Appendix 1: Chronological list of editors

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(a) List of editors in order of first appearance

Gerald H. Crow - 1910-1913 1914 1915
Geoffery Dennis - 1910-1913
Sherard Vines - 1910-1913 1914
T. W. Earp - 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
Wilfred Rowland Childe - 1916 1917
Aldous Huxley - 1916
Dorothy L. Sayers - 1917 1918 1919
E. F. A. Geach - 1918
Vera M. Brittain - 1920
C. H. B. Kitchin - 1920
Alan Porter - 1920 1921
Richard Hughes - 1921
Robert Graves - 1921
David Cleghorn Thomson - 1923
F. W. Bateson - 1923
Harold Acton - 1924
Peter Quennell - 1924
Patrick Monkhouse - 1925
Charles Plumb - 1925 1926
W. H. Auden - 1926 1927
C. Day-Lewis - 1927
Clere Parsons - 1928
Basil Blackwell - 1928
Louis MacNeice - 1929
Stephen Spender - 1929 1930
Bernard Spencer - 1930 1931
Richard Goodman - 1931 1932
A. W. Sandford - 1936
Alan Rook - 1936
Nevill Coghill - 1937
Alistair Sandford - 1937
Ian Davie - 1942-1943
John Heath-Stubbs - 1942-1943
Roy Macnab - 1946:No 1 1946:No 2 1947
Gordon Swaine - 1946:No 1 1946:No 2
Martin Starkie - 1947
Arthur Boyars - 1948
Barry Harmer - 1948
Kingsley Amis - 1949
James Michie - 1949
J. B. Donne - 1950 1951
Donald Watt - 1950
Derwent May - 1952
James Price - 1952
Donald Hall - 1953
Geoffrey Hill - 1953
Jonathan Price - 1954
Anthony Thwaite - 1954
Adrian Mitchell - 1955
Richard Selig - 1955
Bernard Donoughue - 1956
Gabriel Pearson - 1956
Peter Ferguson - 1957
Dennis Keene - 1957
Roger Lonsdale - 1959
Judy Spink - 1959
John Fuller - 1960
Francis Hope - 1960
Mark Wormald(1) - 1970:No 1 1970:No 2 1970:No 3
Robin Leanse - 1970:No 1 1970:No 2 1970:No 3
Mick Imlah - I.1
Nicholas Jenkins - I.1 I.2 I.3 II.1 II.2 II.3 III.1
Elise Paschen - I.1 I.2 I.3 II.1 II.2 II.3 III.1 III.2 III.3
Nicola Richards - I.1 I.2
Bernard O'Donoghue - I.3 II.1 II.2 II.3 IV.1 IV.2
Peter McDonald - I.3 II.1 II.2
Mark Ford - III.1 III.2
John Lanchester - III.1
Mark Wormald(2) - III.2 III.3 IV.1 IV.2 IV.3 V.1 V.2 V.3 VI.1 VI.2 VI.3
Sarah Dence - IV.1 IV.2
Janice Whitten - IV.1
Sinéad Garrigan - VI.3 VII.1 VII.2 VII.3 VIII.1 VIII.2 VIII.3 IX.1 IX.2
Kate Reeves - VI.3 VII.1 VII.2
Ian Samson - VII.2 VII.3 VIII.1
Sam Leith - VIII.2 VIII.3 IX.1 IX.2
Graham Nelson - X.1 X.2 X.3 XI.1
Gillian Pachter - X.1
Robert Macfarlane - X.1 X.2
Jane Griffiths - X.3 XI.1
Jenni Nuttall - XI.1

