cliff richard Archives - Gay News Archive Project https://gaynewsarchive.co.uk/tag/cliff-richard/ A project to digitise early editions of the UK's pioneering LGBT+ newspaper Gay News Wed, 25 Sep 2024 11:37:14 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://gaynewsarchive.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/cropped-favicon-32x32.png cliff richard Archives - Gay News Archive Project https://gaynewsarchive.co.uk/tag/cliff-richard/ 32 32 Issue 1 https://gaynewsarchive.co.uk/issue-1/ https://gaynewsarchive.co.uk/issue-1/#respond Mon, 01 May 1972 19:10:40 +0000 https://gaynewsarchive.co.uk/?p=22 From the project to digitise early editions of the UK's pioneering LGBT+ newspaper Gay News...

INFORMATION Issue #1 10p 12 pages Undated. Approximate publication date: 1 May 1972 Saville and the Speakeasy Gay personal ads Scottish news Heterosexual of the month IT loses Small Ad appeal The Gay News editorial collective: Richard Adams (Design); Martin Corbett; Ian Dunn (Scotland); Denis Lemon; Glenys Parry (Manchester); Doug Pollard; David Seligman Gay News...

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INFORMATION

  • Issue #1
  • 10p
  • 12 pages

  • Undated. Approximate publication date: 1 May 1972

  • Saville and the Speakeasy
  • Gay personal ads
  • Scottish news
  • Heterosexual of the month
  • IT loses Small Ad appeal

  • The Gay News editorial collective: Richard Adams (Design); Martin Corbett; Ian Dunn (Scotland); Denis Lemon; Glenys Parry (Manchester); Doug Pollard; David Seligman
  • Gay News special friends: Roger Baker; Graham Chapman; John Chesterman; Lawrence Collinson; Martin Grant; Anthony Grey; Julian D. Grinspoon; Peter MacMillan; Suki J. Pitcher; Sylvia Room; Manus Sasokin; David Sherlock; Martin Slavin; Jean-Claude Thevenin
  • Special thanks to: Andrew & Peter; Jane & Shaun; Richard & Norman; Ken and Allan; Michael; Angus & Ken and all the other Friends and Loved Ones.

  • The first edition. The editorial, of course, details the effort that went into setting up the newspaper. The cover story is about BBC Radio 1’s Speakeasy programme, hosted by the now-disgraced Jimmy Savile. International Times (IT) was before the House of Lords, having been prosecuted for publishing LGBT+ contact ads. They lost. Reviews include Cabaret and Dietrich in London. The (illegal) personal ads are all from members of staff

  • Jimmy Savile is misspelled Jimmy Saville throughout.

  • Het of the month: Cliff Richard

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