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I’m a bit late with this post about Arena magazine, which sadly closed the doors in March.

Just thought I’d tell you about the time when I worked at (previous publishers of Arena) Wagadon on an issue of The Face. That’s another story, but while I was there I was chatting to then editor, Dylan Jones, about the Greta Scacchi cover they ran in summer 1991. It was the first time they had ever put a woman on the front cover, and the issue sold out completely. This made him realise – a men’s magazine doesn’t have to have images of men on the front cover (as every issue had done before). Well, you just need to look at any men’s magazine today – to see that Arena started the revolution – for better or for worse. Continue reading ‘Arena – gone but not forgotten’