Mayfair (magazine) Mayfair (magazine) Mayfair is a British adult magazine for men. Founded in 1965, it was designed as a response to US magazines such as "Playboy" and "Penthouse", which had recently launched in the UK. For many years, it claimed the largest distribution of any men's magazine in the UK. It is a softcore magazine, thus is available in newsagents, although some larger retailers require a modesty bag to hide the cover. "Mayfair" was launched by Fisk Publishing Ltd in 1965 with an August cover date. The company was controlled by Brian Fisk. Its first editor was David Campbell, and its
For Men Only (magazine) Cruz Smith described writing for the magazine in the 1960s when a team of two editors - junior and senior - created the entire magazine each month. At the time the magazine featured a photospread and centerfold but the female model was not nude. Cruz worked at the magazine from the mid-1960s to 1968. Donald Bain wrote for the magazine in the early 1960s at a time when other writers contributing to the cluster of men's magazines included Mario Puzo, Mickey Spillane and Bruce Jay Friedman. Bain described writing for the magazine as a sought-after job for writers at the