Anti-Bolshevism and the periodical press in interwar Britain: the case of the Saturday Review, 1933–6

Abstract

Abstract Using the example of the Saturday Review under the ownership of Lady Houston, this article explores how anti-Bolshevism was constituted in interwar Britain, and how the paper embodied the immoderate views of the radical Right, acting as a de facto promotional hub for a multifarious network of disaffected Conservatives. It shows how the Review integrated conspiratorial anti-Bolshevism into editorial argument and ostensible news provision, and how this found an attentive readership for a short-lived period. The article further demonstrates the utility of the periodical press for broadening historians’ engagement with overarching trends in politics and society during the interwar period.