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Look and Learn

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{{Short description|British children's magazine, 1960s-80s}}
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| caption = ''Look and Learn'' cover page from 25 March 1972
| schedule = Weekly
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| publisher = [[Fleetway]]
| date = 1962–1982
| issues = 1049
| issn = 0262-6985
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'''''Look and Learn''''' was a British weekly educational magazine for children published by [[Fleetway Publications Ltd]] from 1962 until 1982. It contained educational text articles that covered a wide variety of topics from [[volcanoes]] to the [[Loch Ness Monster]]; a long running [[science fiction]] [[comic strip]], ''[[The Trigan Empire]]''; adaptations of famous works of literature into comic-strip form, such as ''[[Lorna Doone]]''; and serialized works of fiction such as ''[[The First Men in the Moon]]''.

The illustrators who worked on the magazine included [[Fortunino Matania]], [[John Millar Watt]], [[Peter Jackson (artist)|Peter Jackson]], [[John Worsley (artist)|John Worsley]], [[Ron Embleton]], [[Gerry Embleton]], [[Cecil Langley Doughty|C. L. Doughty]], [[Wilfred Hardy|Wilf Hardy]], [[Dan Escott]], [[Angus McBride]], [[Oli Frey|Oliver Frey]], [[James E. McConnell]], [[Kenneth Norman Lilly|Kenneth Lilly]], [[Reginald Ben Davis|R. B. Davis]] and [[Clive Uptton]].

It featured the Pen-Friends pages, a section where readers could make new friends overseas.

==Pre-publication history==
''Look and Learn'' was the brainchild of [[Leonard Matthews]], the editorial director of juvenile publications at [[Fleetway Publications]] which was already publishing the long-running ''[[the Children's Newspaper|Children's Newspaper]]''. An early attempt by Matthews to launch a new educational title along the lines of Italian educational magazines ''Conoscere'' and ''La Vita Meravigliosa'' had been turned down by the board of directors.<ref name="lookandlearn.com">{{cite web|title=Brief History of Look and Learn|url=http://www.lookandlearn.com/history/index.php|publisher=Look and Learn|access-date=18 November 2006}}</ref>

A British edition of ''Conoscere'' was brought out in 1961 under the title [[Knowledge encyclopædia|''Knowledge'']] and Matthews reassessed his original proposal and approached the board again, this time receiving the go-ahead to produce a dummy of the proposed magazine.

The dummy was put together by the firm's Experimental Art Department headed by David Roberts and Trevor Newton. David Stone, a former sub-editor with ''[[Everybody's Weekly]]'', was appointed editor and, with the dummy approved, the magazine began publication. John Sanders replaced Stone as editor before the new title reached the newsstands.

==Publication history==
The first issue of ''Look and Learn'' was dated 20 January 1962, and contained a wide spectrum of features ranging from articles on history (Rome, the [[Houses of Parliament]], the story of [[Charles I of England|King Charles I]], "The [[Dover]] Road", "From Then Till Now"), science ("Eyes on [[Outer Space]]"), geography and geology ([[The Grand Canyon]], "The Quest for [[Oil]]"), art ([[Vincent van Gogh]]), nature ("The story of a [[seed]]", "Your Very Own [[Basset Hound]]"), literature ([[The Arabian Nights]], and its editor [[Sir Richard Burton]]), and travel ("The Children of [[Tokyo|Tokio]]"). The debut issue also contained the first episodes of "[[Three Men in a Boat]]" by [[Jerome K. Jerome]] and "The Children's Crusade" by [[Henry Treece]], and a feature on the founding of the [[World Wildlife Fund]].

The first issue of the magazine sold about 700,000 copies and settled down to a regular sale of over 300,000 copies a week.<ref>{{cite web|title=Look and Learn: A History of the Classic Children's Magazine|author=Steve Holland|url=http://www.lookandlearn.com/history/Look-and-Learn-History.pdf|publisher=Look and Learn|access-date=18 November 2006}}</ref> Its success has been put down to the high quality of the magazine's content. Historian Steve Holland said, "The premise of ''Look and Learn'' was to delight and inspire the imaginations of its young readers. To advance this principle, the features were clearly and briskly written and illustrated by some of the finest artists of the era resulting in a magazine of unmatched quality."<ref name="lookandlearn.com"/>

