World news has always been important to me, having lived abroad for almost a third of my life (Saudi Arabia in the late 80s and early 90s and south-west France for the past 12 years). I remember getting a subscription to the International Herald Tribune as a birthday present one year while I was in the Middle East and looking forward to receiving the tissue paper-like copy, albeit on an irregular basis. Our local news sources at the time had a certain bias, as you can imagine.
I believe travel broadens the mind by exposing us to other cultures and experiences, and I like to think that my visits to places in the Far East, Asia and Australia, as well as South Africa and the States, have given me a better understanding of the world we live in and the need to try and see life from a wider perspective.
I became a Guardian Weekly reader about 18 months ago quite by chance when our neighbours offered us their copy in exchange for one of our magazine subscriptions. I only skimmed through but, as time has passed, I have found myself reading the majority of the articles.
I look first at the featured items on the front cover, I have a quick look at the photographs in the centre then I work from back to front, often leaving the main article until last. When I have finished, my partner both reads it and attempts any puzzles our neighbour has not completed.
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