4 FIRST WORDS 6 THE WHORE Desmond Cromer Smith 11 SHEKA Barry Vincent 18 Bette Midler INTERVIEW Molly Parkin 24 OPEL FRUIT Susanne Kent 28 KEN TELLS YOU HOW TO . .. Ken Pickett 30 SYLVIA & CHRISTINE Rupert Daines 36 A NATURAL SENSE OF RHYTHM Robert Ray 38 THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY Paul Hammond 42 DEBBIE Dwight Fox 52 THE FIONA FILE Fiona Richmond 54 SILK TONGUE IN A PIG'S EAR Arthur Moment 58 LEARNING TO DO WHAT COMES NATURALLY Humphrey Evans 62 JEAN Barry Vincent 68 DOING THE BELFAST BOOGIE Ken Rogers 73 KATHY & KARL 78 COMMUNICATION 79 PARTY TIME FOR KIDS & CODS Molly Parkin / Jay Myrdal 89 PAULA Dwight Fox 96 TALL STOREYS Jamie Mandelkau
EDITORIAL
VARIATIONS ON THE theme of sex are, Fm pleased to remind you, virtually unlimited.
If you doubt it, just glance through this issue. There's the straightforward,
glorious reality of it, for instance rarely better described than in Desmond Cromer Smith's latest short story called - with a clever touch of irony - The Whore. Then there's the fun of it (and we firmly believe it should always be fun) expressed in Silk Tongue in a Pig's Ear. For some people sex isn't fun, though, and during the last few years the art of the sex therapist has become more or less accepted everywhere. What they do, how they cope with sexual problems are subjects for constant speculation. So we asked a few experts to tell us the honest truth about those sessions.
The sex lives of real people are constantly fascinating. And Bette Midler is one of the most fascinating of people - that outrageous, rampageous singer, clown and unique artist. The equally extraordinary Molly Parkin went to interview and we feel sure only Ms. Molly could have persuaded Ms. Midler to part with a few salient facts about her life-style.
Our regular commentators present their own personal insights into the fun, frolics and fantasy of sex, and so that you don't forget what it's all about, there are pages and pages of our wonderful women, girls to make all your dreams come true./Roger Baker.