The first major change to the contents of the magazine came in 1966 when it incorporated ''[[Ranger magazine|Ranger]]'' with issue 232 (25 June 1966). The amalgamation brought with it a number of [[comic strip]]s including ''[[Trigan Empire|The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire]]'', written by [[Mike Butterworth]] and drawn by [[Don Lawrence]], and the French [[comic strip]] ''[[Asterix]]'', translated into English. The adventure ''[[Asterix and Cleopatra]]'' appears under the title ''In the Days of Good Queen Cleo'', with the [[Gaul]]s turned into [[Ancient Britons]] and [[Asterix (character)|Asterix]] and [[Obelix]] renamed "Beric" and "Doric".

This amalgamation was overseen by recently appointed editor John Davies who had replaced Sanders when the latter left to edit the short-lived ''[[Ranger magazine|Ranger]]'' in 1965. Davies had previously edited ''The Children's Newspaper'' until it merged with ''Look and Learn'' (issue 173, 8 May 1965).

It amalgamated with its competitor ''[[Finding Out]]'' in 1967.

Davies continued the magazine with the same mixture as before (the page count of the magazine having increased from 32 pages to 36 to accommodate the additional content), as did the editors who followed him, Andy Vincent (1969–1977) and Jack Parker (1977–1982).

The magazine absorbed [[World of Wonder (magazine)|''World of Wonder'']] in March 1975, and ''Speed & Power'' with issue no. 724 (29 November 1975).

Under Parker's editorship the magazine underwent a facelift with issue 844 (18 March 1978), absorbed ''World of Knowledge'' in early 1981, and celebrated its 1,000th issue on 9 May 1981. Sales had been declining throughout the 1970s, a decade which saw the price of the magazine rise from 7½ [[pence]] to 30 pence due to sharply increasing production costs. Price increases in the early 1980s added a further 10 pence to the weekly cost, and the editor admitted "we simply do not sell enough to meet the very heavy cost of producing a magazine of the quality of ''Look and Learn'' and we are therefore unable to continue publication."<ref>"A Special Message", ''Look and Learn'' no.1049, 17 April 1982, p.3.</ref>

''Look and Learn'' folded with issue 1049, dated 17 April 1982.

==Notes==

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==External links==
{{Portal|Children's literature}}
*[http://www.lookandlearn.com ''Look and Learn'' Magazine]

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Mizz (magazine)

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{{Short description|Defunct British teen magazine}}{{Infobox magazine
| title = Mizz
| frequency = [[Month|Monthly]] ([[Fortnight|fortnightly]] until 2012)
| firstdate = {{start date and age|1985|4}}
| finaldate = {{start date and age|2013}}
| company = {{nonbulleted list|[[IPC Media]] (1985 - March 2006)|[[Panini UK]] (March 2006)}}
| country = United Kingdom
| website = {{URL|themizz.co.uk}}
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'''''Mizz Magazine''''' was a monthly [[magazine]] published in the [[United Kingdom]],<ref>{{cite news|author=David Hepworth|title=Bliss magazine closes: Another glossy victim of the screen-age generation|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/lifestyle/bliss-magazine-closes-another-glossy-3657392|accessdate=19 August 2015|work=Mirror|date=7 June 2014}}</ref> and was aimed at teenage and pre-teen girls (usually to those between the ages of 11 and 14).<ref name="dav">{{cite book|author1=David Machin|author2=Lydia Polzer|title=Visual Journalism|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CkP_CAAAQBAJ&pg=PA129|date=20 February 2015|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|isbn=978-1-137-49611-9|page=129}}</ref>

