Years ago, I went for a lunchtime drink with the Editor, Deputy Editor and one of the contributors of Forum, all women, to a docklands pub, before the area had been gentrified. I was their cartoonist, by the way. Within a few minutes, they were necking pints and talking loudly about the pleasures of bondage and anal intercourse, to the outrage of the regulars - all rough cockney dockers. This drove the women to behave even more badly. I'd never felt so uncomfortable in my life, as the glares were directed at me as well. They were subsequently barred. It was quite an eye-opener! Forum sadly closed some years ago. And yes, those letters were all genuine...
