Cavalcade (magazine) explained
| Category: | News magazine |
| Frequency: | Weekly |
| Publisher: | News Periodicals Ltd |
| Founded: | 1936 |
| Firstdate: | February 1936 |
| Finaldate: | 1950 |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
Cavalcade was a British weekly news magazine which was in circulation between 1936 and 1950.[1] It was modelled on the American magazine Time.[2] [3] The first issue of Cavalcade appeared in February 1936.[1] [4] The founding publisher was News Periodicals Ltd.[5] In 1937 Cavalcade reported that its circulation was 50,000 copies,[1] but next year the magazine was sold due to financial problems.[2]
Cavalcade was the only British publication which published the photographs of King Edward and Wallis Simpson in the summer of 1936 taken when they were on holiday.[6] These photographs made their relationship publicly known for the first time.[6]
Notes and References
- Christopher Knowles. Julia Vossen. Four Illustrated News Magazines: A Comparative Study of Cultural Interactions in Post-War Germany. German Life and Letters. 2018. 71. 2. 119–120. 10.1111/glal.12192.
- Mark Roodhouse. 'Fish-and-Chip Intelligence': Henry Durant and the British Institute of Public Opinion, 1936–63. Twentieth Century British History. June 2013. 24. 2. 241. 10.1093/tcbh/hws012.
- The Press: Two for the British. 7 February 2022. Time. 12 July 1937.
- Book: George Orwell. George Orwell. Peter Davison. The Collected Non-Fiction. Essays, Articles, Diaries and Letters, 1903-1950. Penguin Books Limited. 2017. 978-0-241-25347-2. 843-IA91.
- Web site: Cavalcade – The British News-Magazine – Vol. 2, No. 21 – Dec 19, 1936. Priority Antiques. 7 February 2022.
- Book: Susan Williams. The People's King: The True Story of the Abdication. Penguin Books Limited. 2003. 978-0-14-190640-9. London; New York. 32.
