John R. MacArthur

The journalist’s journalist: the irrepressible Claud Cockburn

After a distinguished spell on the Times, Cockburn launched The Week in 1933, whose scoops on Nazi Germany became essential reading for politicians, diplomats and journalists alike

Claud Cockburn at work. [Patrick Cockburn]
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