The Angry Corrie

The Angry Corrie is a Scottish fanzine for hillwalkers, first published in 1991. It is a small-scale, print-based publication that developed around the culture of walking and mountaineering in Scotland rather than around the commercial outdoor-media model. The publication appears quarterly and has traditionally focused on distinctive, sometimes eccentric, subjects connected with hills, landscapes, walking, and the wider community of people who explore them. The fanzine deliberately avoids treating hillwalking only as a practical activity. Instead of concentrating primarily on conventional route descriptions, equipment reviews, or service journalism, it has built its identity around unusual topics, opinion, humour, cultural observations, and contributions from readers. This editorial approach gives the publication a more independent and participatory character than a standard outdoor magazine. Reader involvement is an important part of its reputation, with contributors helping shape the range and tone of material carried in its pages. A defining commercial characteristic is its no-advertising policy. The absence of advertising separates The Angry Corrie from many specialist magazines whose business models depend on equipment manufacturers, tourism businesses, retailers, or other commercial sponsors. The publication has instead been driven mainly by unpaid contributors, reinforcing its status as a community-oriented fanzine rather than a conventional profit-led media title. The Angry Corrie was also published on the web for a period, with its online edition continuing until June 2008. Its primary identity, however, remained associated with the printed fanzine. The publication's archive has subsequently been made available through scanned PDF files hosted by the Internet Archive, allowing earlier issues to remain accessible to readers and researchers. Dave Hewitt has served as editor since the fanzine's inception. Hewitt is also associated with writing about walking and the outdoors, including Walking the Watershed and A Bit of Grit on Haystacks. He has experience in journalism and previously edited The Scotsman's outdoor pages, before that section was changed during a revamp associated with Andrew Neil. Under Hewitt's continuing editorship, The Angry Corrie has maintained a distinctive independent voice within Scottish hillwalking culture. The publication's importance is primarily cultural and community-based rather than commercial. It documents the interests, humour, arguments, and eccentricities of Scottish hillwalkers while preserving a participatory alternative to mainstream outdoor publishing. Public information does not establish a corporate parent, listed company, formal headquarters, advertising business, or major international distribution network. Its known reach is centered on Scotland and on readers interested in Scottish hills and walking.

The Angry Corrie began publication in 1991 as a fanzine for hillwalkers in Scotland. From the outset, it occupied a different position from mainstream outdoor magazines. Rather than making routine route coverage, gear testing, or practical travel information its central purpose, the fanzine developed an editorial identity around unusual subjects and the social and cultural life of hillwalking. Its material has been characterized by an unconventional perspective and by substantial involvement from readers and unpaid contributors. The publication has appeared quarterly. Its operating model has remained notably independent: The Angry Corrie does not accept advertising, avoiding the commercial relationships that commonly influence specialist outdoor publications. This policy, together with its reliance on unpaid contributors, has helped define the title as a community fanzine rather than a conventional consumer magazine. The publication's value lies less in scale or commercial reach than in its distinct voice and connection with Scottish walking culture. Dave Hewitt has been editor since the publication was established. Hewitt's background includes outdoor writing, with books such as Walking the Watershed and A Bit of Grit on Haystacks, as well as journalism. He edited the outdoor pages of The Scotsman before those pages were later revamped in a change associated with Andrew Neil. His continuing editorial role has provided the fanzine with consistent direction across its history. The Angry Corrie also had a web presence, although its online publication ended in June 2008. The printed fanzine remained the core format. Later, scanned PDF versions of issues became available through the Internet Archive, creating a durable digital record of the publication and making its back catalogue accessible beyond the original print readership. Publicly available reference material does not document a corporate owner, parent organization, formal headquarters, financial figures, or a commercial expansion strategy. The available record instead presents The Angry Corrie as a continuing independent publication with a Scottish focus and a specialized readership. Its history is therefore best understood as the development and preservation of a distinctive hillwalking community periodical rather than as the growth of a conventional media corporation.

• 2008

  Web publication ends

  [1]The Angry Corrieen.wikipedia.org

  The fanzine's web publication continued until June 2008, while its print identity remained central.

• 1991

  First publication

  [1]The Angry Corrieen.wikipedia.org

  The Angry Corrie was first published as a Scottish fanzine for hillwalkers.

• 1991

  Dave Hewitt begins as editor

  [1]The Angry Corrieen.wikipedia.org

  Dave Hewitt became editor at the publication's inception and has continued in that role.

• Scanned archive made available

  [2]The Angry Corrie magazine archivearchive.org

  Scanned PDF copies of issues have been made available through the Internet Archive.

An independent, non-advertising Scottish hillwalking fanzine focused on unconventional subjects, reader participation, and the culture surrounding walking in the hills.

• Outdoor and hillwalking magazine · 1991

  The Angry Corrie quarterly fanzine

  The core offering is a quarterly print fanzine for Scottish hillwalkers. Its editorial scope favors unusual, eccentric, and participatory material over routine route descriptions or equipment reviews. The publication does not accept advertising and is produced mainly through the work of unpaid contributors, giving it an independent community-publication character.

• Digital archive

  The Angry Corrie scanned issue archive

  A collection of scanned PDF issues provides digital access to the fanzine's back catalogue. The archive preserves the publication's historical material and extends access beyond readers of the original printed editions.

1. 1The Angry Corrieen.wikipedia.org
2. 2The Angry Corrie magazine archivearchive.org