Cavalcade (magazine) explained

Cavalcade was a British weekly news magazine which was in circulation between 1936 and 1950.^[1] It was modelled on the American magazine Time.^{[2] [3]} The first issue of Cavalcade appeared in February 1936.^{[1] [4]} The founding publisher was News Periodicals Ltd.^[5] In 1937 Cavalcade reported that its circulation was 50,000 copies,^[1] but next year the magazine was sold due to financial problems.^[2]

Cavalcade was the only British publication which published the photographs of King Edward and Wallis Simpson in the summer of 1936 taken when they were on holiday.^[6] These photographs made their relationship publicly known for the first time.^[6]

An Australian edition of the same titled magazine was published in Sydney between the 1940s and persisted into the 1970s. It was distributed by Gordon & Gotch and featured short fiction, self-improvement reports, "cheesecake pinups" and cartoons.

Notes and References

1. Christopher Knowles. Julia Vossen. Four Illustrated News Magazines: A Comparative Study of Cultural Interactions in Post-War Germany. German Life and Letters. 2018. 71. 2. 119–120. 10.1111/glal.12192.
2. Mark Roodhouse. 'Fish-and-Chip Intelligence': Henry Durant and the British Institute of Public Opinion, 1936–63. Twentieth Century British History. June 2013. 24. 2. 241. 10.1093/tcbh/hws012.
3. The Press: Two for the British. 7 February 2022. Time. 12 July 1937.
4. Book: George Orwell. George Orwell. Peter Davison. The Collected Non-Fiction. Essays, Articles, Diaries and Letters, 1903-1950. Penguin Books Limited. 2017. 978-0-241-25347-2. 843-IA91.
5. Web site: Cavalcade – The British News-Magazine – Vol. 2, No. 21 – Dec 19, 1936. Priority Antiques. 7 February 2022.
6. Book: Susan Williams. The People's King: The True Story of the Abdication. Penguin Books Limited. 2003. 978-0-14-190640-9. London; New York. 32.