"1860s. Hunt was also editor of ""The Spectator"" from around 1859 to January 1861. James Buchanan was at that time President of the United States and was attempting to counter civil war over the issue of slavery, mostly by adopting a vacillatory position. Two Americans based in London - a businessman called John McHenry and an Assistant Secretary to ambassador George M. Dallas, called Benjamin Moran - determined to use the magazine as a counter to the generally anti-Buchanan position of the British press. Hunt had assisted Robert Stephen Rintoul at ""The Spectator"" and appears to have stayed on after"
"The Atlas (newspaper) The Atlas was a newspaper published in England from 1826 to 1869. The newspaper was founded by Robert Stephen Rintoul in London in 1826. Describing itself as ""a general newspaper and journal of literature"", the ""Atlas"" initially distinguished itself from its rivals both by the size of paper it used (it boasted of being printed on ""the largest sheet ever issued from the press"") and by its price (one shilling, almost double that of comparable journals). The price was gradually reduced (10 d in 1828, 8d in 1846, falling to 2d by 1858). In the late 1850s,"
"later revealed to be by George Brimley, typical of the paper's enduring contempt for him as a ""popular"" writer ""amusing the idle hours of the greatest number of readers; not, we may hope, without improvement to their hearts, but certainly without profoundly affecting their intellects or deeply stirring their emotions."" Rintoul died in April 1858 and the magazine, whose circulation was falling, was sold. Thereafter, it went into an accelerated period of decline. Records are scarce but it appears that it was briefly owned by a Mr Scott and then bought for £4200 in December 1858 by two London-based Americans,"
"the Royal Albert Hall. Post Magazine Post Magazine is a British magazine. It first appeared on Saturday 25 July 1840, just seven months after the introduction of the Penny Post postal system and was the first publication anywhere in the world to be sent by post hence its name. Aimed at the UK's general insurance industry, it also organises the all-party parliamentary group on insurance and financial services. The magazine is published by Incisive Media and underwent an image change in September 2011. Its editor is Stephanie Denton. ""Post Magazine"" also organises the annual British Insurance Awards, which are usually"
"The Royal Magazine The Royal Magazine was a monthly British literary magazine that was published between 1898 and 1939. Its founder and publisher was Sir Arthur Pearson. ""The Royal Magazine""'s first edition was published in November 1898. According to this issue, one million copies of the first edition of the magazine were ordered. Editors of the magazine included Percy Everett (1901–1911). Throughout the 1930s, as the magazine struggled to regain its relevance, it changed names a number of times. With the December 1930 issue, the magazine re-christened itself The New Royal Magazine. Beginning in June 1932, it became The Royal"
"Post Magazine Post Magazine is a British magazine. It first appeared on Saturday 25 July 1840, just seven months after the introduction of the Penny Post postal system and was the first publication anywhere in the world to be sent by post hence its name. Aimed at the UK's general insurance industry, it also organises the all-party parliamentary group on insurance and financial services. The magazine is published by Incisive Media and underwent an image change in September 2011. Its editor is Stephanie Denton. ""Post Magazine"" also organises the annual British Insurance Awards, which are usually held in July at"
"was due in large part to the partisan attacks the Moderate editors received from their opponents in the Church of Scotland, the Popular Party. A short-lived magazine with similar purposes, ""Edinburgh Magazine and Review"", was published monthly between 1773 and 1776. The third ""Edinburgh Review"" became one of the most influential British magazines of the 19th century. It promoted Romanticism and Whig politics. (It was also, however, notoriously critical of some major Romantic poetry.) Started on 10 October 1802 by Francis Jeffrey, Sydney Smith, Henry Brougham, and Francis Horner, it was published by Archibald Constable in quarterly issues until 1929."
