Smooth Operator: The Life and Times of Cyril Lakin, Editor, Broadcaster and Politician

by Geoff Andrews

Book Overview

From a humble background in Barry, where his father was a butcher and local politician in the formative years of the new town, Cyril Lakin studied at Oxford, survived the First World War, and went on to become a Fleet Street editor, radio presenter, and war-time member of parliament. As literary editor of both the Daily Telegraph and the Sunday Times, Lakin was at the centre of a vibrant and radical generation of writers, poets, and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1913640183
• ISBN13: 9781913640187
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: Parthian
• Length: 350 Pages