Andrew O’Hagan: Lad mags, 3 June 2004
Stag & Groom Magazine edited by Perdita Patterson.
Hanage, 130 pp., £4, May 2004Show More Zoo edited by Paul Merrill.
Emap East, 98 pp., £1.20, May 2004Show More Nuts edited by Phil Hilton.
IPC, 98 pp., £1.20, May 2004Show More Loaded edited by Martin Daubney.
IPC, 194 pp., £3.30, June 2004Show More Jack edited by Michael Hodges.
Dennis, 256 pp., £3, May 2004Show More Esquire edited by Simon Tiffin.
National Magazine Company, 180 pp., £3.40, June 2004Show More GQ edited by Dylan Jones.
Condé Nast, 200 pp., £3.20, June 2004Show More Men's Health edited by Morgan Rees.
Rodale, 186 pp., £3.40, June 2004Show More Arena Homme Plus: ‘The Boys of Summer’ edited by Ashley Heath.
Emap East, 300 pp., £5, April 2004Show More Stag & Groom Magazine edited by Perdita Patterson.
Hanage, 130 pp., £4, May 2004Show More Zoo edited by Paul Merrill.
Emap East, 98 pp., £1.20, May 2004Show More Nuts edited by Phil Hilton.
IPC, 98 pp., £1.20, May 2004Show More Loaded edited by Martin Daubney.
IPC, 194 pp., £3.30, June 2004Show More Jack edited by Michael Hodges.
Dennis, 256 pp., £3, May 2004Show More Esquire edited by Simon Tiffin.
National Magazine Company, 180 pp., £3.40, June 2004Show More GQ edited by Dylan Jones.
Condé Nast, 200 pp., £3.20, June 2004Show More Men’s Health edited by Morgan Rees.
Rodale, 186 pp., £3.40, June 2004Show More Arena Homme Plus: ‘The Boys of Summer’ edited by Ashley Heath.
Emap East, 300 pp., £5, April 2004Show More “... gay for men to blow-dry their hair. This went on for a while until one day he made the point to Martin Amis that it was actually quite gay to sleep with a woman. GQ is gay in that way: it appears to envy women more than lust for them, and its pages are full of tips on how men should depilate, breast-enlarge, slicken, tart up, and generally make themselves a ...”
