Anticipations has a new design

Over the past few months I have been working on a full redesign of Anticipations. I wanted to make the most of going full colour (which we did for the first time last edition) and give the magazine a fresh new look and feel. Yesterday that process (finally!) came to an end as the magazine went to print. It’s been a challenging but hugely rewarding task and I hope people like the final result. The magazine will be hitting member’s doorsteps in the coming weeks.

It was the final Anticipations of this exec year and as it went to print I realised how steep a learning curve it has been since I took over as editor last November. Learning how to use professional design software, understanding how to best commission content and, most of all, working out how to put it all together in a way that is both accessible and engaging has been challenging to say the least.

However, while it’s tough it’s also addictive. Not many people get the opportunity to edit a political magazine and the challenge can make you obsessive. I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve got up in the early hours with ideas for new features or simply to tweak articles. It’s been a huge privilege to edit Anticipations and I’d love to continue doing it next year.

I’m always looking for ways to make Anticipations even better so please do get in touch with your comments and ideas.

James Green

Anticipations Editor

jgreen@youngfabians.org.uk