Jackie magazine burst onto the scene 60 years ago ... housed a warren of local and national newspaper titles, popular comics and magazines such as Diana, Bunty, Blue Jeans and The Beano.

Jackie was the magazine which teenage girls in the 1970s waited with bated breath to read. Now it has formed the inspiration for Jackie the musical, the story of a 50-something woman in a mid life ...

at its height in the 1970s, Jackie, a magazine put together by a small team in Dundee and pitched at the relatively small target market of teenage girls, was selling a million copies a week.

The rail excursion promoted the new TV show, “Jackie Gleason’s American Scene Magazine.” The Los Angeles Times reported: “Comic Jackie Gleason, who reportedly gets $100,000 a year from CBS ...

JACKIE was every girl’s best friend. Worried about exams? Jackie was there with sensible advice. Too shy to talk to the boy at the bus stop? Jackie came to the rescue, with confidence-boosting tips.

But 40 years after my epic Jackie binge, the spirit of Cathy and Claire is to be revived in a musical inspired by the magazine. Produced by Sally Wood (wife of Rolling Stone Ronnie), with ...