Danny Lestrange Eternal Columnist

●Industry veterans are sometimes shocked to discover that Danny has been pursuing his trade for nearly four-and-a-half decades, but there it is. James Callaghan was still in Downing Street when, as a callow 25-year-old, he was taken on by the New Statesman with a brief to import “a bit of youth and exuberance” to a publication which was thought to have grown somewhat staid. Danny duly obliged. The column was called “The Other Side of Life” and brought despatches from the Putney bedsit where he lodged alongside three trainee lawyers and a junior account executive from Saatchi & Saatchi, and tales of his misadventures with girls. The tone was wry, rueful and selfdeprecating, not least when Danny was called upon to execute a bit of DIY or forced to explain why he…

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The Critic (Digital) - 1 Issue, November 2022

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