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]
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