World Magazine – Info & Contributors
00-00-1987



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.

See also: Editorial May; Editorial June; Editorial July; Editorial August; Editorial September; Editorial October; Editorial November; Kensington Gardens; What Your Head Says About You; HMS Implacable







Info:

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

Founding Editor: Christopher Long.
Sub Editor: Rachel Horner 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. Positioned must be compatible with adjacent editorial colour 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 Catford
    Galapagos 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


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