Leonard Russell was an English journalist and satirist, known for editing Press Gang!
Crazy World Chronicle (London 1937), a collection of satirical articles, supposedly real articles from British newspapers.
Contributors included Russell, Cyril Connolly, Hilaire Belloc, Ronald Knox and A. G.
[1] The most memorable article is by Cyril Connolly entitled 'Where Engels Fears to Tread', a mock book review which paints a brilliantly comic portrait of Brian Howard.
[2] He married film critic Dilys Powell in 1943 and died aged 68 in 1974.