Cover of the month

London Time Out - 5th-11th January 2012

Chosen by Eilidh MacAskill. Editor, InStyle

For me London Time Out Jan 5th to 11th cover is simply clever, bold and enjoying incredible stand-out on newstand. It is perfectly timed for that post-festive haze that people are in as they commute to work. It is an uncomplicated message/promise, one that frankly we would all like to buy into on a cold January morning. The monochrome faux optician typography really pops on the newstand and the order of the ideas in the top right is reassuringly amusing. And while the coverline is certainly claiming a lot, the simplicity of the delivery implies that you'll get straight forward tips on doing something different. There is one message and that is about all anyone can handle in Jan.

It made me smile and made me buy it.

People, Places, Events

• 
  BSME Christmas Pub Quiz

  There was a clear winner at this year's BSME Christmas Pub Quiz - congratulations to the ShortList team! It was a really good evening and we raised money for War Child, so thanks to Ocado and Project 222 for the raffle prizes. Thanks to everyone who supported the event and to our Quizmaster, Mark Dinning.

• BSME SEPTEMBER EVENT – HOW TO GET YOUR BOOK PUBLISHED!

  Members and guests came to the Radisson Edwardian Bloomsbury Street Hotel to hear authors Rachel Johnson, Sam Baker, David Whitehouse and Sophie Radice discuss "how to get published" with literary agent Judith Murray and Chair Diane Kenwood

• 2011 BSME Summer Party

  BSME members and guests mixed and mingled at this year's BSME Summer Party at Tom's Terrace at Somerset House with views across the River Thames.