''Leader Magazine'' was a weekly pictorial magazineNational Archives
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Hulton Press Sir Edward George Warris Hulton (29 November 1906 – 8 October 1988) was a British magazine publisher and writer. Early life Hulton was born to Sir Edward Hulton, 1st Baronet, a newspaper publisher and racehorse owner originally from Manchest ...

. The headquarters of the magazine was in

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. The last issue of the weekly was published on 10 June 1950 and It was incorporated in ''

Picture Post ''Picture Post'' was a photojournalistic magazine published in the United Kingdom from 1938 to 1957. It is considered a pioneering example of photojournalism and was an immediate success, selling 1,700,000 copies a week after only two months. ...

'' on 17 June 1950. Contributors included

Stephen Potter Stephen Meredith Potter (1 February 1900 – 2 December 1969) was a British writer best known for his parodies of self-help books, and their film and television derivatives. After leaving school in the last months of the First World War he w ...

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(editor), Kay Dick (literary critic), Anthony Carson,

Orson Welles George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985) was an American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter, known for his innovative work in film, radio and theatre. He is considered to be among the greatest and most influential f ...

, Edgar Lustgarten,

Lesley Blanch Lesley Blanch, MBE, FRSL (6 June 1904, London – 7 May 2007, Garavan near Menton, France) was a British writer, historian and traveller. She is best known for ''The Wilder Shores of Love'', about Isabel Burton (who married the Arabist and expl ...

Leslie Illingworth Leslie Gilbert Illingworth (2 September 1902 – 20 December 1979) was a Welsh political cartoonist best known for his work for the ''Daily Mail'' and for becoming the chief cartoonist at the British satirical periodical ''Punch''. Early histo ...

Eric Partridge Eric Honeywood Partridge (6 February 1894 – 1 June 1979) was a New Zealand– British lexicographer of the English language, particularly of its slang. His writing career was interrupted only by his service in the Army Education Corps and ...

, cartoonist Vicky,

Stephen King-Hall William Stephen Richard King-Hall, Baron King-Hall of Headley (21 January 1893 – 2 June 1966) was a British naval officer, writer, politician and playwright who served as the member of parliament for Ormskirk from 1939 to 1945. Early life and ...

. Theatre critic John Barber was also sub-editor at one time. Another drama critic was

Herbert Farjeon Herbert (Bertie) Farjeon (5 March 1887 – 3 May 1945) was a major figure in the British theatre from 1910 until his death. He was a presenter of revues in London's West End, a theatre critic, lyricist, librettist, playwright, theatre manager and ...

Kaye Webb Kathleen ("Kaye") Webb (26 January 1914 – 16 January 1996), was a British editor and publisher. She was a recipient of the Eleanor Farjeon Award. Early life and education Kathleen Webb was born in Chiswick, London, in 1914, the second of ...

was theatre correspondent from 1947-49. Other contributors included

Denzil Batchelor Denzil Stanley Batchelor (23 February 1906 – 6 September 1969) was a British journalist, writer, poet, playwright, wine expert and a radio and television broadcaster. Life and career Denzil Batchelor was born in Bombay, India, the only son o ...

, Gordon Beckles, Prof. D. W. Brogan,''Leader Magazine'' May 4 1946
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Barbara Cartland Dame Mary Barbara Hamilton Cartland, (9 July 1901 – 21 May 2000) published as Barbara Cartland was an English writer, known as the Queen of Romance, who published both contemporary romance, contemporary and historical romance novels, the lat ...

, Hayden Church, Susan Garth, Walter Hingston, Robert Lantz,

Laurie Lee Laurence Edward Alan "Laurie" Lee, MBE (26 June 1914 – 13 May 1997) was an English poet, novelist and screenwriter, who was brought up in the small village of Slad in Gloucestershire. His most notable work is the autobiographical trilogy ...

,''Leader Magazine'' July 16, 1949
/ref> Jean Paul Penez, John Maytime, Ruth Miller,''Leader Magazine'' May 18, 1946
/ref> Hugh Newman, Geoffrey Sharp, Charles Stuart, Stephen G. Watts,"The Man who wasn't Monty", Leader Magazine, 3 June 1950 and

Eric Williams Eric Eustace Williams (25 September 1911 – 29 March 1981) was a Trinidad and Tobago politician who is regarded by some as the "Father of the Nation", having led the then British Colony of Trinidad and Tobago to majority rule on 28 October 1 ...

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Website containing summary of editions from 9 April 1949 (Vol 6 no. 23) to 20 May 1950 (Vol 7 no. 29)
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