Leader Magazine

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Leader Magazine was a weekly pictorial magazine[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/A2A/records.aspx?cat=1840-kw&cid=-1&Gsm=2008-06-18#-1 National Archives] published in the United Kingdom. The magazine was first owned by Pearson and then by Odhams. Later it became part of Hulton Press.{{cite web|title=Weeklies. Leader Magazine|url=http://www.magforum.com/general_weekly_magazines.htm#lea|work=Magforum.com|accessdate=26 November 2015}} The headquarters of the magazine was in London.{{cite web|title=Leader Magazine|url=http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/publication/400003518|work=Imperial War Museums|accessdate=26 November 2015}} The last issue of the weekly was published on 10 June 1950 and It was incorporated in Picture Post on 17 June 1950.{{cite news|title=Weekly Magazines to be Merged|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2507&dat=19500518&id=LkhAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZZEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3269,1472053&hl=tr|accessdate=26 November 2015|work=The Glasgow Herald|date=18 May 1950}}

Contributors included Stephen Potter[http://isbn.web2.wtc.pl/K-leader/ ISBN search] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110818164617/http://isbn.web2.wtc.pl/K-leader/ |date=2011-08-18 }} (editor), Kay Dick (literary critic), Anthony Carson, Orson Welles, Edgar Lustgarten, Lesley Blanch,[http://www.bris.ac.uk/theatrecollection/search/advanced_report_all?boolean_string1=&boolean1=and&boolean_string2=&ref_no=JG/&query_image=&collection_type=all&image_view=Yes University of Bristol Theatre Collection] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121001183411/http://www.bris.ac.uk/theatrecollection/search/advanced_report_all?boolean_string1=&boolean1=and&boolean_string2=&ref_no=JG%2F&query_image=&collection_type=all&image_view=Yes |date=2012-10-01 }} Leslie Illingworth, Eric Partridge, cartoonist Vicky, Stephen King-Hall.[http://cgi.ebay.ie/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220345963062&ssPageName=MERCOSI_VI_ROSI_PR4_PCN_BIX&refitem=220311078910&itemcount=4&refwidgetloc=closed_view_item&refwidgettype=osi_widget&_trksid=p284.m185&_trkparms=algo%3DSI%26its%3DI%252BIA%26itu%3DCR%252BIA%252BUCI%26otn%3D4%26ps%3D41 Leader Magazine July 20, 1946] Theatre critic John Barber was also sub-editor at one time.[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article754312.ece The Times Obituaries]{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} Another drama critic was Herbert Farjeon.[http://www.bris.ac.uk/theatrecollection/search/advanced_report_all?boolean_string1=&boolean1=and&boolean_string2=&ref_no=HF/&query_image=&collection_type=all&image_view=Yes University of Bristol Theatre Collection] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071201220111/http://www.bris.ac.uk/theatrecollection/search/advanced_report_all?boolean_string1=&boolean1=and&boolean_string2=&ref_no=HF%2F&query_image=&collection_type=all&image_view=Yes |date=2007-12-01 }} Kaye Webb was theatre correspondent from 1947-49.[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19960118/ai_n9637841 Obituary: Kaye Webb The Independent (London), Jan 18, 1996]

Other contributors included

Denzil Batchelor,

Gordon Beckles,

Prof. D. W. Brogan,[http://cgi.ebay.nl/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270311433343&indexURL= Leader Magazine May 4 1946]

Barbara Cartland,

Hayden Church,

Susan Garth,

Walter Hingston,

Robert Lantz,

Laurie Lee,[http://cgi.ebay.ie/LEADER-MAG-JULY-16-1949-LAURIE-LEE-EDGAR-LUSTGARTEN-BAR_W0QQitemZ220311078910QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item220311078910&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1297%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318 Leader Magazine July 16, 1949]

Jean Paul Penez,

John Maytime,

Ruth Miller,[http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/LEADER-MAGAZINE-MAY-18-1946-hindu-rites-Robert-Lantz_W0QQitemZ270311388805QQcmdZViewItemQQimsxZ20081202?IMSfp=TL081202193004r5328 Leader Magazine May 18, 1946]

Hugh Newman,

Geoffrey Sharp,

Charles Stuart,

Stephen G. Watts,"The Man who wasn't Monty", Leader Magazine, 3 June 1950 and

Eric Williams.