I first came across the Guardian Weekly when I started teaching English at a German school.
The Weekly has accompanied me ever since. So when I retired a few years ago I had the idea of finding a place worth settling down in and reading the Weekly in all serenity. A plump, comfortable red leather armchair has fulfilled this function for a long time now.
Yet when the Weekly arrives my wife grabs it from me straight away to do the Sudoku classic, and loves it when it is hard.
Once she has done it, I sink into my armchair and go right to the Comment & Debate pages because they give me food for thought and analysis.
I also like the Weekly review very much because it deals with a topic in depth. As a teacher I used to benefit from the Weekly’s educational texts, which I often tried out in class.
I’m very much interested in the book review pages and have often ordered books on the basis of these critiques.
Of course, once the books arrive you run the risk of being stuck in your armchair for hours on end … but so what? I have got the time at last and some old habits should never die.
The Guardian Weekly will hopefully go on giving me the intellectual pleasure I enjoy most when sitting in my plump, red leather armchair.
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