(b) List of editors in order of issues

1910-1913 - G. D. H. C. [Gerald H. Crow], G. P. D. [Geoffery Dennis], W. S. V. [Sherard Vines]
1914 - G. D. H. C. [Gerald H. Crow], W. S. V. [Sherard Vines]
1915 - G. D. H. C. [Gerald H. Crow], T. W. E. [T. W. Earp]
1916 - W. R. C. [Wilfred Rowland Childe], T. W. E. [T. W. Earp], A. L. H. [Aldous Huxley]
1917 - W. R. C. [Wilfred Rowland Childe], T. W. E. [T. W. Earp], D. L. S. [Dorothy L. Sayers]
1918 - T. W. E. [T. W. Earp], E. F. A. G. [E. F. A. Geach] and D. L. S. [Dorothy L. Sayers]
1919 - T. W. E. [T. W. Earp], D. L. S. [Dorothy L. Sayers] and S. S. [identity unknown]
1920 - V. M. B. [Vera M. Brittain], C. H. B. K. [C. H. B. Kitchin], A. P. [Alan Porter]
1921 - Alan Porter, Richard Hughes, Robert Graves
1922 - No editors cited
1923 - David Cleghorn Thomson, F. W. Bateson
1924 - Harold Acton, Peter Quennell
1925 - Patrick Monkhouse, Charles Plumb
1926 - Charles Plumb, W. H. Auden
1927 - W. H. Auden, C. Day-Lewis
1928 - Clere Parsons, B. B. [Basil Blackwell]
1929 - Louis MacNeice, Stephen Spender
1930 - Stephen Spender, Bernard Spencer
1931 - Bernard Spencer, Richard Goodman
1932 - Richard Goodman
1936 - A. W. Sandford with Alan Rook
1937 - Nevill Coghill, Alistair Sandford
1942-1943 - Ian Davie with John Heath-Stubbs
1946:No 1 - Roy Macnab, Gordon Swaine
1946:No 2 - Roy Macnab, Gordon Swaine
1947 - Martin Starkie, Roy Macnab
1948 - Arthur Boyars, Barry Harmer
1949 - Kingsley Amis, James Michie
1950 - J. B. Donne, Donald Watt
1951 - J. B. Donne
1952 - Derwent May, James Price
1953 - Donald Hall, Geoffrey Hill
1954 - Jonathan Price, Anthony Thwaite
1955 - Adrian Mitchell, Richard Selig
1956 - Bernard Donoughue, Gabriel Pearson
1957 - Peter Ferguson, Dennis Keene
1959 - Roger Lonsdale, Judy Spink
1960 - John Fuller, Francis Hope
1970:No 1 - Mark Wormald(1), Robin Leanse
1970:No 2 - Mark Wormald(1), Robin Leanse
1970:No 3 - Mark Wormald(1), Robin Leanse
I.1 - Mick Imlah, Nicholas Jenkins, Elise Paschen, Nicola Richards
I.2 - Nicholas Jenkins, Elise Paschen, Nicola Richards
I.3 - Nicholas Jenkins, Bernard O'Donoghue, Peter McDonald, Elise Paschen
II.1 - Nicholas Jenkins, Bernard O'Donoghue, Peter McDonald, Elise Paschen
II.2 - Nicholas Jenkins, Bernard O'Donoghue, Peter McDonald, Elise Paschen
II.3 - Nicholas Jenkins, Bernard O'Donoghue, Elise Paschen
III.1 - Mark Ford, Nicholas Jenkins, John Lanchester, Elise Paschen
III.2 - Mark Ford, Elise Paschen, Mark Wormald(2)
III.3 - Elise Paschen, Mark Wormald(2)
IV.1 - Mark Wormald(2) with Sarah Dence, Bernard O'Donoghue, Janice Whitten
IV.2 - Mark Wormald(2) with Sarah Dence, Bernard O'Donoghue
IV.3 - Mark Wormald(2)
V.1 - Mark Wormald(2)
V.2 - Mark Wormald(2)
V.3 - Mark Wormald(2)
VI.1 - Mark Wormald(2)
VI.2 - Mark Wormald(2)
VI.3 - Sinéad Garrigan, Kate Reeves, Mark Wormald(2)
VII.1 - Sinéad Garrigan, Kate Reeves
VII.2 - Sinéad Garrigan, Kate Reeves, Ian Samson
VII.3 - Sinéad Garrigan, Ian Samson
VIII.1 - Sinéad Garrigan, Ian Samson
VIII.2 - Sinéad Garrigan, Sam Leith
VIII.3 - Sinéad Garrigan, Sam Leith
IX.1 - Sinéad Garrigan, Sam Leith
IX.2 - Sinéad Garrigan, Sam Leith
X.1 - Graham Nelson, Gillian Pachter with Robert Macfarlane
X.2 - Graham Nelson, Robert Macfarlane
X.3 - Graham Nelson, Jane Griffiths
XI.1 - Graham Nelson, Jane Griffiths with Jenni Nuttall

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