Issue 5 • Spring / Summer 2016

Relaunched and redesigned for your favourite digital device, Jack The Lad is a fresh and exciting gay and bisexual men's publication produced quarterly in the UK, offering 126 pages of beautiful photography, intelligent conversation and compelling art. In this first digital issue we introduce the modeling talents of Yorkshire lad Mike Winchester (our cover star), Charlie Taylor-Smith, Craig McLaughlin and Nathan Beetson, as captured through the lens of our guest photographers Mark Lister, Simon J. Webb and Nicolai Kornum. Nicolai also steps into the spotlight to share some of the favourite images from his portfolio as we discuss the incredible exclusive photo shoot he produced for our last issue, teaming up with adult film actor Kayden Gray. We get chatty with Tom Rickels, fresh from BBC Ones "The Voice", who tells us about his music, his experience of being ‘out’ on primetime Saturday night TV, and his passion for all things fish related! (It will make sense when you read it, we promise!). 'RUComingOut' founder Wayne Dhesi drops in to our studio to tell us how his own coming out experience helped shape the idea for an online LGBT+ support website, now a registered charity that’s going from strength to strength. Jamie Wareham, one of this years National Student Pride organisers, looks back at the event that’s still creating headlines in the UK national press after eleven years and if that still isn’t enough, we decide to dip a toe into the quirky, creative world of artist, musician, performer Matthew Robins, featured here showcasing an evocative collection of his latest male form life drawings. That’s a lot of incredible gay culture you won’t be seeing anywhere else, and definitely won’t want to miss!