World Magazine

Info & Contributors 1987

World Magazine was launched in the United Kingdom in May 1987 and later internationally. It contained an ecletic mix of features on natural history, wildlife, science, astronomy, travel, anthropology, history, archaeology and environmental matters. It appealed to readers of all ages who described themselves as interested in 'everything in the world around them'. It also broke new ground in terms of excellent design, photography and reproduction – winning, as a consequence, Britain's 1988 PPP Design Awards in its first year of publication.

The remarkable success of World Magazine owed much to its contributors who were generally young. They came with fresh ideas and, since few of them had worked on national publications, remained largely 'uncorrupted'. Above all they were enthusiastic about their subjects and their work and this communicated itself to our readers. Sadly World Magazine was acquired, very expensively, by BBC Publications who saw it as a severe threat to its own stable of wildlife and travel magazines. Entirely failing to understand the reasons for the magazine's success, the BBC treated it as a 'travel mag' and thought that the introduction of celebrity writers and populist features would increase its sales still further. Unsurprisingly World Magazine died in the hands of the BBC within a couple of years.

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Kensington Gardens

What Your Head Says About You

HMS Implacable

World Magazine

Publishers: Hyde Park Publications,
27 Kensington Court, London W8 5DN.

Founding Editor: Christopher Long
Sub Editor: Rachel Horner
Editorial Assistant: Helen Baker
Layout: Charles Karsenbarg

Advertising Sales: Ray Carmen, Brian Broome, Timothy Boyd-Maunsell.

Typesetting/Repro/Printers: Jarrold, Norwich; Distribution: Seymour, London.

Mechanical Data:
Page Make-up: Cut & Paste. Page Trim: 287 mm x 210 mm. Page Bleed: 293 mm x 216 mm. Type Area: 252 mm x 175 mm. DPS Trim: 287 mm x 420 mm. DPS Bleed: 293 mm x 426 mm. DPS Type Area: 252 mm x 380 mm.
Type Specification: Heads: Goudi and Bembo. Grid: Rigid. Body text: Goudi Light 10/11.5 pt. Quotes/Intros: Goudi Light Italic 14/15 pt. Captions: Goudi Light Italic 10/11.5 pt. Running Heads: Goudi Light Caps/Raised Caps. Headlines: 24 pt. Photo Credits: Goudi Raised Caps 8 pt. By-Lines: Goudi Bold Raised Caps 12 pt. Contents Page: See style. Editor's Page: See style.
Advertisements: Never fall within an editorial feature. Never less than a full single column vertical or a half page across. Positioning may be dependent on colour-compatibity with adjacent editorial pages.

The Contributors (Issues 1-6)

