Ask HN: What physical publication do you still buy?

I remember as a kid loving to read National Geographic and Club Nintendo in Bolivia.

I want to subscribe to a PHYSICAL publication, to get news or entertainment it's fine. But something physical.

I want to slow it down and have it be my little morning ritual. Like my dad used to read the newspaper.

8 points | by sergiotapia 1 day ago

13 comments

  • zippyman55 3 hours ago
    I should add one more. Last year, I picked up a physical mail delivery of the financial times. 52x6 issues a year for $99. I had to poke around to find the offer. I felt lucky finding it. But the font is so small - I gave it up.
  • andyjohnson0 20 hours ago
    I subscribe to The Guardian Weekly [1]. I read it at the weekend.

    I'm a long-time Guardian reader, but I'm trying to reduce my exposure to constantly-updating, anxiety-inducing news. I only recently subscribed but it seems to be having a positive effect.

    The subscription also includes access to their food and drink app, which I enjoy, and an app that gives me a static, digital version of that day's newspaper.

    [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Guardian_Weekly

  • zippyman55 1 day ago
    The economist. I like that it’s the right volume that can finish it in time for the next one.
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    • pesfandiar 1 day ago
      And weekly is the right cadence for seeing the bigger picture for news too.
  • treetalker 16 hours ago
    Lapham’s Quarterly (though the print version has been on hiatus — and we’re told it will eventually start back up as the publication finishes its resurrection). Looking forward to my print copy of the “Energy” issue.
  • ryanchants 21 hours ago
    The New Atlantis, The New Criterion, The Hedgehog Review, and Garden & Gun. And then Stack magazine, and independent magazine subscription. They pick a different one from somewhere around the world and send it to you.
  • kjs3 1 day ago
    Buying boxes of NatGeo mags at estate/yard sales is not a bad answer. Lot's of folks want to get rid of them, and they are still in every way amazing.
  • kjs3 1 day ago
    Garden and Gun (https://gardenandgun.com/)

    It's absolutely not a 2nd Amendment apologist rag.

  • HardwareLust 1 day ago
    I subscribe to Wired, American Chess, and Architectural Digest. I had a sub to Raspberry Pi Magazine, but now I just read the free PDF version.
  • firefax 20 hours ago
    2600 magazine baby. (With cash, as always.)
  • ungreased0675 1 day ago
    Make Magazine.

    I’d be interested in other good physical periodicals.

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  • yepyoukno 1 day ago
    Until it went out of print, The Modern Farmer. It was directed to the homesteading lifestylist wishful thinkers. It was quarterly. The quality was astounding. Each magazine like a book of shorts with exquisite photography. Perhaps it will return. Signs of the time.
  • toomuchtodo 1 day ago
    https://worksinprogress.co/

    https://arenamag.com/

    https://killprettymagazine.com/ (nsfw)

    https://jacobin.com/

    https://mountaingazette.com/

    https://wearemakers.shop/

    https://christinetylerhill.com/pages/cloudreport

    “Gift” from https://openpath.quest/2026/i-am-retiring-from-tech-to-live-... (atheist, but remain curious and want to support those who have left tech)

    Publications received go into the book stack to read, Tsundoku style.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsundoku