Paul Foot
(1937-2004), Writer and journalistPaul Mackintosh Foot
Sitter in 8 portraits
Writer and journalist, Foot was educated at Shrewsbury School and at Oxford University where he contributed to Mesopotamia. Foot adopted a far-left political view as a journalist for the Glasgow Daily Record and following a short period working for the Sun and the Sunday Telegraph joined the Private Eye team full-time in 1967. Alongside that of Claud Cockburn, Foot's investigative journalism was published under 'Footnotes' and counterbalanced the magazine's sharp satire. Foot worked for the Socialist Worker (1972-8) and the Daily Mirror (1979-91) before re-joining the staff of Private Eye under the editorship of Ian Hislop.
The Staff of Private Eye, 1965
by Lewis Morley
bromide print, 1965
NPG x135520
Paul Mackintosh Foot; Angus John MacDonald, Baron MacDonald of Tradeston
by Martin Rowson
pen and ink, 1 March 2002
NPG D49426
Paul Mackintosh Foot; Richard Reid Ingrams; Richard Keith Stott
by Martin Rowson
pen and ink, 10 March 2002
NPG D49427
Related People
- Hugh Mackintosh Foot, Baron Caradon (father)
- Jill Craigie (aunt)
- Sir Dingle Mackintosh Foot (uncle)
- Isaac Foot (grandfather)
- Michael Foot (uncle)
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