The Lady Magazine

26 September 2014

One of the perks of this job is hearing from The Ladies, the wonderful women – and, yes, men – who read this magazine. The letters I receive are witty, colourful… and never fail to tell me exactly what’s what. This week’s letters page features a lovely story from a reader whose grandmother had to spend some time in hospital. Grandmother, I’m told, doesn’t like magazines. She believes they’re ‘a waste of money’. Nevertheless, our reader diligently took her grandmother a copy of The Lady each time she visited, without quite knowing whether it was being appreciated or not. Until, one week, she forgot. Grandmother, it seemed, bristled, demanding to know where the magazine was. ‘But magazines are a waste of money,’ our reader quipped cheekily. ‘Ahh,’ replied her grandmother. ‘But The Lady is a particularly good waste of money.’ A particularly good waste of money… what a jolly advertising slogan. In fact, I like it so much that I’d like to ask each of you to better it. Send us a single line that sums up The Lady for you and some of the fi nest may well fi nd their way on to the front cover of your favourite magazine. Enjoy the issue. Very best wishes, Matt Warren