I read court reports of the Acid Bath Murderer’s trial, as I spreadeagled with the broadsheet Manchester Guardian, when I was nine. In the sixth form we had 20 minutes to finish the Quick Crossword before registration, then I checked my father’s copy at home that evening.
My husband’s retirement from the Malawi civil service in 1987 to our lakeshore home gave us time to read the Guardian Weekly, however erratic its arrival. Robert Lacville hit the spot for us in every edition and I read to my father, now blind and living with us, all the news and comment he so missed since leaving England. Eventually its arrival became too erratic, so we gave it up until a friend brought me a copy a year ago; I finished the crossword in 10 minutes and my subscription to the Weekly is for life.
The huge variety of interesting topics in Comment & Debate, Eyewitnessed, Books and excellent, humanitarian, often quirky writing styles feeds my mind weekly in my village situation.
What I’m Really Thinking rings so very true, and Notes & Queries reminds me what versatile characters we Weekly readers are. Maslanka and of course the crossword are great diversions at coffee time.
But delivery is erratic. Good thing Inside Guardian Weekly comes each Wednesday so I know the news two weeks ahead, and can relax with Hangman!
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