huh An intimate Lportrait in words and pictures of a distinguished and controversial journalist whose career reflects the history of this j * century. i FPT ISBN 0-bflfl-D7EES-ci >$EE.TS l PICTURES MALCOLM MUGGERIDGE For many years Malcolm Muggeridge has been one of the world’s most dis­ tinguished—and frequently controver­ sial-journalists and broadcasters. He is known to millions, and during his varied career he has been just about everywhere and met the great and the interesting of many lands. Throughout his life he has kept albums of photographs, family stud­ ies as well as those of more public occa­ sions; and he himself has constantly been photographed, not least on television. My uses this rich col­ Life in Pictures lection and, along with other sources and his own succinct, amusing, and self- deprecating commentary, presents the special themes and highlights of his life. Muggeridge reveals himself en famille and at school in Croydon; at Cambridge in the early 1920s; in different parts of the world, including India, Egypt, Rus­ sia, Switzerland, and the United States; and as an intelligence officer in the Sec­ ond World War, particularly during the liberation of Paris. It was in Paris that he met P. G. Wode- house; and the book abounds in picture and word portraits of Malcolm’s special friends, who include Hugh Kingsmill, George Orwell, John Betjeman, Graham Greene, Alec Vidler, and Evelyn Waugh, and of international figures whom he par­ ticularly admired such as General de Gaulle, “Monty,” and indeed Winston Churchill, despite the controversy in 1954 over Churchill’s fitness to govern, on (continued back flap) B M891aa Muggeridge, Malcolm* 1903- Mv LIFE IN PICTURES 7130903 B M891AA Muggeridge* Malcolm* 1903 pictures My life in 7130309 P.NL IW-PAS' SCN.0 6 ’* ' ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY FORT WAYNE, INDIANA 46802 You may return this book to any agency, branch, or bookmobile of the Allen County Public Library. of "Co - MY LIFE IN PICTURES Malcolm Muggeridge MY LIFE IN PICTURES Malcolm Muggeridge Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive But to be is very heaven. old after Wordsworth William Morrow ^Company, Inc. New York /Uie.'i Lounty Poblk Library Wayne, Ft. Indiana Copyright © 1987 by Malcolm Muggeridge First published in Great Britain 1987 by The Herbert Press Limited, London. First published in the United States of America 1987 by William Morrow and Company, Inc., New York. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the Publisher. Inquiries should be addressed Permissions Department, William Morrow and Company, Inc., 105 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10016. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 86-63405 ISBN: 0-688-07225-9 Printed in Great Britain First U.S. Edition 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 BOOK DESIGN BY PAULINE HARRISON 7130909 Contents Early days 9 From the nineteen-forties to the nineteen-eighties 5i Park Cottage 1 15 Acknowledgements 142 Index 143 I would like to express my gratitude to two people who have helped me with this book— John Bright-Holmes who has assisted me with the text, and Chris Barham, of the , Daily Mail who also lives in Robertsbridge, for his practical help and his special skill as a photographer.