As a twentysomething wandering the planet in the early 80s, I habitually bought the only weekly newspaper I saw, out of Washington. Later, as a thirtysomething mature student in Sydney, I stumbled upon the even better Guardian Weekly, and have been a reader since.
During three years in Mozambique as a subscriber, I enjoyed archaeology, modern art, genetics, interesting people doing or thinking fascinating things.
I have my favourite (and unfavourite!) columnists. Puzzles don’t appeal to me, but the poetic, insightful Nature watch is always an early read – especially Paul Evans’s effortless, tight prose. Being an evangelical left-leaning conservative, I find enough for me to agree or disagree with to keep me interested and challenge my positions.
Once, while living in Gisborne, New Zealand, I chanced upon a reader-penned article on our 2007 earthquake: John Dark not only sold me GWs at the local bookstore; he wrote for it. Astounding. Gotta love the Guardian Weekly community.
These days, working as an evaluator of tertiary education organisations – and living in a small coastal town – I find the Weekly is a great connection to the wider world. I’m sure my postie who delivers them, by bicycle, would have appreciated the few recent copies he received along with our Christmas gift of a couple of cold beers.
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