4 FIRST WORDS 6 GREAT WESTERN WOMEN! Mark Royston 11 PENNY Rupert Daises 18 Bette Midler INTERVIEW Joan Goodman 26 BED & BORED Len Richmond 28 CARLA Fred Enke 34 ADVANTAGE LAGONDA Susanne Kent 38 GEORGE & THE TWO OF US Maryjane Talbot 43 HONEY Barry Vincent 52 BASKETS OF LIGHT Humphrey Evans 56 THE VIRGIN & THE FOX Michael Walsh 61 HELEN Rupert Dairies 68 TROUBLE IN STORE Michael Ginley 71 OH ! THE BIRDS IN THE BIRDCAGE WALK Daniel Farson 74 COMMUNICATION 75 BOBBIE Dwight Fox 90 KERRY Rupert Dairies
EDITORIAL
Ever felt a bit earth-bound? Ever wanted to rise above it all? Well, in this issue Humphrey Evans tells you how to do just that and introduces the sport of hot air ballooning, an exhilarating activity that is growing in popularity. Nostalgia rules in certain directions, too, as Mark Royston drifts into reminiscence about the Great Western Railway system - and, of course, the beautiful and willing girls he used to stumble across when train spotting.
Then there's Daniel Farson, leading expert on the Music Hall (he's written shows about Marie Lloyd and Dan Leno), who delves into the interesting and ambiguous phenomena of those omen who liked to strut the stage dressed up as guardsmen, chaps about town an' city gents.
Our interview this month is with the rising American superstar Bette Midler -
listen to her chat and discover why we should know more about her. Then there
are the two short stories (horny wit), topical notes on food and books, motoring, Fiona and, of course, our super-spectacular spreads of fabulous girls - a whole 40 pages of Utopia. Were they ever lovelier? /Roger Baker