"Pictorial. Beginning in January 1935, it was The Royal Screen Pictorial, and in June 1935, the word ""Royal"" was dropped entirely as it became The Screen Pictorial. The magazine's final issue was in September 1939, the month in which the Second World War began in Europe. In total, 491 issues were published. The magazine was the initial publisher of a number of the works of fiction by Agatha Christie. ""The Tuesday Night Club"", which appeared in the December 1927 issue, was the first published appearance of Christie's character Miss Marple. The Royal Magazine The Royal Magazine was a monthly British"
"Uncovered (magazine) Uncovered magazine, published by Fantelli Imprint Ltd, was a UK newsstand publication dealing with mental health and wellness issues. The first issue was published in October 2010. Columnists included: TV's Dr Rob Hicks and resident psychologist Colin Matthews along with Antony Worrell Thompson, Kumud Gandhi food scientist and founder of The Saffron house. ""Uncovered"" is designed to help its readers be pro-active in their wellbeing – diet, nutrition, fitness, brain workouts and more, all designed to give them the best possible mind. The magazine ceased publication just after four issues. A bi-monthly lifestyle, mental health and wellbeing magazine"
"Monocle (UK magazine) Monocle is a global affairs and lifestyle magazine, 24-hour radio station, website, retailer and media brand, all produced by Winkontent Ltd. It was founded by Tyler Brûlé, a Canadian entrepreneur, ""Financial Times"" columnist, and founder of ""Wallpaper*"" magazine. Described by CBC News reporter Harry Forestell as a ""meeting between ""Foreign Policy"" and ""Vanity Fair"""", the magazine aims to provide a global perspective on international affairs, business, culture, design, and fashion. The magazine is edited by Andrew Tuck. The magazine launched on 15 February 2007. In September 2014, Brûlé sold a minority stake in ""Monocle"" magazine to Japanese"
"R2 (Rock'n'Reel) R2 is a music magazine published bi-monthly in the United Kingdom. It was launched in 1988 as ""Rock'n'Reel"", changing its name to ""R2"" in early 2009. The original ""Rock’n’Reel"" was a pocket-sized fanzine of modest ambitions. Since its relaunch in 2007 as an A4 format, full-colour glossy magazine, the magazine has greatly extended its scope and readership. ""R2""’s coverage of the music scene now encompasses both classic and contemporary rock plus established and emerging talents from the worlds of roots, blues, folk, Americana, singer-songwriter and world music. ""R2"" claims that its uniqueness lies in truly reflecting the enthusiasms"
"addition to the permanent staff of writers, other contributors include: The editors of ""The Spectator"" have been: Notes Citations The Spectator The Spectator is a weekly British magazine on politics, culture, and current affairs. It was first published in July 1828. It is owned by David and Frederick Barclay who also own ""The Daily Telegraph"" newspaper, via Press Holdings. Its principal subject areas are politics and culture. Its editorial outlook is generally supportive of the Conservative Party, although regular contributors include some outside that fold, such as Frank Field, Rod Liddle and Martin Bright. The magazine also contains arts pages"
"In 2016, the US was the winner. In 2011, Monocle was awarded one of the top ten titles of the year by ""AdAge"" USA's 'A List', and Brûlé was named Editor of the Year. In 2015, it won a D&AD Wood Pencil award for its publication, The Forecast. Monocle (UK magazine) Monocle is a global affairs and lifestyle magazine, 24-hour radio station, website, retailer and media brand, all produced by Winkontent Ltd. It was founded by Tyler Brûlé, a Canadian entrepreneur, ""Financial Times"" columnist, and founder of ""Wallpaper*"" magazine. Described by CBC News reporter Harry Forestell as a ""meeting between"
"to include ""House & Garden"", ""Vanity Fair"" (briefly known as ""Dress and Vanity Fair""), ""Glamour"" and ""American Golfer"". The company also introduced ""British Vogue"" in 1916, and Condé Nast became the first publisher of an overseas edition of an existing magazine. Condé Nast is largely considered to be the originator of the ""class publication,"" a type of magazine focused on a particular social group or interest instead of targeting the largest possible readership. Its magazines focus on a wide range of subjects, including travel, food, home, culture, and other interests, with fashion the larger portion of the company's focus. Nast"
"up co-operatives for themselves, so he saw his role as one of instruction. He founded a monthly periodical called ""The Co-operator"", the first edition of which appeared on 1 May 1828. This gave a mixture of co-operative philosophy and practical advice about running a shop using cooperative principles. The first successful organization was the Rochdale Society of Equitable Pioneers, established in England in 1844. The Rochdale Pioneers established the ‘Rochdale Principles’ on which they ran their cooperative. This became the basis for the development and growth of the modern cooperative movement. As the mechanization of the Industrial Revolution was forcing"
"Reveille (newspaper) Reveille was a popular British weekly tabloid newspaper founded by Reg Hipwell during the Second World War and the post-war years. Launched on 25 May 1940, it was originally the official newspaper of the Ex-Services' Allied Association. It was bought by the Mirror Group in 1947, after which it was printed and published by IPC Newspapers Ltd. In the 1950s it increased its light-entertainment pages and would often run features on the Royalty. During the 1960s and 1970s it became known as ""Reveille Magazine"" and would publish large double-page pop posters and also feature tasteful glamour models. Author"
"magazine. Reveille (newspaper) Reveille was a popular British weekly tabloid newspaper founded by Reg Hipwell during the Second World War and the post-war years. Launched on 25 May 1940, it was originally the official newspaper of the Ex-Services' Allied Association. It was bought by the Mirror Group in 1947, after which it was printed and published by IPC Newspapers Ltd. In the 1950s it increased its light-entertainment pages and would often run features on the Royalty. During the 1960s and 1970s it became known as ""Reveille Magazine"" and would publish large double-page pop posters and also feature tasteful glamour models."
