Beachcomber is a nom de plume that has been used by several journalists writing a long-running humorous column in the Daily Express.
[1] After the Globe's closure, it was re-established as a society news column in the Daily Express from 1917, initially written by social correspondent Major John Arbuthnot, who invented the name "Beachcomber".
Morton wrote the column until 1975; it was revived in January 1996 and continues today, written by William Hartston.
These could be anything, such as: Morton's other interest, France, was occasionally represented by epic tales of his rambling walks through the French countryside.
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 Nazis' trousers fall down at inopportune moments, was regarded as valuable for morale.
According to Spike Milligan, the columns were an influence on the comedic style of his radio series, The Goon Show.