Bring back papers and magazines
Sep 24, 2023, 9:51 pm
#31
Join Date: Jan 2018
Posts: 127
Newspapers and magazines should reappear in lounges now! I understand why they disappeared with the coronavirus pandemic but times have rolled on and they need to be reinstated.
I used to enjoy picking up a couple and reading them in the lounge and onboard. Press Reader, a tiny picture on my telephone is no substitute! It does of course offer a huge range of magazines and newspapers but it in no substitute for a Daily Mail, Telegraph and The Sun. Reading the same story in three different papers gives one tremendous insight.
I used to enjoy picking up a couple and reading them in the lounge and onboard. Press Reader, a tiny picture on my telephone is no substitute! It does of course offer a huge range of magazines and newspapers but it in no substitute for a Daily Mail, Telegraph and The Sun. Reading the same story in three different papers gives one tremendous insight.
Last edited by patvd; Sep 24, 2023 at 10:00 pm
Sep 24, 2023, 10:36 pm
#32
Join Date: Aug 2017
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I met up with a 25-year-old yesterday in London and we chatted about magazines, without him knowing it's my business. He summed up his opinion of them with "magazines, another example of something that is really confusing and takes up so much shelf space and wastes so much resource to produce. Why do people want these?' or words to a similar effect. In a way, he's right. The resource bit for sure - lots of effort, lots of paper, lots of printing.
They are also expensive. Those magazines in BA's lounges must have cost them a good £xxxx/month to restock each day.
I don't miss seeing the piles of paper and magazines in the lounges, if I'm fair, even if it's my market. And ironically I have a copy of Monocle with me today.
Sep 25, 2023, 12:41 am
#34
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While newspapers/magazines may not be available inside the lounges. I never had issues finding them around at LHR (at least on T2) on some stands near the departure gates (and those can be taken free of charge).
Sep 25, 2023, 12:58 am
#35
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Dear ScottishPoet , Yes you are right and I can also buy a can of Coke and a Sandwich there along with a SIM card if wifi is removed from the lounges.
Like all things it’s down to personal preference . I access books magazines and news using both modalities, even poetry sometimes. I love sitting down with a paper copy of a book or magazine . I find I concentrate more on the content and am less distracted than when on a device . It’s also a pleasantly tactile experience. I can’t deny however the convenience and speed of an online device even though that’s not always a good thing in this busy world .
Like all things it’s down to personal preference . I access books magazines and news using both modalities, even poetry sometimes. I love sitting down with a paper copy of a book or magazine . I find I concentrate more on the content and am less distracted than when on a device . It’s also a pleasantly tactile experience. I can’t deny however the convenience and speed of an online device even though that’s not always a good thing in this busy world .
Last edited by simonsmith; Sep 25, 2023 at 1:12 am
Sep 25, 2023, 1:45 am
#36
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It is also a form of decoration. When you visit the Eurostar lounges and see racks full of every high end publication going, pretty much, it sends out a signal about the sort of place it is.
In the same way that empty BA racks send out a signal about the sort of airline BA is ….
In the same way that empty BA racks send out a signal about the sort of airline BA is ….
Sep 25, 2023, 2:42 am
#38
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It is also a form of decoration. When you visit the Eurostar lounges and see racks full of every high end publication going, pretty much, it sends out a signal about the sort of place it is.
In the same way that empty BA racks send out a signal about the sort of airline BA is ….
In the same way that empty BA racks send out a signal about the sort of airline BA is ….
It is possible to buy, at the airport, a far greater range of publications than BA could ever stock in its lounges. What the OP seems to be asking for is a return to free newspapers, which is not going to happen for the reasons outlined by NWIFlyer in post #10.
Sep 25, 2023, 4:53 am
#39
Join Date: Sep 2005
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Yes, print publications are on the wane. I do find print newspapers (or magazines) superior for leisure reading as in starting on page 1 and going through the entire publication page by page. I often learn things I never would have otherwise. Online, I don't ever do that--rather it is just looking at the home page/headlines and going to a few articles or looking specifically at articles pushed to me from social media, digests, colleagues, etc.
Sep 25, 2023, 6:59 am
#40
Join Date: Oct 2006
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Newspapers and magazines should reappear in lounges now! I understand why they disappeared with the coronavirus pandemic but times have rolled on and they need to be reinstated.
I used to enjoy picking up a couple and reading them in the lounge and onboard. Press Reader, a tiny picture on my telephone is no substitute! It does of course offer a huge range of magazines and newspapers but it in no substitute for a Daily Mail, Telegraph and The Sun. Reading the same story in three different papers gives one tremendous insight.
Things may be looking up as I have just picked up my first copy of Business Traveller in years
(The sharp-eyed will spot I am not in a BA lounge.)
I used to enjoy picking up a couple and reading them in the lounge and onboard. Press Reader, a tiny picture on my telephone is no substitute! It does of course offer a huge range of magazines and newspapers but it in no substitute for a Daily Mail, Telegraph and The Sun. Reading the same story in three different papers gives one tremendous insight.
Things may be looking up as I have just picked up my first copy of Business Traveller in years
(The sharp-eyed will spot I am not in a BA lounge.)
Sep 25, 2023, 7:51 am
#41
Join Date: Aug 2018
Location: Wiltshire
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Well you either get rid of paper menus or you don't, if you have a few them they still exist and long may that continue for people like me who do not have a smartphone, I have a "Dumbphone" , 2g, call/texts only. I don't read newspapers online and I love going to my local library and choosing real books to read and turn actual pages rather than looking at some piece of electronic plastic. At three score years (and hopefully many more to come) that is exactly what I will continue to do.
Sep 25, 2023, 8:08 am
#42
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Sep 25, 2023, 8:26 am
#45
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If anyone is looking for the latest news just hang around WH Smiths as that's where the journalists gather before they fly. You can spot them eating ice creams as they always like a good scoop 
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