Rare Mags
@raremags.bsky.social
Magazines, books, stationery, coffee, Stockport.
We are open. Tues - Sat 10-6, Sun 11-5.
5 Lower Hillgate, SK1 1JQ.
We are open. Tues - Sat 10-6, Sun 11-5.
5 Lower Hillgate, SK1 1JQ.
Magazines about stuff and things. raremags.co.uk
October 15, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Magazines about stuff and things. raremags.co.uk
Another section of our multi-part pre order saga is the new Tools magazine, this time taking in the act of spinning. We know a lot of you like to do that stuff. So get in on the action, copies hitting the shop early next week directly from France.
October 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Another section of our multi-part pre order saga is the new Tools magazine, this time taking in the act of spinning. We know a lot of you like to do that stuff. So get in on the action, copies hitting the shop early next week directly from France.
Tickets here - raremags.co.uk
Thanks as always to @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social for working with us on these events.
Thanks as always to @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social for working with us on these events.
October 9, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Tickets here - raremags.co.uk
Thanks as always to @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social for working with us on these events.
Thanks as always to @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social for working with us on these events.
The Tower is out today, and we have Thea in the shop tomorrow evening talking with Jodie Matthews about fairytales and folk and stories. You can come - tickets from the site or the counter now
October 9, 2025 at 9:42 AM
The Tower is out today, and we have Thea in the shop tomorrow evening talking with Jodie Matthews about fairytales and folk and stories. You can come - tickets from the site or the counter now
It’s us. Big load of new book releases today, autumn magazine arrivals, fancy pencils and coffee all day
October 9, 2025 at 9:36 AM
It’s us. Big load of new book releases today, autumn magazine arrivals, fancy pencils and coffee all day
We’re going to keep hand writing you a note with every web order, hand writing the address label, running events so that people can be in the same room as each other, recommending stuff we think you’ll like, making you a coffee (with a biscuit) even saying hello when you walk in. Ta.
October 2, 2025 at 9:24 AM
We’re going to keep hand writing you a note with every web order, hand writing the address label, running events so that people can be in the same room as each other, recommending stuff we think you’ll like, making you a coffee (with a biscuit) even saying hello when you walk in. Ta.
We’re here selling books and magazines (print is dead), in a physical shop (the high street is dead), writing these words using a human brain (we don’t even need to think any more though right?)
October 2, 2025 at 9:24 AM
We’re here selling books and magazines (print is dead), in a physical shop (the high street is dead), writing these words using a human brain (we don’t even need to think any more though right?)
We’re here for another week of this stuff. Expect A/W 2025 influx, pre orders for the new Calling In Sick and Tools flying out, new Olga Tokarczuk (!!!), more stationery favourites from Penco, maybe even a Rare Dunk or two.
September 9, 2025 at 9:33 AM
We’re here for another week of this stuff. Expect A/W 2025 influx, pre orders for the new Calling In Sick and Tools flying out, new Olga Tokarczuk (!!!), more stationery favourites from Penco, maybe even a Rare Dunk or two.
Just us in the middle of it all. The street is changing around us, hang in there while we get some new neighbours. We’ll be here.
New stuff every day, coffee machine on, every day apart from Mondays, all on the website is in stock, ready to go. Happy to help, we love what we do.
New stuff every day, coffee machine on, every day apart from Mondays, all on the website is in stock, ready to go. Happy to help, we love what we do.
September 3, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Just us in the middle of it all. The street is changing around us, hang in there while we get some new neighbours. We’ll be here.
New stuff every day, coffee machine on, every day apart from Mondays, all on the website is in stock, ready to go. Happy to help, we love what we do.
New stuff every day, coffee machine on, every day apart from Mondays, all on the website is in stock, ready to go. Happy to help, we love what we do.
Newly constructed (by Holly, who else?) stationery displays are in the shop now. We welcome Penco to go with our old friends Kaweco and Milan. A selection of what you need and want to make marks on paper. On the site too, but you’ll have to imagine the newly oiled plywood smell.
August 21, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Newly constructed (by Holly, who else?) stationery displays are in the shop now. We welcome Penco to go with our old friends Kaweco and Milan. A selection of what you need and want to make marks on paper. On the site too, but you’ll have to imagine the newly oiled plywood smell.
Due to the sheer number of new magazines arriving, the highway is narrowed. All roads lead to good print.
August 15, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Due to the sheer number of new magazines arriving, the highway is narrowed. All roads lead to good print.
Yes. It is us again. Yes it is us, the magazine and book shop with the unlocked door. Ready. For all of you.