==History==
''Mizz'' was first published in April 1985.<ref>{{cite news|author=Nicola Clark|title=IPC to sell teen title Mizz to niche publisher Panini|url=http://www.marketingmagazine.co.uk/article/533502/ipc-sell-teen-title-mizz-niche-publisher-panini|accessdate=23 November 2015|work=Marketing Magazine|date=20 December 2005|location=London}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|author=Janice Winship|title='A Girl Needs to Get Street-Wise': Magazines for the 1980s|journal=Feminist Review|date=Winter 1985|issue=21|pages=25–46|doi=10.2307/1394838 |jstor=1394838}}</ref> In March 2006 the magazine was sold by [[IPC Media]] to [[Panini UK]].<ref name=cam>{{cite news|title=Panini UK acquires Mizz magazine|url=http://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/547678/media-panini-uk-acquires-mizz-magazine|accessdate=19 August 2015|work=Campaign|date=17 March 2006}}</ref><ref name=brep>{{cite news|title=PC completes sale of girls' magazine Mizz to Panini|url=http://www.brandrepublic.com/article/546059/ipc-completes-sale-girls-magazine-mizz-panini|accessdate=19 August 2015|work=Brand Republic|date=10 March 2006}}</ref> The magazine was published on a fortnightly basis<ref name=cam/><ref name=brep/> until 2012 when its frequency was changed to monthly.<ref name=dav/>

In 2012 online version of ''Mizz'' was started.<ref name=dav/> However, the magazine folded in 2013.<ref>{{cite news |author=Morris |first=Micayla |date=28 October 2013 |title=Mizz magazine closes |url=http://www.featuresexec.com/bulletin/news_article.php?id=21345#.VdQanCztmko |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924011443/http://www.featuresexec.com/bulletin/news_article.php?id=21345#.VgNOixDP32d |archive-date=24 September 2015 |accessdate=19 August 2015 |work=FeaturesExec}}</ref>

==Magazine sections==

=== Say What? ===
''Mizz'' readers could post comments in this section of the magazine. They usually talked about celebrities, brilliant sections of the magazine or stuff that they really like. A Star Letter was chosen every fortnight. The writer of the Star Letter used to get a T-shirt. You could also post "text messages" and say "hi" to your friends. Other sections of the Say What? section were "Get It Or Regret It" section which show items that the editor likes, a "Top Pet" section which readers show their pets and a "Sizzlin and Fizzlin"
section. You could send ''Mizz'' your say by email, text or letter.{{Citation needed|date=April 2024}}

=== Real life ===
In the real life section, every issue showed a different story that someone has shared, about something "crazy, dramatic or unusual", usually there was a story about someone being hurt or a terrible experience. For example, in issue 652 the real life was "I'll never walk again".{{Citation needed|date=April 2024}}

=== Fashion ===
''Mizz'' incorporated pages of [[fashion]]; displaying clothing trends, using models ranging from 12 to 16 years old. It encouraged its readers to write in about events in their life, varying from serious to comic issues. It also contained information about celebrities in a '[[gossip]]' form. The magazine also included information on how to deal with teenage issues related to [[puberty]], hygiene, friends and relationships. It had a range of competitions and [[quiz]]zes and posters. It often came with freebies.{{Citation needed|date=April 2024}}

==References==
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==External links==
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Brum Beat

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'''''Brum Beat''''' was a monthly [[magazine]] about the [[music]] of [[Birmingham]], England,<ref name=visb/> and the neighbouring towns. The magazine was started in 1970<ref name=visb>{{cite web|title=1980: A great day in Birmingham - But where are they now?|url=http://visitbirmingham.com/1980-a-great-day-in-birmingham-but-where-are-they-now/|work=Visit Birmingham|accessdate=28 October 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150918224333/http://visitbirmingham.com/1980-a-great-day-in-birmingham-but-where-are-they-now/|archivedate=18 September 2015}}</ref> as ''Midlands Beat'' by [[Tour promoter|promoter]] and [[Talent manager|band-manager]] Jim Simpson, who sold it to its latter editor, Steve Morris,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wcrt.entadsl.com/cmsms/index.php?page=steve-morris|title=About Steve Morris|publisher=Wolverhampton City Radio|accessdate=31 May 2010}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> who in turn relaunched it in [[newspaper]] format as ''The Beat'', before converting it into a website.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.roots-and-branches.com/|title=Brum Beat website|accessdate=31 May 2010}}</ref>

It took its original name from the term coined in the late 1950s to collectively describe the city's music scene, in the manner of the [[Beat music|Mersey sound]].

It has been suggested that [[The Moody Blues]], formed in May 1964, were the first of the "Brum Beat" bands to become internationally famous.<ref>[http://www.brumbeat.net/moody.htm Moody] ''Brum Beat''</ref> other bands such as the [[Spencer Davis Group]] were members of the Brum Beat scene.

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.roots-and-branches.com/ ''Brum Beat'' website]

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