Former editors | Roger Noel Cook (1974–1979) |
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Categories | Men's magazine |
Frequency | Weekly (1916–1920, 1939–1972) Monthly (1972–c. 2007) |
Publisher | W. Speaight & Sons (1916–1920; 1939–1943) City Magazines (1955–c. 1971) Williams Publishing/Top Sellers Ltd/General Books Distribution (c. 1971–c. 1979) GoldStar Publications/GSP Press (c. 1979–c. 2007) |
First issue | 1916 |
Final issue | c. 2007 |
Country | United Kingdom |
Based in | London |
Language | English |
Parade was a British magazine for men. With origins dating back to 1916, the magazine went through a number of different incarnations and different publishers until it went defunct around 2007. It was originally known as Blighty between 1916 and 1920 and was intended as a humorous magazine for servicemen. Relaunched in 1939, as Blighty Parade, it was turned into a pin-up magazine. Arthur Ferrier, a celebrated British artist, contributed significantly to the magazine with his distinctive pinup cartoons, which were often featured on the cover.[1] Renamed Parade in 1960, by the 1970s content had progressed to topless and nude photos of models, and at the end of the 1990s it went hardcore.