[2] For part of the 1st decade of the 20th century, Arthur Rickett was the editor-in-chief of the British weekly magazine The New Age.
It was founded in 1894 by Frederick A. Atkins, who pursued a policy of Christian liberalism and was not unfavourably disposed towards Socialism.
After A. E. Fletcher became the editor in 1895, the subtitle was changed from ‘A Weekly Record of Culture, Social Service, and Literary Life’ to ‘A Journal for Thinkers and Workers’.
Ramsay MacDonald was a regular contributor during this socialist phase of the magazine’s history.
Between 1900 and 1907, the circulation declined, and it became so deeply in debt to the printer at the end of this period that it had to be sold.