"HIS WITTY COMMENTARIES"
A. G. Macdonell, who was only 45 years of age, was a regular broadcaster in the BBC Overseas Service for some months last year, and his well-informed and witty commentaries had a very large public. Mr. Macdonell was one of the many Scots who succeeded in England, He was educated at the famous Winchester School, and there is a beautiful reference to the school in the book that made his name, "England, Their England." . He served with one of the Highland Divisions in the’Great War, and after the war made two unsuccessful attempts to enter Parliament as a member of the Liberal Party. He also served on the Headquarters Staff of the League of Nations Union for five years. His books, which include "England, Their England," "How Like an Angel," "Lords and Masters," and "Flight from a Lady,’ have been widely read for their satire and their wit.-(A tribute from the NBS, Saturday, January 18).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 4, Issue 84, 31 January 1941, Page 8
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158"HIS WITTY COMMENTARIES" New Zealand Listener, Volume 4, Issue 84, 31 January 1941, Page 8
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