Hugh Hefner: interview on Playboy

From Marilyn Monroe to Nietzsche, Playboy’s aim was to appeal to men on all levels, explains Hugh Hefner, ahead of the launch of his autobiography. Charmer: Hugh Hefner Photo: AP 'Playboy was not a sex magazine, sex was_simply part of the total package' It’s easy to forget that, in his day, Hugh Hefner was something of a visionary. The laconic 82 year-old, best known these days for lounging around his luxurious Californian mansion dressed in silk pyjamas and velvet loafers, spent his youth devouring the culture of Depression-era America. He read, watched, saw whatever he could get his hands on, and then copied, transformed and invented. When the first copies of Playboy appeared in November 1953, the magazine read like a literary who’s who (with the odd titillating photograph thrown in). Sherlock Holmes nestled alongside Ray... [read full story]                    

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