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The Times Literary Supplement

New Design and Sizes from Issue Date 5th September 2025

Editor: Martin Ivens
Year Founded: 1902
Appears fortnightly, on Friday
www.the-tls.co.uk/

Specifications:

Colour Space: CMYK
Colour Profile (icc): ISOnewspaper26v4.icc
Resolution: 200dpi
Bleed: none
Crop Marks: none


TLS | Display


TLS Copy Deadlines

Main Book

5pm Friday prior


TLS Column Widths

Max Page Height: 300mm

  • 1 col: 55mm

  • 2 col: 116mm

  • 3 col: 176mm

  • 4 col: 237mm

TLS Ad Sizes

Sections at this size:
TLS Main Book


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Full Page (with bleed)

Trim: H 333mm x W 265mm
Bleed (5mm Top+Bottom, 10mm L+R):
H 343mm x W 285mm
Type Area:
H 313mm x W 245mm


Full Page (non bleed)

H 300mm x W 237mm


Half Page (with bleed)

Trim: H 166mm x W 265mm
Bleed (0mm Top, 5mm Bottom, 10mm L+R):
H 171mm x W 285mm
Type Area:
H 157mm x W 245mm


half page (non bleed)

H 148mm x W 237mm


DPS (with Bleed)

Trim: H 333mm x W 530mm
Bleed (5mm Top+Bottom, 10mm L+R):
H 343mm x W 550mm
Type Area:
H 313mm x W 510mm

leave central 12mm clear of any t&cs for gutter

Sent as ONE file.


DPS (non Bleed)

H 300mm x W 500mm

leave central 12mm clear of any t&cs for gutter

Sent as ONE file.


Mini Page (22x3)

H 220mm x W 176mm


Half Page vertical (30x2)

H 300mm x W 116mm


Quarter Page

H 148mm x W 116mm


12x2

H 120mm x W 116mm


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12x4

H 120mm x W 237mm