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
Fiesta (magazine) Fiesta (magazine) Fiesta magazine is a British soft-core pornographic magazine, published by Galaxy Publications. It is a sister publication of "Knave". Launched in 1966, "Fiesta" quickly became Britain's top selling adult magazine. Dubbed 'the magazine for men which women love to read,' the monthly magazine's readers were responsible, in the early 1970s, for creating a phenomenon that has been adopted in magazines worldwide: "Readers' Wives". Central to this theme is the monthly Readers' Wives Striptease section, which shows a set of photos of a supposed wife or girlfriend of a reader being photographed by "Fiesta" undressing (often, but not always