The A4 Project

Brushing my teeth last night, I started to wonder about how to continue New Escapologist should it become unsustainable after Issue 21. (See the August newsletter to hear about the financial challenge). One solution is to return to the magazine’s origins and to print it for free on stolen office paper. Alas, I don’t have access to an office or its paper anymore, but it occurred to me (while flossing) that I could ask OUR READERS to steal office paper and send it to me, ideally through their workplace outgoing mail. Maybe people could even pay for their copy in stolen office paper. The patrons (those who currently spend a couple of hundred quid when we launch a four-issue Kickstarter) could be the people who send the most stolen office paper, but even those who send just a few sheets of stolen office paper would receive their copy for free. Some people would still need to pay for their copy with money, as I’d still like to receive some some recompense for my time and also to pay for…