Modern Review (London)

Modern Review (London)
Asali
Shekarar ƙirƙira	1991
Ƙasar asali	Birtaniya
Characteristics
Harshe	Turanci

Modern Review wata mujallar da aka buga a London a cikin shekarun 1990s, wadda ta mayar da hankali kan nazarin al'adun shahararru da fasaha. An kafa ta ne daga marubuta Julie Burchill da Cosmo Landesman, wadanda a wancan lokaci suka kasance aure, da Toby Young, wanda ya zama edita. Dukansu uku membobin Groucho Club ne. An buga mujallar daga 1991 zuwa 1995, kuma ta fi karfin kudi daga Peter York. Mujallar Review ta bayyana manufarta a matsayin rufe "al'adu masu sauki ga masu hankali." Manufarta ita ce ta ba da daidaiton nauyin al'adu tsakanin Roland Barthes da Bart Simpson.

Mujallar ta fara da yawan jera 5,000 na kwafi. Daga cikin masu bayar da gudummawa ga mujallar akwai marubuta Nick Hornby, Will Self, James Wood, Camille Paglia, da Charlotte Raven. A wani lokaci, Paglia da Burchill sun yi wata muhawara mai tsawo ta hanyar fax, wadda aka buga cikin cikakken bayani a shafukan mujallar. "Fiye da kima da ƙarancin albarkatunta, cikin sauri ta sake zanen taswirar al'adu, ta yadda ta share murmushin al'adun masu hankali daga fuskokin masu sukar al'adu na Biritaniya." Yawan jera kwafi ya tashi zuwa wani matsayi na 30,000, musamman ma a lokacin bugu na Elizabeth Hurley; wannan bugu ya ƙunshi cassette tape na 'yar wasan kwaikwayo tana karanta wasu ɓangarorin daga littafin rubutun sha'awa na Burchill, wanda ya haifar da murnar jayayya mai yawa.

"A bayyane, rushewar mujallar na da wani bangare na abin da Young ke ganin matsayin nasarar ta: 'Cikin ƴan shekaru kaɗan, dukkan manyan jaridu suna maimaita abin da Modern Review ke yi. Da Sunday Times, wannan ya kasance da gaske. Sashe na al'adu an tsara shi ne bisa ga tsarin Modern Review. Kuma sun ɗauki marubutanmu.'"

A cikin 1995, lokacin da mujallar ta fuskanci matsalolin kudi, yawan jera kwafi ya ragu zuwa 10,000. Kwanaki kaɗan bayan haka, masu kafa mujallar sun yi jayayya da juna kuma mujallar ta daina bugu. Burchill ta yi wata alaƙa da marubuciyar Charlotte Raven, ta rabu da mijinta Landesman; kuma Young ya "ƙone" mujallar a cikin lambar ƙarshe.