My husband wondered what on earth I'd been reading when he saw the magazine face-down on the coffee table!Anita
Famous Five solving 'Agatha Christie' type mysteries???
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Re: Famous Five solving 'Agatha Christie' type mysteries???
I bought the October Book and Magazine Collector yesterday and thought Norman Wright gave an enjoyable overview of the Find-Outers series. I also liked the article on early science books. I have to say I found the front cover rather more appealing than the back cover - but then perhaps not everyone would agree! My husband wondered what on earth I'd been reading when he saw the magazine face-down on the coffee table!
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My husband wondered what on earth I'd been reading when he saw the magazine face-down on the coffee table!Anita
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It certainly is! BBC4 (I think) is showing a series on the history of comics, starting next week. It should be a fascinationg programme - especially the first one, as that focuses on British comics from the 30s to the 60s.Lenoir wrote: (The Beano was “every Thursday”, dated Saturday, is it still going?)
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That will be interesting indeed. Some of the artists were really good too. I wonder if the BBC "prime" channel will show it for the overseas viewers, sometime in the distant future. They don't show new stuff except for the soaps as far as I can make out.
They don't have that B&MC magazine in the shops here. I might try a "specialist" collectors shop and see.
They don't have that B&MC magazine in the shops here. I might try a "specialist" collectors shop and see.
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I just want to know what on earth was on the back cover? 
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The back cover is given over to an advert for an auction of erotica. "Erotica" is written at the top of the page in bright pink letters, and there's a photograph of a curvaceous young woman squeezed into a corset. A striking contrast with the front cover!
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I must admit I noticed the contrast between back and front covers of Book Collector's Mag. Wonder what Enid would have made of it?
Strange shape that lady on the back cover has got: I'm amazed she has any breath left to smile!
Strange shape that lady on the back cover has got: I'm amazed she has any breath left to smile!
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hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'
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Oops I hope its not a Blyton candid or something.Anita Bensoussane wrote: A striking contrast with the front cover!
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Re: Famous Five solving 'Agatha Christie' type mysteries???
I put the magazine on a table upside down while staying at a friend's house. I was quite embarrassed when I saw the back cover staring up at me. 
I don't know if my friend saw it, and wondered what kind of magazine I was reading!
I don't know if my friend saw it, and wondered what kind of magazine I was reading!
This is a Green Knight Book which means that it is a book by one of the most popular authors of all.