1. Anthony Lambert The End of The Line – steam railways – words & photography.
2. Anna Milford Capital Cities – Moscow – Berne – Oslo – Cairo – Athens – Lisbon – words & occasional photography. Ramparts Of The Realm – S.E. England’s fortifications – words – photography by David Bache.
3. Barrie Watts Pools of Adventure – rock pool wildlife – words & photography. The Last of a Line – coppicing – words & photography. The Silent City – Bryce Canyon – words & photography.
4. Simon Goldstein Photographs of Desmond Morris (Anthropologist) for written profile by David Kerr. Photographs of Dr John Sparks (London Zoo director) – for written profile by Robert Kolbe.
5. Torla Evans Museums – regular series – words – photography various. Petra: A City Carved In Stone – words & photography.
6. Isabella Tree Darwin – The Reality – Galapagos Islands – words. Photography by Robin McKie and Rosemary Catford.
7. Robin McKie Galapagos Islands photography. Gentle Giants – Galapagos tortoises – words & photography.
8. Rosemary CatfordGalapagos Islands – photography. Miniature Monsters – Galapagos reptiles – words & photography. Lava And Life – Galapagos Islands general feature. The Maasai Of Kenya – words & photography. Namibia. Africa’s Gem – words & photography.
9. William Paton Galapagos Islands – photography. Birds Of Prey – Buzzards -photography.
10. Gay Christie Galapagos – general feature – words. Buzzards – The Tourist’s Eagle – birds of prey – words.
11. Steve Barham The Welsh Alternative – alternative technology – words & photography.
12. Paul & Jeanne Davies Appearances Are Deceptive – orchids – words & photography.
13. Richard Bateman Orchids For Everyone? – words – photography by Richard Bateman and Paul Harcourt Davies.
14. Paul Claxton Prospective contributor tragically killed in a mountain fall in Indonesia.
15. NASA Is It Worth The Price – space – photography of earth from satellites – words by Rosaly Lopes and Ian Crawford. Voyage To The Green Planet – Voyager 2 photography words by Rosaly Lopes. Return To The Red Planet – Phobos – photography – words by Rosaly Lopes. Cratered Worlds – space – photography – additional photography by J. Roddy and K. Zellen – words by Rosaly Lopes.
16. Clive Nicholls Old Ways, New Problems – the New Forest words & photography.
17. Helena Drysdale Zero Degrees Longitude – Greenwich photography. Alone Through China – words & photography.
18. Felix Barker Mary Rose Launched Again – words – photography by Mary Rose Trust with additional words by Christopher Long. Zero Degrees Longitude – Greenwich – words – photography by Helena Drysdale.
19. Janet Wishnetsky Pushkar – words & photography. Turkish Markets – words & photography. Exploring A Closed World – Burma – words & photography. Behind The Mask – Venice – words & photography with additional photography by Jill Shapiro.
20. Ann Hills The Sea – words & photography – additional photography by Sussex Marine Life.
21. Geological Museum Gemstones – photography.
22. Rachel Horner Crystals Of Chance – gemstones – words.
23. Tina Traster Gemstones – words.
24. Aquila Photographics Tamed Killers – Wild Killers – birds of prey – photography.
25. Alan Richards Wild Killers – birds of prey – words.
26. Planet Earth Pictures Diving – action – photography. Brock Or Bagge – badgers – photography – words by Gareth Huw Davies – additional photography by Planet Earth Pictures. For Those In Peril … Whales – photography – additional photography by Dave Currey, and Survival Anglia – words by Gareth Huw Davies. Puffas & Voodoo – photography – words by David Tindall – with additional photography from David Tindall and Susan Griggs. Preserve Or Plunder – Antarctica – photography – additional pictures from the British Antarctic Survey – words by Gareth Huw Davies.
27. Nick Crane Diving – action – words. Microlighting – action – words & photography. Hill-Walking – action – words & photography. Ballooning – action – words – photography (additional photography by Bjorn Anderson). River-Running – action – words – photography by Rex Features. Mountain Biking – action – words & photography (additional photography by Peter Inglis).
28. Ros Drinkwater South Atlantic Crossroads – Falklands Islands – words & photography. World At Risk – regular series – words & photography. As We Were – rare breeds – words & photography. A Day At The Zoo – words & photography. The Hidden Nine-Tenths Of The Natural History Museum – words & photography (additional pictures from the British Museum).
29. Helen & Aidan Long Book Reviews – regular series – words.
30. Helen Long The Northern Bat – words – photography by Frank Greenaway.
31. Simon Fraser Edge Of Empire – Hadrian’s Wall – words & photography.
32. Sue Murray Embedded In The Past – fossils – words – photography by Rob Stratton.
33. Rob Stratton Embedded In The Past – fossils photography. The First Fleet Voyage – tall ships – words & photography. The Annapurna Circuit – Nepal – words & photography. The Life Of A Gamekeeper – words & photography. Tresco Valhalla Museum – figureheads – photography – words by Louise Rodden. Rocks & Wrecks – Scilly Isles – words & photography plus additional photography by Harry Graham. The Rough Ride – The Kimberleys – words & photography.
34. Louise Rodden Tresco Valhalla Museum – figureheads – words -photography by Rob Stratton.
35. David Parker Thirty Light Years On – Jodrell Bank – space – photography.
36. Nigel Henbest Thirty Light Years On – Jodrell Bank – space – words.
37. Dave Curry/E.I.A. Trade Or Tradition – Faroe Islands – words & photography. For Those In Peril … Whales – photography – additional photography by Survival Anglia and Planet Earth Pictures – words by Gareth Huw Davies.
38. David Bache One Generation Later – Vietnam – words & photography. Ramparts Of The Realm – S.E. England fortifications – photography – words by Anna Milford.
39. Kirsten Hughes Sir Peter Scott – profile – photography.
40. Kieran Mulvaney Sir Peter Scott – profile – words.
41. Mary Rose Trust Mary Rose Launched Again – photography – words by Felix Barker.
42. Andrew McKinney Spanning Fifty Years – Golden Gate Bridge – photography – words by Sylvia A. Smith.
43. Sylvia A Smith Spanning Fifty Years – Golden Gate Bridge – words – photography by Andrew McKinney.
44. Stephen Whitehorne A Narrow Life – canals – words & photography.
