Lee-Potter, Lynda

Lee-Potter, Lynda
▪ 2005
Lynda Higginson 
      British journalist (b. May 2, 1935, Leigh, Lancashire, Eng.—d. Oct. 20, 2004, Stoborough, Dorset, Eng.), was admired for her sharp wit, notorious for her derisive criticism of celebrities and other notable persons, and controversial for her attacks on such social targets as single mothers and political correctness, particularly in her weekly column for the Daily Mail newspaper from 1972. With her working-class background, the “First Lady of Fleet Street” was attuned to the mind-set of her readers, and she possessed a unique talent for putting their thoughts into words. Lee-Potter's book Class Act: How to Beat the British Class System was published in 2000.

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