John Coldstream
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John Coldstream is a former literary editor of the Daily Telegraph and the biographer of Dirk Bogarde. His friendship with Bogarde was formed when the actor was a reviewer for the paper.
Coldstream, in an entirely unstudied way, belongs to the long tradition of the man of
letters. His tenure as a literary editor coincided with the last days a scholarly figure
could find a natural home in a broadsheet newspaper. His innate politeness and
amiability were marked on his retirement by a lunch thrown in his honour by the
publicists of the major publishing houses - a signal honour yet to be afforded to any
other outgoing lit ed. As well as writing Bogarde’s biography, Coldstream has edited
volumes of his letters and journalism.