[1] He worked as a shipping clerk in Brazil in his youth, then returned to the United Kingdom at the start of the Second World War and took a job as a journalist at the Daily Sketch.
[1] However, he soon left to become an assistant features editor with the Daily Mirror, and in 1956 moved on to the News Chronicle.
[1][2] Randall aimed to take the Mail upmarket, introducing more investigative journalism and attract younger readers with a more liberal position.
However, the paper lost readers, and Randall was replaced as editor in 1966 while he was on sick leave.
[2] In semi-retirement, Randall worked as a fruit picker and on a mushroom farm, while involving himself in the launch of the Sunday Standard.