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Originally Posted by tdi16v
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It isn't censored nowadays. There was a brief experimental period two or three years ago when it removed below-the-waist nudity in the main magazine because WH Smith was threatening to remove it from sale as they considered it a form of soft-core porn. The publishers came to an understanding with the retailer and it's been back to full nudity for some time now.
One thing that has changed it that the magazine is less "glam" than it used to be with a lower proportion of model photos and a higher number of pictures of "genuine" naturists. This has been the case for a good while now, probably in an effort to shake of the criticisms of groups like BN who accused it (with good reason) of appealing deliberately to non-naturists who just wanted to see pictures of tits and fannies.
The H&E of the present day is a very different magazine tho the H&E of the 1980s and early 1990s. Strangely, the era when it was at it's most sexually suggestive was when it was being edited by women, notably Kate Sturdy. Apart from the photo of her earlier in this thread, I don't think I've seen any pictures of her in the magazine, in contrast to Diana Roseman/JH-S, Helen Ludbrook or Sam Hawcroft, all of whom have appeared a number of times.