August 1, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Yes. It is us again. Yes it is us, the magazine and book shop with the unlocked door. Ready. For all of you.
This is a serious bit of print and we’re very excited to see where it goes. For fans of Delayed Gratification, Translator, Macguffin and the sorely missed Works That Work. Up on the site now, or of course on the shelf.
July 31, 2025 at 1:56 PM
This is a serious bit of print and we’re very excited to see where it goes. For fans of Delayed Gratification, Translator, Macguffin and the sorely missed Works That Work. Up on the site now, or of course on the shelf.
Chalk is here, an arts magazine about science, a history magazine that covers sustainability. It includes writing on volcanoes and racism is Brazilian football and dung beetles, folklore, the national video game museum, steam trains and prehistoric oreodonts (think dog sized camels).
July 31, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Chalk is here, an arts magazine about science, a history magazine that covers sustainability. It includes writing on volcanoes and racism is Brazilian football and dung beetles, folklore, the national video game museum, steam trains and prehistoric oreodonts (think dog sized camels).
Counter views. We’re the magazine shop with the books, that’ll do you a really good coffee (with a biscuit) and talk you through our fancy pens and pencils too.
July 26, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Counter views. We’re the magazine shop with the books, that’ll do you a really good coffee (with a biscuit) and talk you through our fancy pens and pencils too.
A new issue of the clothing history magazine Avant has arrived. This time we hear the voices of the vintage clothing industry - collectors, dealers, designers. The interviews are varied and fascinating and it’s a great dive in to what connects a love of old rags.
July 23, 2025 at 3:57 PM
A new issue of the clothing history magazine Avant has arrived. This time we hear the voices of the vintage clothing industry - collectors, dealers, designers. The interviews are varied and fascinating and it’s a great dive in to what connects a love of old rags.
New ones about various aspects of fashion and style. raremags.co.uk
July 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
New ones about various aspects of fashion and style. raremags.co.uk
We do Tunnocks Snowballs now. We do Tunnocks Snowballs CHILLED now.
July 12, 2025 at 3:58 PM
We do Tunnocks Snowballs now. We do Tunnocks Snowballs CHILLED now.
We’ll be talking about this one a lot but for now we’ll lay it out - it’s a magazine about cargo bikes and cycling infrastructure and advocacy and logistics and we LOVE it. Copies in the shop or the site now. raremags.co.uk @cargobikefest.bsky.social
July 11, 2025 at 4:08 PM
We’ll be talking about this one a lot but for now we’ll lay it out - it’s a magazine about cargo bikes and cycling infrastructure and advocacy and logistics and we LOVE it. Copies in the shop or the site now. raremags.co.uk @cargobikefest.bsky.social
Many many new titles arriving. raremags.co.uk for all the info.
July 11, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Many many new titles arriving. raremags.co.uk for all the info.
As always, we are here, and we are thinking about how fortunate we are to be here and to be able to run a shop every day. Ta.
July 10, 2025 at 9:57 AM
As always, we are here, and we are thinking about how fortunate we are to be here and to be able to run a shop every day. Ta.
The Folk Review is here, the magazine of The Folk Archive. The second issue is inspired by childhood, experiments, eduction & craft.
We got some issue 1 too because we’re like that, it contains Cornish customs, Lancashire based witch stuff, Scottish ghosts & apple trees in Sussex for good measure.
We got some issue 1 too because we’re like that, it contains Cornish customs, Lancashire based witch stuff, Scottish ghosts & apple trees in Sussex for good measure.
May 31, 2025 at 12:31 PM
The Folk Review is here, the magazine of The Folk Archive. The second issue is inspired by childhood, experiments, eduction & craft.
We got some issue 1 too because we’re like that, it contains Cornish customs, Lancashire based witch stuff, Scottish ghosts & apple trees in Sussex for good measure.
We got some issue 1 too because we’re like that, it contains Cornish customs, Lancashire based witch stuff, Scottish ghosts & apple trees in Sussex for good measure.
“Rare Mags does it again, shock horror!” reads the headline. We’ve brought these in from the United States of America because they are GREAT. For fans of 2nd, Popeye, etc etc, but in English so you can read about all these incredible things without a reader app. Very limited copies.
May 29, 2025 at 2:54 PM
“Rare Mags does it again, shock horror!” reads the headline. We’ve brought these in from the United States of America because they are GREAT. For fans of 2nd, Popeye, etc etc, but in English so you can read about all these incredible things without a reader app. Very limited copies.
May 27, 2025 at 4:37 PM