I like Time magazine: gives me an idea what's happening in the US, not too heavy, not too long. I also take New Statesman, so I know what long and heavy feel like.....
But once in a while I realise why the US is different from the UK: in this week's Time, 13 pages out of 52 are devoted to what I can only call free adverts for Apple, Starbucks and professional (women's) tennis. Add these to 7 full pages of adverts for Rolex etc - and there's not a lot of reading space left.
Btw, if you're a 'grammar Nazi', you'll like Nick Lezard's page in New Statesman this week, in which he meets a philosophy lecturer who thinks 'pronounciation' is a word and 'Day car' is a French philosopher.....
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