The first issue of “The Villager”, Horsington and South Cheriton’s new magazine is now out. Unfortunately not all parts of the village have received their copies yet, including the blog bunker, so it is difficult to comment.
Silas Silage, our gardening man, who gets out and about more than the editor, was able to glimpse a copy in the pub, but was unable to read it properly without his glasses. He moans that the gardening column, apparently written by someone called “Smelly Wellies”, seems to be imitating his style. We doubt it! He also reports that is it of very high literary quality, and he thought he saw the word “subsume” on the first page. Respect.
No doubt a copy will eventually arrive at Blog HQ, and it will be interesting to see if the magazine mentions the Blog, and how easy it is to log on to www.horsington.co.uk/blog to catch up with the latest news and gossip 24/7.
The Blog salutes its fellow citizens in Grub Street and wishes them every success in their enterprise.
Please comment on the magazine – we will make sure they get forwarded to the editorial team if they don’t read the blog.
Let’s hope the second issue is a great improvement on the first. Poorly printed on light weight paper with hazy images, it provided little more than the previous Parish Magazine apart from 7 and a bit pages of local advertising which, arguably, is quite useful once a year but hardly bears repeating on a monthly basis. The Rat fails to see much value in such a publication: the Blog can do so much more for much less effort, but we must accept that not everyone has access to the Internet, whilst we all have a letter box. Up the standards all round and provide some entertaining articles and there may be a place for it apart from the recycling bin.
Who cares! So why have you removed my comment?
Sorry, It looked like spam.
To answer your question, a lot of people care about the village, the wider community, and the various means of communication within it. The magazine team and The Blog are both working to the same end, albeiit differently. I would hope more people care than don’t, but the balance might be a delicate one. We shall see. -Ed.
Pity you didn’t work together….
Well, we’re not working against each other.
If your based at Grub Street it’s hardly surprising that your copy hasn’t arrived…