About us
In November 2004 Look and
Learn Magazine Ltd (a newly formed company) acquired from IPC Media Ltd the rights to the trade mark
'Look and Learn' and to the educational material in the original magazine Look and Learn
(published between 1962 and 1982) and in a number of other magazines that were incorporated,
directly or indirectly, into Look and Learn, including: The Children’s Newspaper
(1919-65), Treasure (1963-71), The Bible Story (1964), Ranger (1965-66),
Speed & Power (1974-75), and World of Knowledge (1980-81), along with rights to material commissioned for two other magazines, Tell Me Why (1968-70) and World of Wonder (1970-75), which were also incorporated into Look and Learn. IPC Media retained
the rights to certain comic strips, in particular ‘The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire’ (although
we have a licence to reprint this in magazine form).
In May 2006, we acquired from IPC Media the rights, again with the exception of some comic strips, to a number of nursery magazines published at the same time as Look and Learn including: Jack and Jill (1954-85), Playhour (1954-87), Harold Hare (1959-64), Teddy Bear (1963-73), Robin (1953-69), Swift (1954-63), and Once Upon a Time (1969-73).
As a consequence of these purchases, we now own the rights to one of the largest and most beautiful archives of children's illustrations in the world, more than a hundred comic characters, and a text library of many millions of words that covers most subjects of perennial interest to children. In September 2006, we launched this website primarily to revive interest in, and encourage use of, the illustrations that appeared in Look and Learn and the other magazines.
Shortly after the website’s launch, Century – an imprint of Random House – commissioned The Bumper Book of Look and Learn, a lavish 256-page tribute to the magazine. The material for this miscellany was selected from the entire run of twenty years, and chosen to convey the wonderful story of the past and glimpse into the future. Its ingenious contents are illustrated in full colour with some of the most beautiful images in our archive, and we are particularly pleased to have been able to reprint an entire episode of The Trigan Empire as drawn by Don Lawrence.
Further information about Look and Learn is available in the history of Look and Learn section.
Credits
Edward Leigh: development of the website; business and technical consultancy on building and making available the picture library.
Stephen Johnson: technical advice on image capture, colour calibration and workflow.
Mantas Mazutis: Flash design work for picture animations and site banners.
Becky Gray: original graphical design of the website.
