Wodehouse was assistant editor of the column from August 1903 and editor from August 1904 to May 1909, during which time he was assisted by Herbert Westbrook.
Wodehouse was assistant editor of the column from August 1903 and editor from August 1904 to May 1909, during which time he was assisted by Herbert Westbrook.
Wodehouse was assistant editor of the column from August 1903 and editor from August 1904 to May 1909, during which time he was assisted by Herbert Westbrook.
It was originated in 1917 by Major John Bernard Arbuthnot MVO as his signature on the column, titled 'By the Way'.
After the Globes closure, it was reestablished as a society news column in the Daily Express from 1917 onwards, initially written by social correspondent Major John Arbuthnot, who invented the name "Beachcomber". After Arbuthnot was promoted to deputy editor, it was taken over sometime in 1919 by Wyndham-Lewis, who reinvented it as an outlet for his wit and humour.
Wyndham Lewis in 1919 and, in turn, to J.
After the Globes closure, it was reestablished as a society news column in the Daily Express from 1917 onwards, initially written by social correspondent Major John Arbuthnot, who invented the name "Beachcomber". After Arbuthnot was promoted to deputy editor, it was taken over sometime in 1919 by Wyndham-Lewis, who reinvented it as an outlet for his wit and humour.
It was then passed to Morton during 1924, though it is likely there was a period when they overlapped.
The column is unsigned except by "Beachcomber" and it was not publicly known that Morton or Wyndham-Lewis wrote it until the 1930s.
Chesterton, Hilaire Belloc, Ronald Knox and Wyndham-Lewis. But By the Way was one of the few features kept continuously running in the often seriously reduced Daily Express throughout World War II, when Morton's lampooning of Hitler, including the British invention of bracerot to make the Nazi's trousers fall down at inopportune moments, was regarded as valuable for morale. The column appeared daily until 1965 when it was changed to weekly.
Morton, who wrote the column till 1975.
Morton wrote the column until 1975; it was revived in January 1996 and continues today, written by William Hartston.
It was cancelled in 1975 and revived as a daily piece in the early 1990s.
It was cancelled in 1975 and revived as a daily piece in the early 1990s.
Morton wrote the column until 1975; it was revived in January 1996 and continues today, written by William Hartston.
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