Britannia Magazine

Britannia was a weekly men’s magazine that had a short print run throughout 1928. It was one of several magazines owned by The Illustrated London News.

The Illustrated London News also produced a women’s magazine, called EVE: The Lady’s Pictorial, which was established in 1926. On May 1st 1929, The Illustrated London News merged the two publications and began distributing them as Britannia and Eve, a monthly magazine aimed at both sexes. Often containing 100 pages or more, Britannia and Eve was somewhat beefier than many other magazines produced at the time.

During its short existence, the original Britannia magazine published a diverse range of content including fiction by popular authors such as E. F. Benson, whose story “The Hanging of Alfred Wadham” graced the pages of the issue for December 21st 1928.