Harry Leslie Smith

Harry Leslie Smith  (25 February 1923 – 28 November 2018) was a British writer and political commentator. He served in the RAF during the Second World War, later moving to Canada. 

 Biography 
After retiring, Smith began writing his memoirs and about the social history of Great Britain, during his youth and in the 21st century. He has written five books about Britain during the Great Depression, the Second World War, and postwar austerity. 

Smith writes for The Guardian newspaper, The New Statesman, The Daily Mirror, International Business Times and the Morning Star, and has made a number of public appearances in the UK (including the 2014 Labour Party conference and during the 2015 General Election and the 2016 EU Referendum) and Canada (in his 2015 Stand up For Progress National Tour).

On 20 November 2018 Smith was hospitalized in critical condition after suffering from pneumonia after having a fall at his home.Harry Leslie Smith in Hospital in Canada He died a week later on 28 November in Belleville, Ontario at the age of 95.

References

Other websites

 Articles in The Guardian
 Articles in the New Statesman

Category:1923 births
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Category:British political writers
Category:English journalists
Category:British military personnel of World War II
Category:Political commentators
Category:Writers from Yorkshire
Category:People from Barnsley
Category:People from Belleville, Ontario