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James Douglas ca. 1909
James Douglas (1867–1940) was a British critic, newspaper editor and author.
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).
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References
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Randolph Spencer Churchill and Martin Gilbert, Winston S. Churchill: 1914-1916, p.128
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^ James Armstrong (1931) "The Publication, Prosecution and Re-Publication of James Hanley's Boy", p.353 The Library (1997) s6-19 (4):351-362.
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"FANFROLICO PRESS" (PDF).
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Editor of
The Star 1908–1920
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Editor of the
Sunday Express with
John Gordon 1928–1931 1920–1931
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