The May 16, 1932, issue of TIME announced the launch of the publication, mentioning that it was represented in the U.S. by Gorham Munson.
Other contributors included Hilaire Belloc; Grand Duchess Marie of Russia; Will Dyson, former cartoonist of the Labour Party's Daily Herald.
Paul Banks reviewed drama, David Gascoyne art, Storm Jameson novels, and Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji music.
[2] In the "Easter Number" for 1940, the review published for the first time the long poem "East Coker" by T. S. Eliot.
[3] The paper was a leading supporter of the Social Credit Party, as well as advocating organic farming, among other issues.