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
  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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