Harkive: The ‘Captain Lobe’ controversy

This month we continue our series of Harkive entries chronicling Margaret Harkness’s relationship with the Pall Mall Gazette (PMG). Under the editorship of W. T. Stead, from 1883 until 1889, the evening newspaper increased its coverage of political and social questions. After the publication of the scandalous ‘Maiden Tribute of Modern Babylon’ (1885), Stead’s investigative crusade into […]Read Post ›