Basil Ivor Denton Cardew (28 October 1906 – 30 November 1992) was a British journalist.

[1] Basil Cardew was born on 28 October 1906, the son of the journalist Alfred Roger Denton-Cardew (1878–1945), who worked for the Daily Mail for 38 years as the racing correspondent, writing as "Robin Goodfellow",[1][2] and was killed in a road accident.

[6] He joined the Daily Express in 1933 when Arthur Christiansen took over as editor and began to revamp the paper, resulting in a large increase in circulation.

His early stories for the paper included attending the divorce hearing of Wallis and Ernest Simpson.

[8] In their obituary, The Times described him as "a compelling anecdotalist and a lavish spender of his paper's expenses" with a camel-hair coat and "rakish trilby" hat.