The following charts show the relative size of the most commonly requested space sizes and special positions available in the newspaper. However, many other sizes and shapes are available on request.
The grid shows the standard 8 column format of the newspaper. This applies to all advertising with the exception of Classified Appointments (which uses a 10 column format) and some special positions. Space sizes are described by their number of centimetres in height across the number of column widths.

Although we sell and describe all print advertising positions by reference to their size on a standard page (a standard page is 560mm x 345mm for broadsheet, 340mm x 262mm for tabloid – see above for details of standard column dimensions which must be used when booking), advertisers are not guaranteed that their advertisement will be a specific size. Instead, advertisements will cover a fixed proportion (based on the size booked) of the printed area of the page. This is because we use 23 print sites globally and the majority produce newspapers that vary from our quoted standard page size. We will not therefore consider claims for compensation on the basis that a printed advertisement is not the same size as quoted when booking.

Display positions also fit into an 8 column grid.