
Launched in 1885, the publication that defined a bygone era is reportedly going into liquidation. But magazine culture is booming, say insidersIt launched in 1885 as a “journal for gentlewomen”, a place where classified advertisements always attracted the right calibre of domestic staff: one who was savvy enough to buy and read The Lady.Today, the classified ads for housekeepers and butlers remain, accompanied in the April edition by horoscopes, puzzles, a column praising nightingales, a recipe for grapefruit creams and an article on how to help dogs enjoy road trips. Continue reading...
Launched in 1885, the publication that defined a bygone era is reportedly going into liquidation. But magazine culture is booming, say insiders
It launched in 1885 as a “journal for gentlewomen”, a place where classified advertisements always attracted the right calibre of domestic staff: one who was savvy enough to buy and read The Lady.
Today, the classified ads for housekeepers and butlers remain, accompanied in the April edition by horoscopes, puzzles, a column praising nightingales, a recipe for grapefruit creams and an article on how to help dogs enjoy road trips. Continue reading...
