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We publish two print issues per year, in the spring and autumn. If you subscribe before the end of the two months after each publication date, your first print copy will be whatever the current issue is at that time. If you subscribe after that point, your first print copy will be the subsequent issue.

So for example, if we publish our autumn issue in September, anyone subscribing before the end of November will receive the autumn issue as their first print copy. Anyone subscribing from December 1st will receive the spring issue as their first print copy.

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