I bought a copy of Flying recently. Found it in a newsagents in Crewe of all places. Some of the articles were superb, but not very many. I would be halfway through reading one only to realise it was an advert. Others had lots of text with no real point to them. The aircraft reviews were OK. The IFR article, well I'm not sure who it was aimed at. It seemed more basic than a Thom book at one level but then would leap to the most extordinary advice that I'm sure would confuse anybody who felt they were getting something out of the easy bit.
All in all, I wasn't convinced we are hard done by over here. This month's Pilot was a good, albeit brief, read.