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Anglo-Portuguese News
''The Anglo-Portuguese News'' (APN) was an English-language paper aimed mainly at the British community in Portugal. First published in February 1937, it also served as a propaganda tool for the British government during World War Two, when Portugal was neutral, and when the paper was described by the Germans as "the voice of Winston Churchill, Churchill in Lisbon". For much of its life the APN was run by a Portuguese people, Portuguese, Luiz Artur de Oliveira Marques, and his British wife, Susan Lowndes Marques. In 1980 it was sold to a British journalist, Nigel Batley, who managed the paper until 2004 when it suddenly closed. Published mainly fortnightly during the Marques era, it became a weekly under Batley, reaching sales of up to 8,500 per issue. Beginnings There had been many attempts to publish English-language newspapers in Portugal, particularly Lisbon, going back to 1830. However, they tended not to last more than a few issues. Nevertheless, Charles Eric Wakeham, a r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susan Lowndes Marques
Susan Antonia Dorothea Priestley Lowndes Marques Order of the British Empire, OBE (15 February 1907 - 3 February 1993) was a writer and journalist who became a leading figure in the British community in Lisbon, Portugal. Family and early life Generally known as Susan Lowndes, or Susan Lowndes Marques after her marriage to the Portuguese, Luís Marques, she was born into a distinguished family. Her great, great-grandfather was the British scientist and philosopher Joseph Priestley, who was credited with the discovery of oxygen. Her grandmother was Bessie Rayner Parkes, a prominent British feminist and champion of women's suffrage. Her mother, Marie Belloc Lowndes, was a well-known writer of crime novels and biographies, best known for her novel, ''The Lodger'', based on Jack the Ripper, which sold over a million copies and was made into a film by Alfred Hitchcock in 1926. Her uncle was the poet and novelist Hilaire Belloc. Marriage and Lisbon Brought up in inter-war London, Susan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
