Nova (UK magazine)

Nova, published from March 1965 to October 1975, was a British magazine. It has been described as "a politically radical, beautifully designed, intellectual women's magazine".[1]

Founded by Molly Parkin, who became the first fashion editor, Nova described itself as "The new kind of magazine for a new kind of woman". It was edited by Dennis Hackett with Alma Birk as associate editor.[2]

Writers for Nova included Lynda Lee-Potter. Nova published the autobiographical writing of Arthur Hopcraft, later expanded into his 1970 book The Great Apple Raid and Other Encounters of a Tin Chapel Tiro.[3] In the early 1970s it featured experimental 'impressionistic' fashion photographs by Terence Donovan.[4] Illustrators included Mel Calman.[5]

References

  1. ^ Kate Muir, 'The greatest magazine of all time', The Times, 22 April 2006
  2. ^ Mark Pottle, ‘Birk , Alma Lillian, Baroness Birk (1917–1996)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Oct 2008 , accessed 30 May 2011
  3. ^ Richard Holt, ‘Hopcraft, Arthur Edward (1932–2004)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Jan 2008; online edn, Jan 2011, accessed 30 May 2011
  4. ^ Robin Muir, ‘Donovan, Terence Daniel (1936–1996)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Oct 2006 , accessed 30 May 2011
  5. ^ Simon Heneage, ‘Calman, Melville (1931–1994)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 , accessed 30 May 2011

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