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Description: Abstract: In 1912 the Fabian Society published the first edition of its own weekly journal. George Bernard Shaw promised to provide regular articles and Beatrice Webb sent out letters to Fabian Society members and to those involved in her Poor Law campaign. These letters recruited over 2,000 people willing to become postal subscribers. The New Statesman received a hostile reception from a former Fabian and the editor of the political weekly, The Nation. In the 1930's an amalgamation of the two journals occured. Kingsley Martin was editor of the New Statesman & Nation for over thirty years and during this time he established it as Britain's leading intellectual weekly.
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