Jackie (magazine) especially if the story involved a "reader's true life experience". Both the comics and the short stories invariably dealt with either romance or family issues. The centre pages of the magazine usually contained a pull-out poster of a popular band or film star. The magazine featured a section called "Silly Star File", a humorous interview with figures from the world of pop music. "Jackie" became very popular with young teenage girls, not least because of the "Cathy and Claire" problem page, which received 400 reader letters a week and dealt with controversial issues that were nonetheless relevant to the readership.
Cathy Hopkins Cathy Hopkins "For The Apprentice (UK) candidate, see Katie Hopkins" Cathy Hopkins (born in Manchester) is an English author with over 60 published titles. She has recently been writing for the popular fiction market with The Kicking The Bucket List published in March 2017 by HarperCollins Dancing Over The Hill in January 2018 and Blast From the Past which will be out in February 2019. Hopkins was born in Manchester, but lived in Kenya from the age of five until she was eleven and her family returned to England.She also sang with a rock and roll band named Driving Rock