Magazines are a “visual thing”

Ingrams: insists he does not have a “luddite” hatred of technology, but does bemoan the fact that everyone he sees on his commute is “plugged in and clutching their mobile phones”. Ingrams, meanwhile, reads three newspapers a day – The Independent (despite the fact editor Chris Blackhurst dropped his column last year), The Times and the Daily Mail.

Although The Oldie has a website Ingrams says that websites just “aren’t the same” as print. He adds: “The Oldie is a visual thing. People aren’t aware of the importance of the look of magazines and newspapers.”

via Why The Oldie exposed Savile child abuse: ‘I just thought it was a good story’ | PressGazette.