Thornton Leigh Hunt 1860s. Hunt was also editor of "The Spectator" from around 1859 to January 1861. James Buchanan was at that time President of the United States and was attempting to counter civil war over the issue of slavery, mostly by adopting a vacillatory position. Two Americans based in London - a businessman called John McHenry and an Assistant Secretary to ambassador George M. Dallas, called Benjamin Moran - determined to use the magazine as a counter to the generally anti-Buchanan position of the British press. Hunt had assisted Robert Stephen Rintoul at "The Spectator" and appears to have stayed on after
Debonair (magazine) they were just beginning their careers. This includes Juhi Chawla and Madhuri Dixit, photographed by the famous photographer Gautam Rajadhyaksha. Debonair (magazine) Debonair is an Indian monthly men's magazine, originally modelled after "Playboy". "Debonair" was founded in 1973. Its first issue was published in April 1974. The founding publisher was Susheel Somani. The magazine, best known for its topless female centerfolds, was first edited by Ashok Row Kavi and Anthony Van Braband. Vinod Mehta also worked as the editor of the magazine. Under editor Derek Bose, "Debonair" was reformatted to remove nudity and target a younger demographic in 2005. It