 Under his leadership, major political figures like Lord Carrington, Margaret Thatcher, Mo Mowlam and former US Senator George Mitchell were interviewed for the magazine, and Her Majesty The Queen invited it on a royal away-day.Leading writers such as Paul Lewis, Michael Parkinson, Clement Freud and Keith Waterhouse provided contributions, and celebrities such as Raquel Welch, Sir Cliff Richard, Sting, Twiggy, Pierce Brosnan, Anita Roddick, Kevin Keegan,Goldie Hawn and (controversially) Mick Jagger appeared on the cover.Under Bach the magazine was among the first to campaign for the preservation of the English village, calling on the UK government to stop the closure of rural banks and post offices.