From its confident debut in 1976 to flexi-discs, pocket editions and a growing family of spin-offs, Rustler certainly lived up to its “Big Bold” billing. Its early pages reveal a magazine full of ambition, bawdy humour and invitations for readers to get involved. ‘Humble’ Beginnings! Launched in 1976 by Gold Star Publications Limited, Rustler clearly

Victorian diaries, changing mastheads and two magazines sharing one name: a collector’s look at Park Lane. A sister magazine with an intriguing name Launched by David Sullivan in 1975, following Whitehouse’s debut in 1974, Sullivan billed Park Lane as Whitehouse’s sister magazine. But was its name also a cheeky nod to Mayfair? The connection is