Escort (magazine)

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Escort
Escortmagvol25no2.jpg
Escort Magazine Vol. 25, No. 2
EditorJim Harris
CategoriesPornographic magazine
Frequency4 weekly
PublisherCity Magazines (1958–1971)
Paul Raymond Publications (1971–present)
First issue1980 (42 years ago)
CompanyBlue Active Media Ltd
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Websitewww.paulraymond.xxx/magazines/escort.html

Escort is a British men's adult magazine, or softcore magazine, which contains pornography and erotica.[1] It is published by Paul Raymond Publications.[2][3]

Paul Raymond Publications releases a number of magazines similar to Escort, including Club International, Mayfair, Men Only, Men's World, and Razzle. The origin of these titles lies in businessman Paul Raymond's expansion from strip club management into magazine publishing in the 1960s.[4]

Publication history[]

A monthly pin-up magazine with the title Escort was published between 1958 and 1971 by City Magazines. The title was acquired by Raymond, and from 1971 to 1980 was incorporated into another title he had acquired from City Magazines, Men Only.[5]

In 1980, Raymond began publishing Escort as a top-shelf magazine with the revived title.[5] By 2012, Escort was in its 32nd year, or volume. The magazine is also sold in digital format. Initially this was via the Paul Raymond digital newsstand from 2013 until that website closed. Subsequently it has been available digitally from the publisher's main website.[6]

Content[]

The magazine's content is a combination of photographs and text, with the photographs almost entirely being those of partially or completely nude women.

Escort specialises in pictures of amateur (i.e. non-professional) models, some of which are sent to the magazine by readers – these are described as "readers' wives".[2][7] It often features photo-shoots taken in an "ordinary" location like a pub, or outdoors at a place familiar to British readers. In 2013 the magazine was described by Pierre Perrone, a former magazine editor for Paul Raymond Publications, as "downmarket".[8]

Up to and including vol. 15 (1995), Escort had a distinctive 'cut-out' cover, which folded out into a poster; this 'cut-out' design allowed a few smaller pictures on the contents page to be visible, thus giving a preview of other women posing in the magazine; one of these smaller pictures was usually that from the magazine's regular Girls of ... feature showing women posing at various locations of that issue's chosen town.

Escort is generally available in most newsagents, although some larger retailers require a modesty bag in order to protect minors from seeing partial nudity on display on the cover. Escort also has a digital identity on the official Paul Raymond website, where the hardcore imagery not found in the print version is also shown.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Adam Briggs, Paul Cobley, "The media: an introduction", Pearson Education, 2002, ISBN 0-582-42346-5, p.477
  2. ^ a b Karl Simms, "Ethics and the subject", Critical studies vol.8, Rodopi, 1997, ISBN 90-420-0022-8, p.208
  3. ^ Lisa Z. Sigel, "International exposure: perspectives on modern European pornography, 1800-2000", Rutgers University Press, 2005, ISBN 0-8135-3519-0, p.167
  4. ^ Granger, Pip (2010). Up West: Voices from the Streets of Post-War London. Random House. p. 399. ISBN 9781407083896.
  5. ^ a b "Escort [closed]," Magforum. Archived at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved Apr. 20, 2021.
  6. ^ "Sadly, DigitalMagazines.xxx has now closed for good". Paul Raymond Digital Magazine Store. Archived from the original on 6 August 2020.
  7. ^ Childs, Peter; Storry, Mike (2013). Encyclopedia of contemporary British culture. Encyclopedias of Contemporary Culture. Vol. Volume 4. Routledge. p. 537. ISBN 9781134755547. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help)
  8. ^ Pierre Perrone (23 April 2013). "My nights of passion with Paul Raymond". Independent.

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