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'', 1 September 2005. The first issue came out in July and it was sold shortly after to

Edward Hulton Sir Edward George Stephen Hulton, 1st Baronet (3 March 1869 – 23 May 1925) was a British newspaper proprietor and thoroughbred racehorse owner. In 1921, he was awarded a baronetcy, of Downside in the parish of Leatherhead in Surrey, for p ...

, when editorship was taken over by

Tom Hopkinson Sir Henry Thomas Hopkinson (19 April 1905 – 20 June 1990) was a British journalist, picture magazine editor, author, and teacher. Early life Born in Manchester, his father was a Church of England clergyman and a scholar, and his mother had ...

in 1940: his assistant editor from 1941 to 1948 was

Kaye Webb Kathleen ("Kaye") Webb (26 January 1914 – 16 January 1996), was a British editor and publisher. She was a recipient of the Eleanor Farjeon Award. Early life and education Kathleen Webb was born in Chiswick, London, in 1914, the second of ...

. During the 1950s ''Lilliput'' was edited by

Jack Hargreaves Jack Hargreaves OBE (1911–1994) was an English television presenter and writer whose enduring interest was to comment without nostalgia or sentimentality on accelerating distortions in relations between the city and the countryside, seeking ...

. It had a reputation for publishing what were, for the time, fairly daring photographs of female nudes. Contributors included

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, Gordon Beckles, Sir

Max Beerbohm Sir Henry Maximilian Beerbohm (24 August 1872 – 20 May 1956) was an English essayist, parodist and caricaturist under the signature Max. He first became known in the 1890s as a dandy and a humorist. He was the drama critic for the '' Saturday ...

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(author),

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, Patrick Campbell,

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, C.E.M. Joad,

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, Ronald Ferns, C. S. Forester,

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, Sydney Jacobson,

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, Michael Heath,

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, Stephen Potter, V. S. Pritchett,

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, Sir

Sacheverell Sitwell Sir Sacheverell Reresby Sitwell, 6th Baronet, (; 15 November 1897 – 1 October 1988) was an English writer, best known as an art critic, music critic (his books on Mozart, Liszt, and Domenico Scarlatti are still consulted), and writer on a ...

, and

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. In August 1960 it was absorbed into ''

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'' (which only later became pornographic). The first 147 issues (until late 1949) had covers illustrated by

Walter Trier Walter Trier (25 June 1890, Prague – 8 July 1951 Craigleith, near Collingwood, Ontario, Collingwood, Ontario, Canada) was a Czech-German illustrator, best known for his work for the children's books of Erich Kästner and the covers of the ...

with each design depicting a man, a woman, and a small Scottish Terrier dog in various situations and periods. ''Lilliput Review'', an American periodical that started in 1989, is unrelated.

Reading

*Bennett, Richard, ed. ''The Bedside Lilliput.'' London: Hulton, 1950. Content from 1937–49. *''Lilliput: Walter Trier's World.'' Tokyo: Pie, 2004. Presents 99 of Trier's covers for ''Lilliput''; text in both Japanese and English. *''The Lilliput Annual'' *Webb, Kaye, ed. ''Lilliput Goes to War.'' London: Hutchinson, 1985.

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