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Rare Mags @raremags.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Here is the shop looking all blue as it tends to. You’ll notice in addition to the jasminoids we’ve got a little patch of green on the right hand side, next to the cone. What will it become? In other news we have lots of books and magazines which we think are the best there are.

A photograph of the front of the shop Rare Mags, which is blue and has two jasmines growing in pots either side, a small orchid of green growing out of the pavement and a orange traffic cone just hanging out to the side too.

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Rare Mags @raremags.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

We’re back! Sunned and refreshed and ready for anything. Shop is open and here as normal, web orders going out quick quick today, see you soon.

A phot of the Rare Mags shop front which is blue

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Rare Mags @raremags.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

We’re having a little break from the 9th of August, back on the 18th. Get your summer reading sorted beforehand. Website will remain open but dispatch will recommence once we return.

An image of text which tells of the Rare Mahsnsummer holiday closure which is happening between the 9th and 18th of august 2026

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Rare Mags @raremags.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

The new Apartamento - Eileen Myles and a DIY baby chair, that’s all you really need to know. Everyday life interiors. Our ol’ fave.

A photograph of the cover of Apartamento magazine issue 37 with Eileen Myles on the cover sitting in a chair wearing a red top.

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Rare Mags @raremags.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

When loads of magazines turn up from Japan and we immediately cook them on the cobbles. This is a great batch, open neck shirts, eyewear & watch, vintage military, work coats (lots of work coats), baseball and t-shirts Search “Japan” on our site for the latest + archive, all available right now.

Various copies of Lightning, Clutch and 2nd magazines photographed on some cobbles

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Lauren Working @laurenworking.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Haven't had the chance to visit @raremags.bsky.social in Stockport yet, but what a lovely way to present my book – cover looking gloriously golden, and there are a few sneak peeks at the chapters & illustrations, too! raremags.co.uk/products/a-g...

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A Golden World – Rare Mags

"From rumours of lost Amazonian cities of gold to the silver running through the mountains of Bolivia, hopes for dazzling wealth fuelled the imperial fantasies of the Tudors and Stuarts. But while sto...

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Rare Mags @raremags.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

We get loads of magazines from Japan because they are brilliant and it’s funny transporting good print around the world. You can buy them from us.

The magazine Men’s Fudge photographed on some plywood

The magazine Fudge photographed on some plywood

The magazine Go Out photographed on some plywood

The magazine Popeye photographed on some plywood

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Rare Mags @raremags.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

In now. From Japan. It’s good.

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Rare Mags @raremags.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Actual copies, in the shop, on the site, ready to go. A whole special issue of Popeye in English. raremags.co.uk

A photo of the magazine Popeye on a piece of plywood

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Rare Mags @raremags.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Hello from the blue one at the bottom of the hill under the big church, above the Tin Brook, over the road from Pigeon Hotel. filled with books and magazines.

A photo of a three storey red brick building, on the ground floor there is a blue painted shop front which is the shop front for the shop Rare Mags.

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Wyrd Science Magazine @wyrdscience.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

If you’re in the greater Stockport area, or you have somehow acquired access to the internet, then @raremags.bsky.social now have a big stack of issue 8 in stock. Head over there grab a copy and maybe a couple of incredible import mags on hyper obscure Japanese fashion too, as we know we will be…

The new issue of Wyrd Science with its psychedelic fungi skull art by Tom J Newell laying flat on a table

The new issue of Wyrd Science open to the loot drop section where you’ll find cool art pins, cool art books, gollums, judge dredd and more

The new issue of Wyrd Science open to an interview with John Harper, creator of Blades in the Dark

The new issue of Wyrd Science open to the reviews section, here we’re looking at Croydon Spaceport Mission Control & Flip Pick Towers

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amir @amirrowaichi.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Always wanted an English edition of Popeye. I’ll be popping to @raremags.bsky.social to grab a copy!

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Rare Mags @raremags.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

We really like 2nd magazine, we import it from Japan. It’s for clothes enthusiasts. Not quite street wear, not heritage, not preppy, not Ivy, not tech, not outdoors, but all of that somehow. The yellow one is the latest and we have a little collection of back issues available too.

Photographs of the magazine “2nd” laying out on the cobbles in front of the shop

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Rare Mags @raremags.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

We’ve been a bit quite on here recently, but we’re still doing the “find all the best print from all over the place and bring it to the shop and sell it to you” thing we’ve been pioneering since 2018.

