Harlequin Magazine is a professional, friendly, family run business whose proprietors are Pam and Stan Wassell. Coming from professional backgrounds of secretarial and design and print, our skills naturally complement each other.  

When brainstorming for a name for the magazine, we came up with Harlequin, which is a play on words - Harborne and Quinton - as these were to be our initial target areas. 

The first issue of Harlequin was published in March 2006 with just 16 pages and 12 advertisements; we circulated 2000 copies throughout Harborne and Quinton. Within a few months we had expanded into the Edgbaston area. We now produce 3000 copies, with 32 full colour pages and also cover the Halesowen area.

Our aim is to offer a professionally produced, free community magazine focusing on local information and also to provide low cost advertising to help local trades-people promote their businesses. 

The features and articles, together with the great free to enter competitions (which are sponsored by many local businesses) that we run each month make Harlequin Magazine a well sought after monthly publication.