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| Editor | Julia Jones |
|---|---|
| Categories | Pornographic men's |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Publisher | Paul Raymond Publications |
| First issue | 1983 |
| Company | Blue Active Media Ltd |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Website | www |
| ISSN | 0955-1840 |
| OCLC | 793924276 |
Razzle is a British softcore pornographic magazine published monthly by Paul Raymond Publications. It was founded in 1983 and is currently focused on girl-next-door style pornography, offering cash for any photos of "readers' wives" printed; in the past, however, several notable glamour models were featured, including minor celebrity Jo Guest. It also includes the traditional feature of sexual fantasy tales presented as "true" stories.
There was an earlier UK men's magazine of the same title, published by Ritz Publishing Co., that dates from the 1930s to the late 1950s. This was a pocket format title, which featured a colour centre spread by the illustrator George Davies.[1] This magazine was banned by the Censorship of Publications Board of the Irish Free State in 1935; the ban carried over to the later title and was lifted in 2011.[2]
Despite the market for softcore pornography decreasing in the UK, Razzle is still successful, having launched some spin-off titles including Razzle Extreme, The Best of Razzle, Razzle Readers Wives and Razzle DVD.[citation needed] Razzle does, however, offer hardcore imagery and videos of the photosets found in its magazines online, on the official Paul Raymond website.
Razzle is published by the late Paul Raymond's publishing house, whose other publications include Club International, Escort, Mayfair, Men Only and Men's World.[3] All of the Paul Raymond magazines are widely available in newsagents, although some larger retailers require a modesty bag in order to protect minors from seeing partial nudity on display on the cover. The magazine is also available in digital format from the Paul Raymond website. It was available from the Paul Raymond digital newsstand between 2013 and the closure of the newsstand.[4]
- ^ "Men's magazines: an A to Z". Magforum. Archived from the original on 18 January 2009.
- ^ Censorship of Publications Appeal Board (25 November 2011). "Censorship of Publications Act 1946" (PDF). Iris Oifigiúil (94). Government of Ireland: 1623.
- ^ Sigel (2005) p.164
- ^ "Sadly, DigitalMagazines.xxx has now closed for good". Paul Raymond Digital Magazine Store. Archived from the original on 6 August 2020.