"Connolly, including ""Conversations in Berlin"", ""The Position of Joyce"" (April 1929), ""England not my England"" (October 1929) and ""Under which King?"" It was seen as a precursor to Connolly's ""Horizon"". Life and Letters Life and Letters was an English literary journal published between June 1928 and April 1935. The magazine was edited from first publication by Desmond MacCarthy after he lost interest in the ""New Statesman"". It had financial backing from Lord Esher. In 1934, Ellis Roberts took over from MacCarthy. Contributors to the magazine included H. E. Bates, Max Beerbohm, Hilaire Belloc, Kenneth Clark, Cyril Connolly, E. M. Forster,"
"and expanding into the coverage of weddings. According to Condé Naste Russia, after the First World War made deliveries in the Old World impossible, printing began in England. The decision to print in England proved to be successful causing Nast to release the first issue of French ""Vogue"" in 1920. The magazine's number of subscriptions surged during the Great Depression, and again during World War II. During this time, noted critic and former ""Vanity Fair"" editor Frank Crowninshield served as its editor, having been moved over from ""Vanity Fair"" by publisher Condé Nast. In July 1932, American ""Vogue"" placed its"
"first published in 1968 as a London listings magazine by Tony Elliott, who used birthday money to produce a one-sheet pamphlet., with Bob Harris as co-editor. The first product was titled ""Where It's At"", before being inspired by Dave Brubeck's album ""Time Out"". Time Out began as an alternative magazine alongside other members of the underground press in the UK, but by 1980 it had abandoned its original collective decision-making structure and its commitment to equal pay for all its workers, leading to a strike and the foundation of a competing magazine, ""City Limits"", by former staffers. By now its"
"The Gentleman's Magazine The Gentleman's Magazine was founded in London, England, by Edward Cave in January 1731. It ran uninterrupted for almost 200 years, until 1922. It was the first to use the term ""magazine"" (from the French ""magazine"", meaning ""storehouse"") for a periodical. Samuel Johnson's first regular employment as a writer was with ""The Gentleman's Magazine"". The original complete title was ""The Gentleman's Magazine: or, Trader's monthly intelligencer"". Cave's innovation was to create a monthly digest of news and commentary on any topic the educated public might be interested in, from commodity prices to Latin poetry. It carried original"
"Record Collector Record Collector is a British monthly music magazine. It distributes both within the UK and worldwide. It started in 1979. The first standalone issue of ""Record Collector"" was published in March 1980, though its history stretches back further. In 1963, publisher Sean O’Mahony (alias Johnny Dean) had launched an official Beatles magazine, ""The Beatles Book"". Although it shut down in 1969, ""The Beatles Book"" reappeared in 1976 due to popular demand. Through the late-70s, the small ads section of ""The Beatles Book"" became an increasingly popular avenue through which collectors could make contact and buy, sell, or trade"
"published for the last time on 27 September 1980, with The Beatles once again on the front cover. Fabulous 208 Fabulous 208 (retitled Fab 208 from 1969 onwards) was a British pop music magazine. Published weekly between 1964 and 1980 by Fleetway (later IPC Magazines) and aimed at the teenage market, it ran for almost 900 issues, and oversaw a period of considerable change in popular music consumption, from the early years of The Beatles' career to the growth of the music video. Many of its contributors began their professional careers with the magazine including photographers David Steen and Robert"
"The London Magazine The London Magazine is a publication of arts, literature and miscellaneous interests. Its history ranges across nearly three centuries and several reincarnations, publishing writers including William Wordsworth, William S. Burroughs and John Keats. ""The London Magazine"", the second oldest literary periodical, was founded in 1732 in political opposition and rivalry to the Tory-based ""Gentleman's Magazine"" and ran for 53 years until its closure in 1785. Edward Kimber became editor in 1755, succeeding his father Isaac Kimber. Henry Mayo was editor from 1775 to 1783. Publishers included Thomas Astley. In 1820, the ""London Magazine"" was resurrected by the"
"January 1836). That article, however, was supplied with many sarcastic footnotes disagreeing with its points — ""objecting foot-notes from the pen, presumably, of Tait himself."" In 1834 ""Tait's Magazine"" was combined with ""Johnstone's Edinburgh Magazine"", a liberal periodical started two years earlier by husband and wife John Johnstone and Christian Isobel Johnstone. She was an early feminist who wrote extensively for ""Tait's"" in the following years, becoming the magazine's ""chief contributor and director"" under William Tait himself. Christian Johnstone was ""the first woman to serve as paid editor of a major Victorian periodical,"" to which she brought ""fresh life and"
