1. Olive Magazine
The Olive Christmas issue features a foil logo and metallic coverlines to give it a sparkly look. Inside are recipes for show-stopping Christmas puddings and family feasts, including everything from an easy-stuffed turkey breast with maple bacon lattice, to a camembert and cranberry pithivier and a lobster mac and cheese. There is also a cut-out-and-keep stressbusting Christmas lunch planner and a free leftovers supplement with every issue.
On sale out now
Frequency monthly
Distributor Frontline
Price £4.35
Display with BBC Good Food, Delicious
2. The World In 2018
On sale out now
Frequency one shot
Distributor Marketforce
Price £9.99
Display with The Economist, The Week
The Economist publishes this list of forecasts for the following year annually. The World In 2018 contains The Economist’s annual collection of detailed, numerate and opinionated predictions for the year ahead. The World in 2018 features leading figures from politics, business, finance, science, technology and the arts alongside prominent journalists from The Economist and other leading news publications.
3. Gardens Illustrated
On sale out now
Frequency monthly
Distributor Frontline
Price £4.50
Display with Homes & Gardens, House & Garden
The December issue of Gardens Illustrated is full of festive inspiration and ideas for the colder months. Readers can pick up inspiring ideas for natural Christmas decorations, 26 hollies for year-round interest and plants for midwinter. Also inside are recipes to preserve the flavours of summer, practical and stylish gifts for gardeners and pieces by garden designers Isabel and Julian Bannerman, who share their ultimate horticultural library.
4. What HiFi?
On sale out now
Frequency monthly
Distributor Frontline
Price £4.99
Display with Stuff, Sight & Sound
The awards issue of What HiFi? is here, featuring all the best products of the year as rated by the team behind the magazine. There is a winning product for every price range, from £20 to £44,000. Distributor Frontline says it is expecting a 70% uplift in RSV for independents on this issue compared to the last edition.
5. Mini Magazine
On sale out now
Frequency monthly
Distributor Seymour
Price £4.99
Display with Mini World, Jaguar World
The latest issue of Mini Magazine is bagged with a 32-page supplement celebrating 20 years since the new Mini was launched. Inside the issue, the team goes behind the scenes of Mini's new advert. There are also event reports from the Oh So Retro show and Mini Action Day.
6. Yours
On sale 21 November
Frequency fortnightly
Price £1.99
Distributor Frontline
Display with Woman, Woman’s Own
This issue is designed to be readers’ ultimate Christmas Guide, including a chat with cover star Paul O’Grady on his For the Love of Dogs Christmas Special, as well as interviews with Janet Elis, Alan Titchmarsh and James Martin about their favourite Christmas traditions. Elsewhere the team cook up a Christmas dinner with a twist, do their best to make readers’ Christmas preparations easy with an eight-page guide and put together five pages of fashion to get readers ready for the festive season.
7. Bird Watching
On sale 23 November
Frequency 13 per year
Price £4.40
Distributor Frontline
Display with BBC Wildlife and BBC Countryfile
Bird Watching is Britain’s best-selling bird magazine. In this issue, readers have the chance to discover a ‘winter wonderland’ of birds as the magazine shows them how to find various varieties. Also inside are ten of the magazine’s recommended ‘Go Birding’ sites to try from Scotland to Sussex. Included as a free gift with every copy will be a 2018 Birding Wall Planner.
8. Bella
On sale out now
Frequency weekly
Price £1.99
Distributor Frontline
Display with Yours, Woman’s Own
This issue of Bella is a special Christmas double issue. The price will be increased from £1 to £1.99 to account for the doubled amount of content, with plenty of festive features and opportunities to win festive prizes included. Distributor Frontline is predicting a 154% increase in RSV on this issue.
9. Take a Break Seasonal Puzzle Collection
On sale out now
Frequency irregular
Price £3.49
Distributor Frontline
Display with TAB Take a Crossword, TAB Take a Puzzle
Take a Break’s biggest collection of puzzles for the year contains 164 pages of fun and festive puzzles designed to keep fans thoroughly entertained throughout the Christmas period. The mixed selection aims to ensure the whole family will have something to enjoy. There is also £500 on offer to be won, as well as the usual free pen. Puzzles include wordsearches, sudokus, codebreakers, Arrowwords and more makes this puzzle magazine fantastic value for money. This year’s Christmas issue is set to deliver a +22% increase year on year, delivering over £108,000 RSV.
10. Take a Break mini collections
On sale out now
Frequency monthly
Cover price £1.60/£2.10/£2.30
Distributor Frontline
Display with TAB Take a Crossword, TAB Puzzle Selection
There are eight mini puzzles in the Take a Break Mini Puzzle Collection range offering content from each of the seven puzzle sub-categories. These are the Christmas issues of the collection, billed as making great stocking fillers because of their mini format. They also contain the chance to win a £750 cash prize. Distributor Frontline says the Christmas issues are set to make £210,000 in RSV.
