Leonard Russell (journalist)

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Leonard Russell was an English journalist and satirist, known for editing Press Gang! Crazy World Chronicle (London 1937), a collection of satirical articles, supposedly real articles from British newspapers. Contributors included Russell, Cyril Connolly, Hilaire Belloc, Ronald Knox and A. G. Macdonnell. [1]

The most memorable article is by Cyril Connolly entitled 'Where Engels Fears to Tread', a mock book review which paints a brilliantly comic portrait of Brian Howard. [2]

He married film critic Dilys Powell in 1943 and died aged 68 in 1974. [3]

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References

  1. "Press Gang! Crazy World Chronicle – EDITED BY LEONARD RUSSELL". antiqbook.co.uk. Archived from the original on 4 September 2011. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  2. Lancaster, Marie-Jaqueline (2005). Brian Howard: Portrait of a Failure. Timewell Press. p. 366. ISBN   978-1-85725-211-8.
  3. "Clipped from the Daily Telegraph". The Daily Telegraph. 29 August 1974. p. 14.