"""week ending Saturday July 5, 1828"". Almost certainly (there is no precise evidence) he revived the title from the 1711 publication by Addison & Steele. As he had long been determined ""to edit a perfect newspaper"", Rintoul initially insisted on ""absolute power"" over content, commencing a long-lasting tradition of the paper's editor and proprietor being one and the same person. ""The Spectator""’s political outlook in its first thirty years reflected Rintoul’s liberal-radical agenda. Despite its political stance it was widely regarded and respected for its non-partisanship. Under Rintoul ""The Spectator"" came out strongly for the Great Reform Act of 1832,"
"mainstream press. (""Jackie’s tale sets alarm bells ringing: how Woman’s Own sexed up Addison’s disease for its own ends.""). Woman's Own Woman's Own is a British lifestyle magazine aimed at women. ""Woman's Own"" was first published in 1932. In its early years it placed women's rights and social problems firmly in the foreground. Its first ""agony aunt"" was Leonora Eyles. It remains one of the UK's most famous women's magazines and is published by TI Media. The magazine has recently had a new look and now includes articles on celebrity gossip, real-life stories, fashion, beauty, shopping deals, wellbeing, food, and"
"part of Condé Montrose Nast's publishing empire when he bought an interest in it in 1911; he became its sole owner in 1915. Nast transformed it into a magazine about interior design, as part of his trend toward specialized publications aimed at niche markets. A UK edition was originally planned to be launched in the late 1930s, but was cancelled due to World War II. The magazine was finally published in February 1947, although paper restrictions meant that there were only seven pages in colour and, until 1952, just four editions each year. The founding editor was Anthony Hunt, followed"
"field, and investigates the story behind each records in the Top 100, along with accompanying record and label images. So far, two books have been published, ""100 Greatest Psychedelic Records"" and ""100 Greatest Rock’N’Roll Records"". Record Collector Record Collector is a British monthly music magazine. It distributes both within the UK and worldwide. It started in 1979. The first standalone issue of ""Record Collector"" was published in March 1980, though its history stretches back further. In 1963, publisher Sean O’Mahony (alias Johnny Dean) had launched an official Beatles magazine, ""The Beatles Book"". Although it shut down in 1969, ""The Beatles"
"published in the U.S. in 1867. He also wrote the first periodical and the first dictionary designed specifically for women: ""The Ladies' Mercury"" - an imitation of his wider Athenian project - and acting here as the publisher more than the author: ""The ladies dictionary, being a general entertainment of the fair-sex, a work never attempted before in English"" (1694). John Dunton John Dunton (4 May 1659 – 1733) was an English bookseller and author. In 1691 he founded ""The Athenian Society"" to publish ""The Athenian Mercury"", the first major popular periodical and first miscellaneous periodical in England. In 1693,"
"inroads into the magazine market. Petticoat (magazine) Petticoat was a British weekly magazine for young women which was published from 1966 - the height of the Swinging Sixties - until 1975, in London by Fleetway/IPC, printed in 40 page issues by Eric Bemrose in Long Lane, Liverpool. Launched by ""Honey"" magazine founder Audrey Slaughter and subtitled 'For the young and fancy free' on its original masthead, ""Petticoat"" responded to the emergence of a more liberal teenager and young woman. From 9-Sep-1967, it absorbed ""Trend"", renaming itself ""Petticoat/Trend"" until it dropped the latter name about a year later. By this time,"
"The Spectator The Spectator is a weekly British magazine on politics, culture, and current affairs. It was first published in July 1828. It is owned by David and Frederick Barclay who also own ""The Daily Telegraph"" newspaper, via Press Holdings. Its principal subject areas are politics and culture. Its editorial outlook is generally supportive of the Conservative Party, although regular contributors include some outside that fold, such as Frank Field, Rod Liddle and Martin Bright. The magazine also contains arts pages on books, music, opera, and film and TV reviews. Editorship of ""The Spectator"" has often been a step on"
"hotel group Trust House Forte. They continued to publish it quarterly during 1984 - 1986 from their global headquarters in London with Alexander Chancellor as editor. Again it was propped-up by a very wealthy peer, Lord Forte of Ripley. Time and Tide (magazine) Time and Tide was a British weekly political and literary review magazine founded by Margaret, Lady Rhondda in 1920. It started out as a supporter of left wing and feminist causes and the mouthpiece of the feminist Six Point Group. The first editor was Helen Archdale. Lady Rhondda took over herself as editor in 1926 and remained"