GOOD REED MAGAZINE
The Good Reed Magazine is being launched as an online topical periodical to a general international readership by Ridwan Treacher and Katharine O’Sullivan Walmsley.
Originally a monthly newsletter for a London community, it was decided, as a result of the newsletter readership expanding to distant continents, to go for an open readership. So the concept of an online magazine was born.
It was realised that with this expansion taking place in a general global readership, the content could move forward from reporting specific community news to providing a cross-section of copy designed to include articles, poems, reviews and a blog. In its short time online, in fact, www.goodreed.uk has attracted readers from all continents, whether individuals or members of communities.
All readers are welcome to enjoy the magazine content, and your participation is invited by letting us have your comments and reactions. Even better, submitting your stories and poems would be welcome.
Latest BLOGS

Starting from Nothing
by Sahlan Diver. I never possessed the desire to be a writer. I was not even a reader, my limited literary recreation advancing no further than Sherlock Holmes. If, in my youth, a fortune-teller […]

Dress Sense
It’s shocking that a woman was arrested in Iran for not covering her hair properly. And abhorrent, that the woman was allegedly beaten to death […]

Speaking Out
In a recent conversation with friends, the following questions came up “When will the need for speaking out about social injustice end? What to do? What to do?” […]

Something About The War In Ukraine
Unfortunately for Ukraine, it finds itself geopolitically caught between superpowers vying for influence. Not only is it the largest European country, it’s the fourth largest exporter of wheat. After its independence, Russia was confident in its ability to maintain a strong influence there […]
Latest ARTICLES

Advice to a Young Man
I think there’s a bit of a collective delusion that’s been going on since happiness became some kind of weird entitlement that people […]

Anonymous Dreams 22
Illustrators around the world are protesting the war in Ukraine Their work speaks about the invasion as well as in photographs and reports […]

Can Anyone Be an Author?
The statement, “Anyone can be an author”, seems to me parallel to the statement, “Anyone can sing”. At college, a fellow student once said to me, “When you sing, it’s absolutely amazing; I can hear everything: perfect intonation […]

Zooming Out
I don’t know if I am naturally suited to being self-employed. Structure does not come easily or naturally to me – as it does for some writers, consultants and artists. I often wonder if I was made to be idle […]