Hows about a magazine subscription:
I can recommend all of these (flying is US based but still worth a read). None are expensive:
Pilot
FLYER Home of the UK's favourite general aviation magazine
Flying Magazine
and if you are a student (yes - I know this doesn't work for you Stuart), an
LAA subscription is good (I like their magazine - but unless you're a student it would be a lot to pay for a magazine subscription).
And even better - you can ask someone else to pay for the subs next year
