The chaps at Time Out will tell you that TOS "is one free magazine that's actually worth reading." And they wouldn't be wrong. In fact, they would be absolutely spot on.
The Other Side is a printed zine distributed right across London. We're pioneers of the blogzine (techies tell us that sounds good, but the cool in us knows it's well square), which means we are the place for aspiring writers, artists and illustrators to get their work out there. We don't believe that print is dead (not yet anyway.) Who doesn't love sitting down to read a beautifully crafted magazine. We do however, feel that the landscape of media is changing and in attempt to get all 21st century on our readers, we have teamed up with social network platform Webjam to create our very own social network. People can comment, like, dislike, add stuff, watch stuff, read stuff, write, draw and do way way more on our site. However, it doesn't wake you up, make your breakfast or shine your shoes.
So, essentially TOSMAG is
"a modern zine with a 2.0 community twist, offering anyone the opportunity to get involved. TOS is filled to the brim with champion writers, illustrators and designers."
We’re young (ish), we know what we want and better still, we know what you want. We're on the money and that's where London needs to be right now.
If you don't believe us - check out the hype over yonder (right and down a bit).
The Other Side reaches thousands of people every month, both on and offline. We are the only independent magazine that is distributed on the London Underground. TOS can also be found in many of London's universities including Kings College, UCL, London Metropolitan and Goldsmiths.
The next edition of the magazine is due out in April when we will create our annual festival guide. For more info and our media pack please visit the festival section of the website.
To advertise with us please contact us here
Please contact us at info@tosmag.co.uk for all press, advertising or event information.
If you would like to join up then do so and drop us a line to say hello at sam@tosmag.co.uk
It's been a busy week for all of us at Other Side HQ (that's the cafe and the pub...we don't have offices yet) working to make things happen...and happen they have.
With interest coming from left right and centre we are pleased to announce that we've been picked up by numerous online journals, please see the following links for more details.
with more in the pipeline it's no wonder we are all very excited about the future.
We've also been featured in Time Out's 40th anniversary book as "one free London magazine worth reading!"