James Douglas (journalist)
James Douglas (1867–1940) was a British critic, newspaper editor and author.
James Douglas ca. 1909
Douglas edited The Star from 1908 to 1920, then the Sunday Express until 1931.[1] He was a supporter of censorship, and called for several books to be banned, most notably The Well of Loneliness.[2] He was mocked by P. R. Stephensen and Jack Lindsay in The Sink of Solitude (1928).[3]
References
- Randolph Spencer Churchill and Martin Gilbert, Winston S. Churchill: 1914-1916, p.128
- James Armstrong (1931) "The Publication, Prosecution and Re-Publication of James Hanley's Boy", p.353 The Library (1997) s6-19 (4):351-362.
- "FANFROLICO PRESS" (PDF).
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| Preceded by Ernest Parke |
Editor of The Star 1908–1920 |
Succeeded by Wilson Pope |
| Preceded by ? |
Editor of the Sunday Express with John Gordon 1928–1931 1920–1931 |
Succeeded by John Gordon |
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