Dispatches Magazine

All periods. One magazine.

Dispatches is built by re-enactors, for re-enactors.

Dispatches is more than a WWII magazine. We are here for the whole re-enactment and living history community, from ancient, medieval and civil war history through to the world wars, the Cold War, military vehicles, museums, collectors, traders and multi period events.

If you wear the kit, restore the vehicle, research the story, build the display or keep history alive, Dispatches is for you.

Inside

What the magazine actually looks like

Real pages from issue 02. Proper features, properly set. Research, kit, vehicles, events and the people behind them.

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Capt Fran Jones on wartime women in re-enactment. Issue 02.
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Amber the Ambulance, a Morris Commercial CS11/30 used by the ATS. Issue 02.
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Return to the Desert, Going Up the Blue. Issue 02, pages 14 and 15.
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We also produce show programmes. The Overlord Show, 2026.
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Our team interviewing at the Overlord Show.
All periods covered, not just the world wars.
All periods covered, not just the world wars.

The readership

Who picks it up

People who spend real money on this. Kit, vehicles, insurance, event tickets, tools, books and travel. They buy from traders they trust, and they read a magazine cover to cover rather than scrolling past it.

  • Re-enactors across every period
  • Living history groups and societies
  • Military vehicle owners and restorers
  • Traders and kit suppliers
  • Museums and heritage venues
  • Event organisers and show teams
  • Collectors and researchers
  • Families who follow the circuit

Advertise with us

Reach the people who actually buy

If you sell kit, restore vehicles, run a show, insure the hobby or supply the trade, these are your customers. Not a broad audience with a small slice of interest, but a whole readership built around it.

We keep rates sensible because we would rather carry the right advertisers for years than the wrong ones once. Quarter page upwards, with design included if you need it.

  • All periodsAncient through to Cold War
  • Print and digitalSubscribers and members
  • Design includedWe can build your advert

This opens a new email to zoe.watson@dispatchesmagazine.co.uk. Tell us what you sell, which periods you cover and roughly what you want to spend, and Zoe will come back with the rate card.

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