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E.S. Turner wrote his first article for the Dundee Courier in 1927. He contributed to Punch for 53 years, and wrote more than eighty pieces for the London Review. His last social history was Unholy Pursuits: The Wayward Parsons of Grub Street. He died on 6 July 2006, at the age of 96.

Other articles by this contributor:

A Broad Grin and a Handstand · ‘the fastest woman in the world’ and the wild early years of motor-racing

Our chaps will deal with them · The Great Flap of 1940

Petting Cafés! · wartime spivs and dodgers