A selection of articles and interviews from the pages of "Arena" magazine which in 1986 became Britain's first magazine for men. Writers such as Tony Parsons, Gordon Burn, Geoff Deane, Rob Ryan, Robert Elms, Douglas Kennedy, Julie Burchill, James Truman, Stuart Cosgrove, Sean O'Hagan, Peter Howarth, Peter York, Suzanne Moore, Nick Kent, Kathryn Flett and Dylan Jones are among the contributors. The book includes interviews with the likes of Paul Newman, Mike Tyson and Hugh Hefner, and a look at the cults, culture and whims of modern living. Over the years the magazine has identified new social cliches such as Essex Man, New Lad, Euroman and the Professional Cockney and investigated male rape, gun lore, class and Michael Portillo.