Leonard Russell (journalist)

Leonard Russell - English journalist and satirist, best known for editing Press Gang! Crazy World Chronicle (London 1937), a collection of satiricle articles, supposedly real articles from British newspapers. Contributors included Russell, Cyril Connolly, Hilaire Belloc, Ronald Knox and A. G. Macdonnell^[1]^[2].

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.

References

^ http://www.antiqbook.co.uk/boox/bookl/106875.shtml Antique Book
^ http://books.google.com/books?id=7IVRYLb2wcAC&pg=PA366&lpg=PA366&dq=Leonard+Russell+chronicle&source=bl&ots=MBE9IDnX0M&sig=etGJTqT9akpkmEFWN8H8Ij6RYIE&hl=en&ei=jpS2S72CEYbSsgPc8f2WBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CBoQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=Leonard%20Russell%20chronicle&f=false Brian Howard: Portrait of a Failure By Marie-Jaqueline Lancaster

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[1] ttp://www.antiqbook.co.uk/boox/bookl/106875.shtml Antique Book

[2] ttp://books.google.com/books?id=7IVRYLb2wcAC&pg=PA366&lpg=PA366&dq=Leonard+Russell+chronicle&source=bl&ots=MBE9IDnX0M&sig=etGJTqT9akpkmEFWN8H8Ij6RYIE&hl=en&ei=jpS2S72CEYbSsgPc8f2WBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CBoQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=Leonard%20Russell%20chronicle&f=false Brian Howard: Portrait of a Failure By Marie-Jaqueline Lancaster

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