A photo of a blue shop front which house the shop Rare Mags, there is a sign above the door which says “Rare Mags”, a pavement sign (very grubby) which also says “Rare Mags” and there’s a traffic cone up the side of the shop too

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Wyrd Science Magazine @wyrdscience.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

look at that, people out buying magazines on their Saturday just like nature intended! big shout out to all the magazine stockists out there (especially @raremags.bsky.social, absolute heroes), the magazine buying public & finally both trees & squids for providing the building blocks of our trade

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Rare Mags @raremags.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Bit of a change up for opening hours in 2026. Take note por favor. Ta. . Tuesday - Saturday 9:30-5:30 . Sundays + Mondays closed

A text graphic showing our new opening times which are -
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Sundays + Mondays closed

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Rare Mags @raremags.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Good morning. We are open. Easing back in to it. Lots to catch up on. If we can’t chat for ages over the next few days apologies

Photo of a blue shop front with a pink bench and two plants climbing up the frontage

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Rare Mags @raremags.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Big news, this new one is popping out next week. We will be closing for two weeks to celebrate/recover/concentrate on it. Some things are more important than selling stuff. We will be running a 10% off code online. We would love it if you supported us.

A fuzzy photograph of an ultrasound of a baby, it’s obviously really cute.

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Rare Mags @raremags.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Hello. We are the blue shop that is located under the blue sky. Oh and this place is called a Bluesky. Woah. Easy to find. See you later. Thanks.

A photograph of the building that contains on the ground floor the shop Rare Mags (sells magazines and books) the shop front is blue, the sky is blue, the sun is shining

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Wyrd Science Magazine @wyrdscience.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

Imagine buying a magazine today? Honestly you’d feel like A BOSS So, with that in mind i want to give a Saturday shout out to @raremags.bsky.social who not only have our latest issue but also a bewilderingly good selection of other stuff, so let’s have a look & see what I want to read… 1/15

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Wyrd Science – Rare Mags

One of those magazines that does exactly what it sets out to do, no messing around, cramming every page full of what they want in the magazine and nothing else. Tabletop gaming, but now with added fil...

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Wyrd Science Magazine @wyrdscience.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

The wonderful @helleborezine.bsky.social scaring the faithful with the old ways, seriously if any of our readers want to magic up some free international media coverage for us by wearing one of our tees to a Cliff Richard gig or something please do

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‘Demonic’ Wind in the Willows jumper banned from Westminster Abbey

Woman told to remove or cover up garment featuring 1908 illustration of Pan lest it offend worshippers

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Wyrd Science Magazine @wyrdscience.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Wild to think that in January Wyrd Science will celebrate 5 years of having more journalistic integrity than the NY Times. Need to think of a way to celebrate.

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MikeroneNiner @mikeroneniner.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Picked up my copy of #callinginsickmagazine 15 from the lovely people at @raremags.bsky.social yesterday. If I’m counting my blessings sat by this lake this morning. Rare Mags is definitely on the list. A trove of printed matter & stationary

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Rare Mags @raremags.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Magazines about stuff and things. raremags.co.uk

A photograph of a complete run of Macguffin magazine on a glass shop counter

A photograph of two issues of Tools magazine on some cobbles

Photograph of various small press publications

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Rare Mags @raremags.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Another section of our multi-part pre order saga is the new Tools magazine, this time taking in the act of spinning. We know a lot of you like to do that stuff. So get in on the action, copies hitting the shop early next week directly from France.

An image of the front cover of the new issue of the magazine Tools, which features a big red orange glazed jug/pot/receptacle on a white background and the word “TOOLS” written in a similar shade at the top of the magazine’s cover.

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Rare Mags @raremags.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

The Tower is out today, and we have Thea in the shop tomorrow evening talking with Jodie Matthews about fairytales and folk and stories. You can come - tickets from the site or the counter now

A photo of the book The Tower by Thea Lenarduzzi, published by Fitzcarraldo. It is white with blue text and is pictured on the corner of a wooden and glass shop counter in the shop Rare Mags

A poster for an event for the release of the book The Tower.

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Rare Mags @raremags.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

It’s us. Big load of new book releases today, autumn magazine arrivals, fancy pencils and coffee all day

A photo of the front of the shop Rare Mags which is blue and contains books and magazines. Either side of the shop are jasmines in pots, a pink bench and a black bench. You can see a bit of pavement and the door is open. The inside of the door is white. The lights are on in the window display which gives a warm look as the overall weather appears to be quite grey.

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Rare Mags @raremags.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

We’re here selling books and magazines (print is dead), in a physical shop (the high street is dead), writing these words using a human brain (we don’t even need to think any more though right?)

A photograph of a blue shop front for the shop Rare Mags with books and magazines in the window, a plant either side and a bench either side. The bench on the left is black, the bench on the right is pink.

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Rare Mags @raremags.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

We’re here for another week of this stuff. Expect A/W 2025 influx, pre orders for the new Calling In Sick and Tools flying out, new Olga Tokarczuk (!!!), more stationery favourites from Penco, maybe even a Rare Dunk or two.

A photograph of the blue painted frontage of the magazine and book shop Rare Mags. There is a road narrows sign to the right, two benches (one pink, one black) and a pavement sign made from ply which has seen better days and is due to be replaced very soon. Also the whole photo is covered in lens flare due to the time of day/angle of the sun

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Rare Mags @raremags.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Just us in the middle of it all. The street is changing around us, hang in there while we get some new neighbours. We’ll be here. New stuff every day, coffee machine on, every day apart from Mondays, all on the website is in stock, ready to go. Happy to help, we love what we do.

