Unlike many of your correspondents, I have not travelled the world as much I would like. After completing my MSc in Asian politics at London’s Soas in 2001, I returned home to Blackpool to a rewarding career in local government finance. A longtime Guardian reader since college, I was struggling to find the time to read the daily edition with my busy schedule. The Weekly was the perfect solution!
I read from cover to cover, especially devouring world news in all of its complexities. The breadth and depth of your coverage never ceases to amaze me – I especially look out for Simon Tisdall and your ever excellent Nature watch. As a frequent traveller to Berlin and Vienna, I especially look out for any articles regarding the state of politics in both countries, as well as anything regarding politics in south-east Asia, my university passion.
Despairing at the state of politics in the UK – I identify as an ardent pro-European – I have to force myself to read anything about Brexit, although a small part of me thinks we can still avert this decision.
I have started to leave my finished copy of the Weekly in public places so others may be better connected with the world around them. Having left last week’s copy in a coffee shop it was gratifying to see, on a walk past the window a few hours later, the paper being devoured by someone else.
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