No. 1: THE LISTENERHere begins a special Compost series on some of the world's most interesting and influential publications.
This is in no particular order, and the number does not represent a ranking of any kind.
The BBC's Listener, inspiring a New Zealand Publication of the same name, was on the high-brow side of things, and began as a journal for transcribing radio broadcasts considered interesting enough to preserve in an accessible form, before recording methods became widely available.
It had an eclectic approach: its content would span philosophy, science, current affairs, and just about everything else under the sun. This approach was retained into the late 1980s when its articles were often sourced outside radio. It was this very eclecticism which was enjoyed by its readers and subscribers, but would prove its downfall when publishers decided this was the reason for its lack of a wider popular reach. It was re-booted with a more theme-centred and light-hearted approach. This only resulted in losing loyal readers.
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