I'm slightly lost with all the german going on being the philastine I am! Have flicked through Ag and was most impressed but didn't have the ££ at the time. If I've some pennies next time I pass The Photographers' Gallery I'll pick it up. PhotoIcon impressed me when I found it once but I've not seen it since.
With regard to printing with Iron III I would certainly read the article, if only because process interests me, even if it is something I'll never do. I take your point about a balance between specialism and accessability though but I think that if there is room for one then their is room for another. B&W isn't especially about alt processes - but where they are relevent, they should be included. It will pique someone's interest - providing the inspitation necessary to justify publication. Providing the magazine follows esoteric print-processing one month with gaining photographic access to some really scary event that 99% of people would never consider due to the high risk of death the next month - ie - there is enough bredth of material to keep all readers reading - and it it written in a clear and accessable manner - everyone wins.
RE Top 10 ways not to nauseate your friends with your crappy holiday photos - yes and no. Dogmatic articles which oversimplify something are a really good way of making a readership feel patronised. An excellent example from said magazine was "A beginners guide to digital" which featured a photograph of a dull garage door. It was utter drivel and a waste of paper that spanned several issues. The great irony is, that with digital, their is, to my mind, a "best practice" workflow - which whilst marginally different to each according to their style - is nonetheless very important if one expects decent prints from digital files.. Michael Riechmann outlines it excellently on Luminous Landscape. I am sure that there is a similar "best practice" to developing film - and printing it with an enlarger. In fact Roger, if you could write "Waterbaths for consistant film processing on the cheap" or "Finding consistancy in your film processing whilst moving flat every 4 months" I'd be very grateful!