Paul Bach (born Paul George Roger Bach on 13 November 1938 in Forest Gate in London – died on 18 September 2011) was a regional press journalist and editor, at one time the editor-in-chief of the Celtic Press group and group editor of the Stratford Express series of newspapers, and the founder-editor of Saga Magazine, which, under his editorship, became for a time Britain's largest-circulation monthly magazine.

[1] While he was News Editor at the Merthyr Express, the newspaper won the Hannen Swaffer award in 1967 for its coverage of the Aberfan disaster of 1966.

[4] Under his leadership, major political figures like Lord Carrington,[5] Margaret Thatcher,[6] Mo Mowlam[7] and former US Senator George Mitchell[8] were interviewed for the magazine, and Her Majesty The Queen invited it on a royal away-day.

[9] Leading writers such as Paul Lewis,[10] Michael Parkinson, Clement Freud and Keith Waterhouse[11] provided contributions, and celebrities such as Raquel Welch, Sir Cliff Richard,[12] Sting,[citation needed] Twiggy, Pierce Brosnan, Anita Roddick,[13] Kevin Keegan,[4] Goldie Hawn and (controversially) Mick Jagger[14][15] appeared on the cover.

[16] 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.