Tatler Language&Representations

• Masthead


  The title of the magazine in large, bold text
• Masthead


  • In capital letters
  • Uses a serif font with curly, pointy edges
  • Feels sophisticated
• Tattler


  Means gossip or telling secrets
• Magazine cover


  • Cover star positioned on top of masthead
  • Cover star gazing directly at camera
  • High price tag suggests middle to upper class audience
• Exclamation marks on cover


  Adds drama and excitement
• Cover lines


  • See you later (EU)
  • How to stay in touch with people on the continent
  • British politics and Westminster
• Cover star Emma Weymouth


  • Wearing a princess-style dress with a twist
  • Wearing blingy jewelry
  • Photographed in a British garden setting
  • Described as the new Marchioness of Bath
• Emma Weymouth is mixed race, which is unusual for a British title holder
• Cover lines


  • Off-duty royal dressing
  • Love in the time of corona
  • How the social set get married in a crisis
• Mentions of Boris Johnson and his brother suggest the magazine may have a conservative political stance
• The cover sets the societal context of the COVID-19 pandemic
• Articles about love offer escape and entertainment for the audience