Magazines

MoDA has an extensive collection of magazines, journals, brochures and retail catalogues, relating to all aspects of home furnishing and home buying. This includes household management, cookery, DIY, homecrafts and gardening. We also have material relating to the growth of interwar suburbia, including publicity material produced by estate agents and property developers.

selection of magazines

We hold numerous titles relating to home decorating and furnishings, including Practical Householder, Homes and Gardens and many more.  We also have magazines that cover topics relating to domestic crafts like knitting and crochet such as The Needlewoman and Golden Hands.

MoDA also holds a wide range of magazines and other publications (including Picture Post, Lilliput, Architectural Review and more) which feature photo-journalism and architectural photography from the first half of the twentieth century.

Magazines are a fascinating resource for their editorial content, photography and advertising, and also for their design and layouts. In some cases we have a whole series of magazines, while for other titles we hold only a few editions. We frequently hold unbound copies, meaning that their original covers remain intact.

selection of the magazine held by MoDA

View a selection of the magazine held by MoDA

shelves of books

We’ve put together a short online reading list on various aspects of research around magazines.

Guide to MoDA’s Magazines & Journals Collection A-H


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Guide to MoDA’s Magazines & Journals Collection  – Women’s Magazines


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Guide to MoDA’s Magazines & Journals Collection  – DIY Magazines


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Guide to MoDA’s Magazines & Journals Collection  – Home Design Magazines


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