Douglas Goldring

Douglas Goldring was an English writer and journalist, born in Greenwich on January 7, 1887, and died on April 9, 1960. After schooling at Hurstpierpoint, Magdalen College School, and Felsted, he went up to Oxford but left without taking a degree and moved to London to make his way as a writer.

Early in his career he worked at Country Life and then became a sub-editor of The English Review under Ford Madox Ford. He later edited his own magazine, The Tramp, and became known as a well-connected figure in literary London, involved with new writing and with writers who would become important voices of the period.

Alongside journalism and editing, Goldring wrote fiction, criticism, and memoir. He is remembered not only for his own books but also for the part he played in the wider literary culture of his time, moving between publishing, politics, and the arts with unusual energy.