• Our readers respond to the new Guardian Weekly
Congratulations to everyone for the new look. The magazine format makes it easy and delightful to turn the pages and find at a glance what items I want to focus on first. I love the quality of the print, the photographs and the overall presentation style.
I sincerely hope this will attract new readers. We desperately need more people to access the reliable, digestible and objective news that you report on so well in this age of uncertainty. Keep up the excellent work.
Clive Wilkinson
Morpeth, UK
• I like it – reminiscent of Time magazine, but much better, more substance. Expanded Global Report is excellent. More space for letters, please – and bring back the photo for Good To Meet You. You've come a long way from the days of the airmail Weekly. Keep the light of quality journalism burning!
David Haines
Bowral, NSW, Australia
• You have made a very attractive change from newspaper to magazine format, so well done to everyone involved. It is to be hoped that the new format will encourage many new subscribers.
Derek Malpass
Hohenthann, Germany
• I have to say I'm shocked. Today, a red, glossy comic arrived in my German letter box. I was appalled. It is not only the colours that distract and annoy me. Why an advert for some unaffordable watch on the back cover?
How does the new version of the Weekly stand up in a world slowly waking up to the dangers of environmental damage? How much thought was put into environmental issues? Please tell me I can continue with my subscription with a clear conscience, even if I now have to wear sunglasses to read The Guardian Weekly.
Liz Brockschmidt
Tecklenburg, Germany
Editor's note: we use a lightweight coated paper, produced from renewable raw materials sourced from sustainably managed forests.
• It is with great regret that I bid farewell to my old friend of many, many years: the Guardian Weekly. You informed, challenged and introduced me to stories and people otherwise not reported. But no more: you are now an expensive version of the insert magazine in the weekend newspapers. Not sure who thought that was a good idea.
Rennis Witham
Williamstown, Victoria, Australia
• Congratulations on the new format. It is a very attractive magazine and your content deserves a format that will stand out among other weeklies. I don't, however, understand the point of writing about Nigella's cooking for five pages. Please write about culture but take a wider, deeper view. We don't need celebrity fairy floss in the Guardian.
Di Cousens
Mount Waverley, Victoria, Australia
• I can't find the chess puzzle, which was my usual starting point. Not so keen on the mag format, glossy pages and colour but if it is necessary for survival, OK.
Bruce Auld
Borenore, NSW, Australia
Editor's note: A longer version of Leonard Barden's chess column is published every Friday here: gu.com/chess
• Fantastic job – you will be giving Time magazine a run for its money. Overall, a very pleasing change. It is not often that change takes place for the better.
Eddie van Rijnswoud
Kalamunda, Western Australia
• I am really sad about the new Weekly. I have The Guardian online and much looked forward to having the whole paper on Thursdays. Now it has turned into a magazine like any other: shiny and coloured. It looks like The Week, which I prefer.
I admire The Guardian. I will continue with it online but will find another newspaper.
Juliet Simpson
Sevenoaks, UK
• I compared the first new-look issue with the previous issue, and I’m overall pleased with the changes. I like having a table of contents. The print is easier on the eyes and the smaller size makes for easier handling.
I dislike only the mostly distracting tidbits: a blue headline number, along with a brief out-of-context explanation. If they’re intended to draw one into reading the article, a good headline would be better.
Keep up the fine work; The Guardian Weekly will remain this American’s newspaper of choice.
Spence Blakely
Glenview, Illinois, US
