George Gale (journalist)
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George Gale was editor of the British political magazine The Spectator from 1970 to 1973. He is best remembered for his support of Enoch Powell and his appointment of Peter Ackroyd as its literary critic. After Auberon Waugh changed Gale's name in the published list of contributors to either "Lunchtime O'Booze" or "Lunchtime O'Gale" (accounts vary, but "Lunchtime O'Booze" is the Private Eye term for the archetypal drunken journalist), Waugh was sacked from The Spectator by its then editor Nigel Lawson. Gale, ironically, invited Waugh back after he had become editor.
| Preceded by: Nigel Lawson |
Editor of The Spectator 1970 – 1973 |
Succeeded by: Harold Creighton |
