What our readers think

“I’ve been receiving the magazines since the very beginning, and get them properly bound into volumes – they look superb, they really do!  The standard of the magazines is going up and up and up.”

- JA from West Midlands, by phone


“I’ve been subscribing for years…wonderful magazine!”

- PR from Stirling, by phone.


“I have just started a subscription because I was immediately impressed by your December issue, dumped on me by a visiting son-in-law.  It is very aesthetically and carefully presented, in a no-nonsense, unpatronising manner, which I guess may be due to the decades of experience of its editor-in-chief.

I am no archaeologist, nor much of a historian for that matter, but I have had a passing interest in such things since doing a few summer weeks’ slave labour in the early 1960s for Peter Fowler, excavating a medieval farmhouse on Fyfield Down above Avebury.  I still have memories of hot days and pitch-dark nights.

Keep up the good work.”

- AT from Cheshire, by email.


“I have been enjoying my magazines and congratulate you on your consistently high standard.”

- JB from Fringford, by post


“Thanks for your reliable and consistently good subscription service, and an excellent magazine!”

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CA & CWA: “Excellent value for money! Much enjoyed by me, then passed on to many family and friends to enjoy too.”

- JM from Colchester, by phone


“I have, from the very beginning, found the quality of your magazine an excellent way of keeping up with what’s happening in archaeology. The quality of the articles has remained consistently good and varied throughout, and I always look forward to receiving the next copy.”

- Kl, by email


“I get withdrawal symptoms if I don’t get the magazine!”

-MM from Cheshire, by phone


“I would like to say how much I enjoy your magazines. I am only an ‘armchair archaeologist’, inspired by the Time Team programmes, but I really look forward to receiving each copy and read it from cover to cover.”

- CM, by phone


“A subscription to CA was given to me as a Christmas present. Four copies to hand are proving compulsive reading. Brilliant!”

- KC, by phone


“I really enjoy the CA magazine, when it arrives it is ‘down tools’ to all housework and garden too.  Thank you all for all the attention you give it!”

- JE from Guernsey, by post


“I remember when the first issue came out in 1967… I didn’t subscribe straight away but soon realised I couldn’t live without such a good publication on archaeology, and have been subscribing ever since. Such a wonderful magazine.”

- MH from London, by phone


“As a recent subscriber as CA I would just like to say how delighted I am with this excellent publication…we find it stimulating and challenging and accessible for beginners like ourselves.”

- PE, by phone


“While studying for archaeology A-level over the past year, I used Current Archaeology as revision for the final exams. It was very useful and I think it helped me get through. Keep them coming!”

-  EM, by email


“I often smile when reading Current Archaeology and want to say ‘hear, hear’. Thank you for your realism and humour. I suspect I fall into a growing group – time to enjoy the past a little more actively now the children have grown up. I am going on my first dig this summer; I don’t want to theorize, just trowel!”

- EJ, by post


“I would like to say how informative and helpful your magazine has been to me.  I am studying archaeology at Exeter University and have on many occasions used the relevant articles for my assignments.  It is invaluable.”

-  JF, by email


“The map on the back is such a good idea, and the summaries are really great – a great magazine.”

- LE from Shropshire, by phone


“My husband was very impressed, such a nicely presented magazine.”

- MR from Worcester, by phone


“I have for many years had subscriptions to Current Archaeology and Current World Archaeology – and have never missed a copy. I have just recently moved again from Australia to USA, so could you please make the following change of address for me:
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Please make the changes and keep my essential fix of archaeology coming,”

- MH from Texas USA, by email


“Our son who studied archaeology has left the nest for pastures new; however my husband and I enjoy reading the articles.

Please pass on our compliments to all concerned for such a high quality journal in both content and presentation – clearly, CA staff are a hardworking and dedicated team.”

