Gift guides

Mail clubs as a gift

A subscription that arrives by post is one of the few presents that keeps turning up after the day it is given. These pages cut the directory the way people actually shop for one.

Mail club gifts for kids

A subscription that arrives by post is one of the few gifts that keeps turning up after the day it is given. Here is how to choose one, and every club we have checked.

45 clubs

Mail clubs as a birthday gift

Clubs that put the child’s own name on the envelope — the detail that makes a subscription feel like a present rather than a delivery.

19 clubs

Mail clubs as a Christmas gift

A present that keeps arriving in January, February and March — when the tree is down and everything else has been played with twice.

45 clubs

Buying a first mail club

If nobody in the house has had a subscription like this before, some of these are much easier first steps than others.

33 clubs

Gift terms — cards, chosen start dates, whether it ends or renews — vary by club and we do not track them. Every listing links straight to the club's own site; check there before buying.

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