Where's my weekly Shortlist?
A young foreign gentleman in a distinctive kagoule and hat did not try to thrust a free copy of men's weekly Shortlist at me when I emerged from the train station yesterday morning. Has it gone under already?
posted by Andrew Collins @ 9:18 AM
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Not yet seen anyone giving it out in Liverpool. Then again it's only been about 18 months or so since The Metro has been available in Merseyside.
No such luck, Andrew. I had one thrust at me yesterday. I think it had Jeremy Clarkson and a car on the front. I politely declined, clutched my thin volume of modern poetry tight to my chest and marched haughtily by.
I can confirm a sighting if Shortlist/Clarkson this week. One of my students, not the one with the Asda Gift Card, always brings one into the class on a Thursday morning. Interestingly for demographic fans, she is a young mother from Kurdistan.
Oh dear, I don't suppose you're ever going to find your Inner Bond now.
What's wrong with Shortlist?
I think it's a great publication. It's definitely better than the Metro!
There's nothing wrong with Shortlist per se - it's a men's magazine with no Sapphic photos of undressed ladies in it (which is just as well, or I'm guessing you wouldn't be legally allowed to give it out on street corners!) - my problem with it is the problem I have with all the free newspapers that litter the streets of my town.
There's no such problem in Birmingham, at least at the moment. I only ever see one copy of the magazine, and it's the one that ends up in my classroom. I get the train into the city centre in the morning, but there's not a branded windcheater in sight. There are Metros everywhere. Maybe they have a very clever "viral" release campaign.
It's turned up in Edinburgh and my wife brought one home for me.
I haven't seen so many lists since I last read Q magazine. I could tolerate that if it wasn't for the fact that some of the lists stop after two entries and you're supposed to go to their website to find out the other entires. Sorry, Shortlist, but life's too short.
...some of the lists stop after two entries...
Hence the name?
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