- AS from Manchester, by email


“What a surprise to see a wonderful reconstruction of Castleshaw Roman fortlet (CA260). What memories it has re-ignited! I was a volunteer digger there in 1963 with Manchester University under the leadership of Hugh Thompson. It started a lifelong passion for all things archaeological although I was never able to pursue a career in that field. So thank goodness for your wonderful magazines, CA and CWA which I’ve been subscribing to almost from the beginning, at least I can still indulge my passion from the armchair!”

- VH from Cumbria, by email


“I just want to check I’ve renewed my subscription – I’m 91 and tend to forget things, but I wouldn’t want to miss the magazines for all the tea in China!”

- JM from Chester, by phone


“I’m having withdrawal symptoms from your magazine!”

- JP from Oxfordshire, by phone.


“I have been so pleased with the magazine. I am actually going to be studying for a Masters in Buildings Archaeology at the University of York in October 2012. Reading the magazine has not only kept me abreast of issues in British archaeology, but been very inspiring and pushed me to pursue my studies in the UK. Thank you!”
- AK from USA, by email


“Love the magazines – As well as Archaeology Live in London I have booked a week’s holiday in Orkney and Shetland with an archaeologist guide in May and a week in Ireland with Andante in September, after seeing them at last year’s meeting at the British Museum. You certainly enrich my life.”

-TJ, by online


“Very good quality magazine, and good printing too.”

- RS from Bampton, by phone


“I have just begun to receive copies Current Archeology, and wanted to pass on my congratulations on an extremely high quality product. I can assure you every copy is read cover to cover by both my wife and myself with only the regret that old age and medical conditions have drawn our numerous (15+) travels to Great Britain to an end.  This current subscription is a renewal to last years subscription provided, again, by my son as a Christmas gift.”

- BM from USA, by email


“Very pleasant service, and I very much enjoy the magazines.”

- TB from Warwickshire, by phone


“Thanks are due from me to your staff & to the many contributors for maintaining such a high standard of quality throughout the many years that I have enjoyed the magazine.”

- AW from Nottingham, by post


“I do enjoy your magazine so much and look forward to its arrival each month.  The articles are so well-written and so interesting!”

- JO’R from US , by email


“I’ve just subscribed to Current Archaeology and I’m really impressed, love the magazine – can’t put my first issue down!”

- LW from Essex, by phone


“…Fantastic magazines!”

- DG from Waterlooville, by phone


“Excellent magazine. As an expat living in the USA it keeps me up to date with all archaeology news in the UK. As I am from Newcastle my wife and I travel to the UK to visit our favourite site at Vindolanda, and the recent news was published in your magazine. It is a brilliant magazine – it tells you breaking news in layman’s terms, keep up the good work.”

- RR from USA, online


“We are just thrilled with the two magazines which came in today’s mail, thanks so much. We are going to add a bit to our website about the article in Current Archaeology about the HMS Namur.”

- ES & RS from Australia, by email


“I look forward to it so very, very much. The thought of missing a copy fills me with horror!”

- MJA from London, by phone


“…superb, really good magazine.”

- AF from Aberdeen, by phone


“My husband was very impressed…such a nicely presented magazine.”

- MR from Worcestershire, by phone


“…fascinating and informative. Ihave participated in excavations and always enjoy reading about recent developments in the field.”

- RC, by email


“May I take this opportunity to say how much I enjoy your publication which has inspired me to get more involved in historical research in general and archaeology in particular.  I recently spent two weeks digging at the Poulton Project which I thoroughly enjoyed having spotted it in your useful guide to digs.”

- JB from Telford, by post


“It’s one of the better publications around!”

- NL from Aberdeenshire – by phone.


“Very happy to subscribe again to a fascinating magazine.”

- JMH from Torquay, by post


“I find it a fascinating magazine and it’s helping me with my Open University course!”

- DC from Norfolk, by phone


“Very good magazine. I’ve got all the issues right back to number 40!”

- RP from Stourbridge, by phone


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