Thomas Henry Marlowe

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Thomas Henry Marlowe

by Powys Evans
pen and ink, 1922
14 in. x 9 1/4 in. (355 mm x 235 mm)
Purchased with funding from the Elizabeth Weisz Fund, 2006
Primary Collection
NPG 6800

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  • Powys Evans (1899-1981), 'Quiz'; caricaturist. Artist or producer associated with 99 portraits, Sitter associated with 1 portrait.

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This cartoon appeared in the Saturday Review, 30 September 1922.

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Current affairs

The British Broadcasting Company (later British Broadcasting Corporation) is established to experiment with radio broadcasting. It is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world, providing radio, television and Internet services to the public in Britain and across the world.

Art and science

1922 is a key year for modernist literature with the publication of James Joyce's novel, Ulysses and T.S. Eliot's poem, The Waste Land. Both broke new ground with Ulysses (loosely based on Homer's Odyssey) introducing the 'stream of consciousness' narrative technique, and The Waste Land experimenting with multiple voices and a patchwork of literary, historic, mythological and personal allusions.

International

The Soviet Union is formed under Joseph Stalin who takes power after Lenin suffers a debilitating stroke.
In an attempt to avoid civil war, King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy invites Benito Mussolini to form a new government following the Fascist Party's March on Rome.

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Roderick Houston

13 May 2019, 07:09

Thomas “Tom” Henry Marlowe (18 March 1868 – 3 December 1935) was a British journalist and newspaperman, who served as News Editor and then Editor of the Daily Mail from 1896 to 1926 and was also Chairman of Associated Newspapers Ltd. Educated in Dublin, Queen’s College Galway and the London Hospital, he abandoned his medical training to join the Star as a reporter in 1888, moving to the Evening News in 1894. An exemplar of the “New Journalism” of the time, he was appointed News Editor of the Daily Mail soon after it was launched in 1896, being promoted to Managing Director / Editor in 1899. He retired in 1926 and died 9 years later, at sea between Britain and South Africa, where he was travelling for health reasons.