The Stack
For print and publishing lovers. Covering everything from indie magazines to major publications and the evolving world of print media.
Latest Episodes
Football magazines
Strap on your shin pads and pump up your balls: we’re commentating on the state of football publications. From newsstand stalwarts to US upstarts, there’s something out there for every fan of the beautiful game.
Mirko Borsche, the future of the ‘LA Times’ and ‘Openhouse’ magazine
One of the world’s foremost editorial designers talks us through a trio of his longest-running projects. Plus: our editor in chief tells us what he thinks the future of southern California’s pre-eminent legacy newspaper should be and we review a title offering a glimpse into the private spaces of the…
‘Buffalo Zine’, ‘Mynah Magazine’ & ‘Clove’
From the sartorial to the subcontinental, this week we take a closer look at three magazines that take the expectations of you, the reader, and throw them back in your face like an old sock.
‘The TLS’, ‘Observador’ and ‘Anxy’
Stig Abell has a vision of how that most tweedy of titles – the Times Literary Supplement – should sit on a 21st-century newsstand. Plus: a distinctly Iberian lifestyle publication that has made the leap from digital to print and an award-winning magazine taking a closer look at mental health.
Catch of the day
Grab your tackle and steady your rod: we cast our net out into the wide world of fishing with a magazine celebrating the angling lifestyle. Plus: ‘The New York Times’ releases a regular kids section and we meet one of the best art-book designers in the business.
Print resolutions
Stretch your quads and lace up your trainers: we’re burning off our festive paunches with an invigorating jog through the pages of a new running magazine. Plus: how a legacy psychology title gets inside our heads, and Jeremy Leslie surveys the state of print going into the new year.
The Best of The Stack 2017
We take stock of another year in discussion with the most important editors, designers and industry figures in print.
The story of ‘The Face’
We speak to the author of a new book celebrating the career of a UK magazine that changed the way youth culture was covered in print. Plus: Scandinavian men and the relaunch of a beloved Japanese journal for city girls.
‘National Geographic Food’
A legacy title steps out of its comfort zone with a standalone spin-off focused on food, and we explore the pleasures and sorrows of covering technology in print. Plus, a new style and culture journal from Nottingham.
‘Lodestars Anthology: Pathways’
Launched a successful magazine? Why not take the next logical step and dip your to into the world of book publishing? Today, one of our favourite travel journals goes hardbound. Plus: the man who can make all your newsprint dreams come true and a food publication to whet your appetite.
