Leonard John Kensell Setright (10 August 1931 – 7 September 2005) was an English motoring journalist and author.
[1] Setright attended Palmers Green Grammar school before studying law at the University of London which he practised for a time but hated the profession.
Setright also wrote about music, motorcycles and high-fidelity sound systems, and contributed to, among others, Punch, The Independent, Bike, Cycle Guide/USA, Motorcycle Sport under the initials LJKS, Back Street Heroes and Car and Driver.
[3] [4] Setright was also known for his love of smoking tobacco, in particular Sobranie Black Russian cigarettes,[2] and for his elegant sartorial style.
[4] After this he spent some time in a Lubavitch community in Texas,[4] later returning to the UK, and he settled in Surbiton, near London, where he died of cancer in 2005.