R. W. Johnson

R. W. Johnson (born 1943) is a British journalist, political scientist, and historian who lives in South Africa.

His 2015 book Look Back in Laughter: Oxford's Postwar Golden Age is a memoir of his years at Magdalen, including his work with college president Keith Griffin to rescue the college's finances and buildings.

[3] In reviewing his memoirs, The Economist described Johnson as a "romantic contrarian liberal".

[4] On his return to South Africa in 1995, Johnson became director of the Helen Suzman Foundation in Johannesburg until 2001.

[5] He has been a South Africa correspondent for the London Sunday Times and also written for the London Review of Books[6] His articles for the LRB generally cover South African and to a lesser extent Zimbabwean affairs.