Cavalcade was a British weekly news magazine which was in circulation between 1936 and 1950.[1] It was modelled on the American magazine Time.[2][3] The first issue of Cavalcade appeared in February 1936.[1][4] The founding publisher was News Periodicals Ltd.[5] In 1937 Cavalcade reported that its circulation was 50,000 copies,[1] but next year the magazine was sold due to financial problems.[2]
| Categories | News magazine |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Publisher | News Periodicals Ltd |
| Founded | 1936 |
| First issue | February 1936 |
| Final issue | 1950 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Cavalcade was the only British publication which published the photographs of King Edward and Wallis Simpson in the summer of 1936 taken when they were on holiday.[6] These photographs made their relationship publicly known for the first time.[6]
An Australian edition of the same titled magazine was published in Sydney between the 1940s and persisted into the 1970s. It was distributed by Gordon & Gotch and featured short fiction, self-improvement reports, "cheesecake pinups" and cartoons.
References
edit- ^ a b c Christopher Knowles; Julia Vossen (2018). "Four Illustrated News Magazines: A Comparative Study of Cultural Interactions in Post-War Germany". German Life and Letters. 71 (2): 119–120. doi:10.1111/glal.12192.
- ^ a b Mark Roodhouse (June 2013). "'Fish-and-Chip Intelligence': Henry Durant and the British Institute of Public Opinion, 1936–63". Twentieth Century British History. 24 (2): 241. doi:10.1093/tcbh/hws012.
- ^ "The Press: Two for the British". Time. 12 July 1937. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
- ^ George Orwell (2017). Peter Davison (ed.). The Collected Non-Fiction. Essays, Articles, Diaries and Letters, 1903-1950. Penguin Books Limited. p. 843-IA91. ISBN 978-0-241-25347-2.
- ^ "Cavalcade – The British News-Magazine – Vol. 2, No. 21 – Dec 19, 1936". Priority Antiques. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
- ^ a b Susan Williams (2003). The People's King: The True Story of the Abdication. London; New York: Penguin Books Limited. p. 32. ISBN 978-0-14-190640-9.