Frankly Fiona

Girlfriend & creation of the late Paul Raymond, Fiona Richmond became a columnist & a porn star (model and film), recorded an album, worked 'in the fashion industry' (how vague) &, eventually, became the owner of hotels -- with a former pig farmer.

All this gleaned from the postmortem Mirror interview with her (post Raymond's death; not hers).

One of her books, Tell Tale Tits, received a favorable review at Trash Fiction (and apparently Fiona is a huge draw at the site).

Paul Raymond Presents Frankly Fiona, the LP, is a scarce recording -- which Richmond, in her autobiography, says she didn't even sing on. (Adding to the mystery, some places refer to the LP as a 'spoken word' record.)

The small photo at left is from the record's cover, via Trunk Records (scroll) who adores it. However, whatever, the record makes the #11 spot on the 20 Most Bizarre Albums Ever in Q Magazine's 150 Greatest Rock Lists Ever (2004).

The photo below is believed to be of Fiona and Big Mal (aka Malcolm Allison, the UK football coach), part of the photo spread feature celebrating Big Mal inviting "the sex queen Fiona Richmond into the communal shower" -- making the list of top 10 football scandals (in a world where sex has always been high on the priority list).



According to the Crystal Palace Football Club forum, pictures of Fiona Richmond and the players appeared in an article in Men Only magazine in either the May or June 1976 issue.

If that's true, then it looks like they'll be found in May issue (vol 41, issue 5, 1976), which proclaims "Fiona's Illustrated Big Mal".

Along with columns in Men Only, Richmond also wrote columns and was featured in other magazines, like Club, aka Club International, published -- surprise! -- by Paul Raymond Publications.