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Leader Magazine was a weekly pictorial magazine [1] published in the United Kingdom. The magazine was first owned by Pearson and then by Odhams. [2] Later it became part of Hulton Press. [2] The headquarters of the magazine was in London. [3] The last issue of the weekly was published on 10 June 1950 and It was incorporated in Picture Post on 17 June 1950. [4]

Contributors included Stephen Potter [5] (editor), Kay Dick [5] (literary critic), Anthony Carson, [5] Orson Welles, [5] Edgar Lustgarten, [5] Lesley Blanch, [6] Leslie Illingworth, [5] Eric Partridge, [5] cartoonist Vicky, [5] Stephen King-Hall. [7] Theatre critic John Barber was also sub-editor at one time. [8] Another drama critic was Herbert Farjeon. [9] Kaye Webb was theatre correspondent from 1947-49. [1] [10]

Other contributors included Denzil Batchelor, [11] Gordon Beckles, Prof. D. W. Brogan, [12] Barbara Cartland, [13] Hayden Church, Susan Garth, Walter Hingston, Robert Lantz, Laurie Lee, [13] Jean Paul Penez, [12] John Maytime, [12] Ruth Miller, [11] Hugh Newman, Geoffrey Sharp, Charles Stuart, Stephen G. Watts, [14] and Eric Williams. [12]

Notes

  1. 1 2 National Archives
  2. 1 2 "Weeklies. Leader Magazine". Magforum.com. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  3. ↑ "Leader Magazine". Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  4. ↑ "Weekly Magazines to be Merged". The Glasgow Herald. 18 May 1950. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ISBN search Archived 2011-08-18 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ↑ University of Bristol Theatre Collection Archived 2012-10-01 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ↑ Leader Magazine July 20, 1946
  8. ↑ The Times Obituaries [ dead link ]
  9. ↑ University of Bristol Theatre Collection Archived 2007-12-01 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ↑ Obituary: Kaye Webb The Independent (London), Jan 18, 1996
  11. 1 2 Leader Magazine May 18, 1946
  12. 1 2 3 4 Leader Magazine May 4 1946
  13. 1 2 Leader Magazine July 16, 1949
  14. ↑ "The Man who wasn't Monty", Leader Magazine, 3 June 1950

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