FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2026READER-FUNDED · AD-FREE FOR MEMBERS

What the code does

  • Opens your account for free. Correspondents, dispatchers and contributors read everything without paying. There is no card to add.
  • Binds your masthead profile. Your byline, your bio and your published work all attach to the account you redeem with — so redeem on the account you intend to keep.
  • Gives you your county standing. A dispatcher code opens the Dispatch Drop Box; a correspondent code opens the desk and the county wire.

One code, one person

A code works once. The first account to redeem it takes it, and it cannot be handed on afterwards — if yours has already been used, or you never received one, ask the editor who invited you and they will issue a fresh one.

Given a gift membership instead? Redeem a gift code. Want to join the programme? Apply to file from your county.