8 FIRST WORDS
10 MATERNAL INSTINCT Desmond Cromer Smith
15 CHRISTIANNE Dwight Fox
22 Shirley MacLaine INTERVIEW David Scott
30 LOUISA (aka: Jan Fairbrother) Barry Vincent
38 CHART ACHES BY THE NUMBER Chris Trengove
43 KATIE Dwight Fox
52 TRAINS OF THOUGHT Roger Watt
56 COME OUT TO PLAY Robert Daner
62 THE FIONA FILE Fiona Richmond
65 MAGGIE Rupert Daines
72 A HANDBAG? Robert Ray
74 GETTING THE MASSAGE Arthur Mason
80 COMMUNICATION
85 JESSICA Chris Thomson
96 SIT DOWN, YOU'RE ROCKING THE QUOTE! Jamie Mandelkau
COVER GIRL Katie, photographed by Dwight Fox
EDITORIAL FOR years the traditional opening of the London Season was Queen Charlotte's ball. Today, I'm sure few of us were too badly affected when we heard that this event had been discontinued. The older order changeth certainly and for one last nostalgic fling we asked Robert Daner to tell us about those hectic parties, moonlight nights and garden gropes of the 1950s. He should know - at that time he was a much in demand guardsman, always on duty .. .
A feature of the new order is that more men (in their tight, pocketless trousers) are carrying handbags. But what do they keep in them? Robert Ray persuaded a few to reveal all. And the new aristocrats are rock stars and their managers. Chart Aches by the Number gives a not too unlikely insight into this lifestyle, and to confirm it check up on what the top rock stars have actually said about each other. Then Arthur Mason, masseur extraordinary, reveals the secrets of his own loving technique - you'll want to try it immediately.
Thanks a million to the hundreds who struggled through our New Year competition
- winners on page 84 ; there's an in-depth interview with Shirley MacLaine,
news of Fiona's new book and notes on some of London's better restaurants, not to be missed when you're in town. And, of course, you'll revel in this month's collection of luscious summery ladies, tempting the appetite and full of promise./Roger Baker.
