Phoenix is a British spanking magazine, published between 1980 and 1991. The front cover of the first four issues bore a logo derived from the mythological bird. There were 49 consecutively numbered issues, each with 64 pages, 8 of them in colour, this being the standard format of British spanking magazines at the time. Due to a printing error there is actually no Phoenix No.15, but two separate issues labelled No.14.
Amorbourne Ltd. originally published Phoenix as a sister magazine to Roué, whose style it emulated in its earliest years. The content of Phoenix consisted of short stories, articles, photographs, drawings, occasional cartoons, and (very inauthentic-sounding) letters to the editor about M/F and F/F spanking, tawsing, and caning. The titles of some of the stories were typically listed on the cover of the magazine to give potential purchasers an idea of its subject matter (though this was often apparent from the cover illustration in any case). Four special issues were also produced: two C.P. Correspondence Specials, a collection of drawings by Hans Braun (1985), and Lady Anne’s Lessons (1989), a compendium of stories about a character called Lady Anne Mastock. The magazine never named its editor, authors, or models. Some illustrations were by Dave Carney.
Phoenix was supplied by Phoenix Bookshelf, an adult mail order business based at a succession of addresses in Islington in north London: 40 Danbury Street (1980-83), 48a St Peter’s Street (1983-88), and 40 Rheidol Mews (1988-91). From issue No.21 (1984), Phoenix Bookshelf itself took over as publisher from Amorbourne Ltd. Thereafter Phoenix generally acknowledged the erotic aspect of spanking more openly, many of its photo-sets coming to resemble more mainstream glamour photography, with models often dressed in stockings and suspenders or occasionally black PVC mini-skirts, usually shown under bright studio lighting. Among the models who appeared in Phoenix are Linzi Drew (No.17), Donna Berkeley (No.19), Sue Ellis (No.26), Sue Midson (No.31), Sara Benachour (No.35) and Lucy Gresty (No.42). Ben Dover (No.22), Howard Nelson (No.35) and Larry Barnes (No.37) featured as spankers.
During 1981-82, Phoenix advertised a number of ‘exclusive’ spanking films, some packaged for the German market. They were silent Super 8 films, 60 metres long, priced at £25 each:
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