Nova



Nova, published from March 1965 to October 1975, was a British magazine. It has been described as "a politically radical, beautifully designed, intellectual women's magazine".[1]

Founded by Harry Fieldhouse, Nova described itself as "The new kind of magazine for a new kind of woman". It was later edited by Dennis Hackett with Kevin d'Arcy as managing editor, Harry Peccinotti, known as Harry Peck as art editor, Alma Birk as associate editor,.[2]  and Molly Parkin as fashion editor. The Nova typeface, adapted from an old wood cut, became a formative influence on typography for many years.

Writers for Nova included Graham Greene and Lynda Lee-Potter. Nova published the autobiographical writing of Arthur Hopcraft, later expanded into his 1970 book The Great Apple Raid and Other Encounters of a Tin Chapel Tiro.[3]  In the early 1970s it featured experimental 'impressionistic' fashion photographs by Terence Donovan.[4]  Illustrators included Mel Calman.[5]

Nova was famous in publishing circles as a woman's magazine that had more male than female readers, which was central to its financial decline.