The Best of My Guy: A Collection of the Very Best of Everyone's Favourite 80's Weekly Magazine

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"My Guy" is one of the foundation stones of today's massive pop culture magazine genre. It defined what it meant to be young in the 1980s and was a template for the hugely successful gossip mags like "Heat", "Closer" and "OK!" that fly off the shelves every week.
'My Guy' is one of the foundation stones of today's massive popculture magazine genre. It defined what it meant to be young in the 1980s and was a template for the hugely successful gossip mags like 'Heat', 'Closer' and 'OK'! that fly off the shelves every week.



This compilation showcases the best (and a little of the worst!) of the magazines' content: photostories featuring many stars before they were famous including Hugh Grant, Tracey Ullman, Lesley Ash, Alex Kingston and Tony Hadley; pop and film-star pin ups (Sting, Simon Le Bon, George Michael etc); fashion and lifestyle articles; problem pages and hot celeb news.



'The Best of My Guy' is an essential purchase for all those nostalgia addicts out there who want to relive their teenage years packed with memories that will bring a huge smile to every reader's face.

Author Bio

Frank Hopkinson joined My Guy magazine as a photo-story writer in 1980 eventually becoming editor in 1987 and Group Editor of My Guy, Loving and Look In! in 1992. He bought the titles from IPC Magazines in 1995 and continued to publish My Guy as a monthly until 2000. All of his living relatives have appeared in photo-stories.