The Face No. 35
The Private Cleese — Fears of a Clown: The John Cleese Interview
March 1983 issue of The Face, No. 35, centred on an extended John Cleese interview under the cover lines 'The Private Cleese' and 'Fears of a clown'. The contents range widely across Robert Palmer, Peter Blake, Garth Crooks, Yello/Dieter Meier, Squeeze, Midge Ure, P.X., motorcycle culture and Julie Burchill, demonstrating the magazine's early-1980s shift from music title toward a broader visual record of style, art, sport and youth culture.
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- The Face
- Condition
- Good+ / Very Good−
- Completeness
- Complete — all pages present.
- Date
- March 1983
Catalogue note
March 1983 issue of The Face, No. 35, centred on an extended John Cleese interview under the cover lines 'The Private Cleese' and 'Fears of a clown'. The contents range widely across Robert Palmer, Peter Blake, Garth Crooks, Yello/Dieter Meier, Squeeze, Midge Ure, P.X., motorcycle culture and Julie Burchill, demonstrating the magazine's early-1980s shift from music title toward a broader visual record of style, art, sport and youth culture. The rear cover preserves a period Pete Shelley 'Telephone Operator' advertisement, exactly contemporary with the single's March 1983 UK chart run.
Why this object matters
The Cleese interview, Peter Blake and Yello coverage show the magazine broadening beyond music into art and popular culture. This is outstanding contextual evidence at 8.5, without a verified defining event supporting the former 8.7.
Evidence limits: No new physical inspection or collation was performed. Copy-specific conclusions remain limited to the retained catalogue and accession evidence.
Score and assessment method
Archive Importance: 8.5 / 10.
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