45. Jane Gifford Just Trees – Westonbirt – words & photography.
46. John Hines The Vanishing Bat – words & photography.
47. Peter Wilson Shooting Wildlife – nature photography – additional photography – words by Bob Gibbons.
48. Robin Fletcher Shooting Wildlife – nature photography – additional photography – words by Bob Gibbons.
49. Bob Gibbons Shooting Wildlife – nature photography – words & photography – additional photography by Robin Fletcher and Peter Wilson.
50. Phil Barthropp Thirty Metres Down – sub-aqua – words & photography.
51. Susan Griggs We Plough The Fields And Scatter… – farming – photography – words by Gareth Huw Davies. Puffas & Voodoo – photography – words by David Tindall – with additional photography from David Tindall and Planet Earth Pictures.
52. Survival Anglia We Plough The Fields And Scatter… – farming – photography – words by Gareth Huw Davies. Cindy Buxton – profile – photography – words by Gareth Huw Davies. Brock Or Bagge – badgers – photography – words by Gareth Huw Davies – additional photography by Planet Earth Pictures. For Those In Peril … Whales – photography – additional photography by Dave Currey, and Planet Earth Pictures – words by Gareth Huw Davies.
53. Gareth Huw Davies We Plough The Fields And Scatter … – farming – words – photography by Survival Anglia and Susan Griggs. Cindy Buxton – profile – words – photography by Survival Anglia. Brock Or Bagge – badgers – words – photography by Survival Anglia and Planet Earth Pictures. Nuclear Energy – The Debate Of The Eighties – words – photography courtesy of the CEGB. For Those In Peril … Whales – words – photography by Dave Currey, Survival Anglia and Planet Earth Pictures. Preserve Or Plunder – Antarctica – words – photography by Planet Earth Pictures and British Antarctic Survey.
54. Jon Martin Project Wallace – Bugs In Sulawesi – words & photography.
55. Mike Hammett Welsh Wildlife Trusts – Pockets Of Resistance – photography – words by John Worrall.
56. Philip Evans Welsh Wildlife Trusts – Pockets Of Resistance – photography – words by John Worrall.
57. John Worrall Welsh Wildlife Trusts – Pockets Of Resistance – words – photography by Mike Hammett and Philip Evans.
58. Rosaly Lopes Is It Worth The Price – space – words – also by Ian Crawford – photography by NASA. Space – Voyage To The Green Planet – Voyager 11 – words – photography by NASA. Return To The Red Planet – Phobos – words – photography by NASA. Cratered Worlds – space – words – photography by NASA and additional photography by J Roddy and K Zellen.
59. Ian Crawford Is It Worth The Price – space – words – also by Rosaly Lopes – photography by NASA.
60. Tony Martin Time To Save The Monk Seal? – words & photography.
61. John Bassett Family Secrets – Erdigg – words & photography.
62. Gunter Ziesler The Silent Hunter – tigers – words & photography.
63. Juanita Phillips Ab-Original – Owned By The Land – aborigines – words – photography by Jill Tweedie.
64. Jill Tweedie Ab-Original – Owned By The Land – aborigines – photography – words by Juanita Phillips.
65. Phillip Riley Operating Raleigh – words – photography by Orpix.
66. Orpix Operating Raleigh – photography – words by Phillip Riley.
67. Meriel Larken The Old Lady Of The Lake – Yavari project – words – photography provided.
68. Marion Kaplan Battle Royal Of The Rothschild Giraffe – words & photography.
69. Robert Kolbe Dr John Sparks – profile – words – photography by Simon Goldstein.
70. Paolo Negri Hampton Court – photography – words by Paolo Negri and Ian Crichton.
71. Ian Crichton Hampton Court – words in collaboration with Paolo Negri – photography by Paolo Negri. Proof-reading of all galleys for World Magazine from Issue 2 – Issue 7.
72. Bjorn Anderson Ballooning – action – photography by Nick Crane & Bjorn Anderson – words by Nick Crane.
73. Frank Greenaway The Northern Bat – photography – words by Helen Long.
74. John Mack Madagascar: Rice And The Ancestors – words & photography.
75. Richard Revels British Fungi – revelations – words & photography. Ireland – The Burren – revelations – words & photography. Britain’s Rarest Butterflies – revelations – words & photography.
76. John Worrall The Cook Islands – Far Away Places – words & photography.
77. Norman C Fuller The Flight Of Insects – words & photography.
78. Dario Mitidieri Another World – The Okavango Delta – words & photography.
79. Johan Elzenga Saving The Rhino – words & photography.
80. Rex Features River-Running – action – photography – words by Nick Crane.
81. Tom Pocock Nelson’s West Indies – words – photography by Jill Shapiro.
82. Jill Shapiro Nelson’s West Indies – photography – words by Tom Pocock.
83. Michael Edwards The Fool Of The Moss – Dotterel – words & photography. Rising From The Ashes – Wigan – words & photography.
84. David Kerr Zoo Director And Zoo Vet – David Jones – profile – words – photography by Adrian Neville. Scrapyard In The Sky – words. Patrick Moore – profile – words & photography.
85. David Levinson The Coracle Maker – words & photography with additional text by Christopher Long.
86. Mary Hatfield A Scorpion In Your Pocket – Bodrum – words & photography.
87. David Tindall Puffas & Voodoo – words & photography – with additional photography from Planet Earth Pictures and Susan Griggs.
88. Dr Horace Dobbs Dolphins – Can They Dispel The Blues – words & photography.
89. British Antarctic Survey Preserve Or Plunder – Antarctica – photography – additional pictures from Planet Earth Pictures – words by Gareth Huw Davies.
90. Christopher Long
    Commissioning of all content (text and images) in preview and each of the first seven issues.
    Editing, sub-editing, picture selection, layout and pagination in preview and each of the first seven issues.
    Editorials in the preview and each of the first seven issues.
    HMS Implacable – words – additional to Mary Rose Launched Again by Felix Barker illustrating photograph by Mary Rose Trust.
    The Coracle Maker – introductory words – additional to words & photography by David Levinson.
    Kensington Gardens (originally written for London Portrait Magazine) – photography by Andrée Cooke.
    Talking Heads – words – photography various.

The above list does not include contributors from Issue 7 onwards...

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