Best 6 Free Magazines and Newspapers Providers (2023)

As soon as you sign up to these completely free digital magazines and newspapers trials, you’ll have instant access. Try Readly and Apply News+ (digital libraries of multiple leading publications). Read The Telegraph online. Get free magazines sent to your home with no obligation free trials of The Week (6 issues), and The Spectator (1 month of issues). Also claim Lego Life (a free mag)!

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FREE Readly (Trial)

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Instead of picking magazines and newspapers to subscribe to individually, how about a 1 month trial to read a massive selection free digital magazines and newspapers?

What we like

  • You can read the content using any of the multiple supported devices
  • You can read as much as you want, from as many different publications as you desire, during your trial
  • Their selection is amazingly large – over 7,000 publications from all over the world. Their library includes many well known titles.

Important

  • This is a genuine completely free trial, but they do ask for your payment details. Remember to correctly cancel in accordance with their terms & conditions, if you only want the free trial.

FREE The Telegraph + Perks (Trial)

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1 month’s free access to the Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph newspaper digitally, plus Telegraph Extra perks.

What we like

  • You can read the newspaper on the internet using your browser. Or, via an app on compatible devices.
  • One of the best things about your free subscription, are the perks you also get. They call their perk scheme Telegraph Extra. You’ll have access to it even with your free trial to the Telegraph. You get money-saving offers, events and competitions.
  • You also get a bonus digital subscription, to give away to someone else

Are there any catches?

  • The best Telegraph Extra offers tend to go quick, so check regularly. For any recurring offers that you know you want, work out the date they will be next be available, and check as soon as you can from that date.

Important

  • This is a genuine completely free trial, but they do ask for your payment details. Remember to correctly cancel in accordance with their terms & conditions, if you only want the free trial.
  • You need to pick the monthly option to get the 1st month free. Note they are offering a discounted (but not free) 2nd and 3rd month, but you can just claim the 1st month completely free.
  • They are offering a Digital and Digital Plus subscription, both of which offers a month’s free trial, and all the things mentioned above. If you will use the extra features in the Digital Plus subscription (e.g. more bonus subscriptions, online puzzles), you should pick that one.

FREE Apple News+ (Trial)

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1 month trial

What we like

  • 100s of full magazines and newspapers
  • Back issues
  • Ability to download and access offline
  • Narrated versions of selected articles

Are there any catches?

  • Can only be used on compatible Apple devices.

Important

  • This is a genuine completely free trial, but they do ask for your payment details. Remember to correctly cancel in accordance with their terms & conditions, if you only want the free trial.

FREE The Week Magazines (Trial)

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FREE The Week magazine (6 issues delivered to you, completely free).

What is The Week?

  • British weekly news magazine
  • They curate content from a broad range of leading publications (both from the UK and abroad).
  • They summarise upto date and trending news stories and opinion pieces, published elsewhere
  • They cover a large spectrum of political views, to give you food for thought and prevent echo chambers

What we like

  • You also get digital access (which includes two years of back issues) so you’ll have plenty to read

Are there any catches?

  • This is a genuine completely free trial, but they do ask for your payment details. Remember to correctly cancel in accordance with their terms & conditions, if you only want the free trial.
  • Pick the ‘Print & Digital’ option, to get BOTH delivery of the magazine for 6 weeks AND get digital access of current & back issues

Free The Spectator magazines (Trial)

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Free Spectator magazine, delivered to you weekly in the post at absolutely no cost for 1 month.

What is The Spectator?

  • It’s a weekly British magazine covering current affairs, politics, and culture.
  • Published since 1828, it’s the world’s longest running weekly magazine.
  • Right leaning political viewpoint

What we like

  • You also have digital access, to current and archive issues

Important

  • This is a genuine completely free trial, but they do ask for your payment details. Remember to correctly cancel in accordance with their terms & conditions, if you only want the free trial.
  • Pick the ‘Print & Digital’ option, to get BOTH delivery of the magazine for 1 month AND get digital access of current & back issues

FREE Lego Life Magazines

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Free Lego Life magazine, delivered to you in the post 4 times a year, totally free!

What we like

  • No payment details required – it’s totally free
  • It’s an ongoing freebie – you will receive a new issue directly to your home four times a year
  • You can also access digital copies of back issues (even if you don’t want the free print magazine)

Important

  • You can only claim on behalf of a child that is 5 – 9 years old