A photograph showing the shop front of Rare Mags (blue) with various other buildings that are either falling down or being built. To the left of the frame is a crane extending upwards (blue and orange)

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Rare Mags @raremags.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Newly constructed (by Holly, who else?) stationery displays are in the shop now. We welcome Penco to go with our old friends Kaweco and Milan. A selection of what you need and want to make marks on paper. On the site too, but you’ll have to imagine the newly oiled plywood smell.

Photographs of various pens and pencils, ink and stationery in plywood display cases.

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Rare Mags @raremags.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Due to the sheer number of new magazines arriving, the highway is narrowed. All roads lead to good print.

A photograph showing a roadworks “road narrows” sign from a low angle, with four magazines propped against it. The magazines are the latest issues of The New Order, Chalk, Never Too Small and Boys! Boys! Boys!

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Rare Mags @raremags.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Yes. It is us again. Yes it is us, the magazine and book shop with the unlocked door. Ready. For all of you.

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Rare Mags @raremags.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Chalk is here, an arts magazine about science, a history magazine that covers sustainability. It includes writing on volcanoes and racism is Brazilian football and dung beetles, folklore, the national video game museum, steam trains and prehistoric oreodonts (think dog sized camels).

A photograph of the magazine Chalk. The cover is green and features and graphic photograph of a oreodont’s skull.

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Rare Mags @raremags.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

Counter views. We’re the magazine shop with the books, that’ll do you a really good coffee (with a biscuit) and talk you through our fancy pens and pencils too.

A photograph of the glass counter of the shop Rare Mags. It displays pens and pencils. Also visible - book shelves showing cinema and photographs titles and a small Gaggia coffee machine. And the open door of the shop, looking out on to the street.

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Rare Mags @raremags.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

A new issue of the clothing history magazine Avant has arrived. This time we hear the voices of the vintage clothing industry - collectors, dealers, designers. The interviews are varied and fascinating and it’s a great dive in to what connects a love of old rags.

A photograph showing a pile of issues of the magazine Avant, lying on some cobbles.

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Rare Mags @raremags.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

New ones about various aspects of fashion and style. raremags.co.uk

A photo of the magazine Numero Homme Berlin

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Rare Mags @raremags.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

We do Tunnocks Snowballs now. We do Tunnocks Snowballs CHILLED now.

A photo of the excellent sweet treat the Tunnocks Coconut Snowball along with the illustrated trade case containing 36 of the squishy guys.

A photo of a fridge with cold pop. There is a sign on the door that details that there is cold pop inside.

Inside shot of the fridge with cold pop and snowball snacks.

A photo of the Tunnocks Coconut Snowball on the glass counter of the shop Rare Mags.

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Rare Mags @raremags.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

We’ll be talking about this one a lot but for now we’ll lay it out - it’s a magazine about cargo bikes and cycling infrastructure and advocacy and logistics and we LOVE it. Copies in the shop or the site now. raremags.co.uk @cargobikefest.bsky.social

A photograph of a largely red magazine cover with the title “Carrier” and a photograph of a dock with a distant person riding a cargo bike.

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Rare Mags @raremags.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Many many new titles arriving. raremags.co.uk for all the info.

Photograph of a shelf with various magazines and books displayed face out.

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Rare Mags @raremags.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

As always, we are here, and we are thinking about how fortunate we are to be here and to be able to run a shop every day. Ta.

Photograph of a blue painted shop front which houses the book and magazine shop Rare Mags, which is in Stockport. You can see double yellow lines painted on to cobbles (possibly setts, please get in touch for more info and debate) a pink bench, a black bench, a pavement sign (not on the pavement, to give as little extra room for passing by) and some jaminoides in pots either side of the shop front.

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MikeroneNiner @mikeroneniner.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

#othermeans is a really good read if your into #bikepacking #altcycling or adjacent interests. This issue has an interview with #ronnieromance #ronsbikes that’s got some depth. This is ish2 but ish3 is out now. If you’re struggling to source the good folk at @raremags.bsky.social has copies. 🚲❤️

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Wyrd Science Magazine @wyrdscience.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Further adventures in Stockport, somewhat oddly the retail capital for Wyrd Science in the UK. This time a pilgrimage to somewhere we’ve wanted to visit for ages, the magazine Valhalla that is @raremags.bsky.social. We’ve said it once, we’ll keep saying it, once a month just treat yourself to…

The beautifully deep blue front of Rare Mags in Stockport

The shelves in Rare Mags, full of, well, rare mags, cool zines, books and more including loads of great hard to find folklore and underground culture business

Another shelf with the likes of Senet on display

A pile of zines, magazines, and books that we bought including Lolly Macbeth’s book The List Folk, magazines like The Folk Review, Counterpoint and Run Like The Wind and a load of strange and wonderful zines

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