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malcolm programme muggeridge taking part in a bbc tv discussion 14 november 1990 robertsbridge , east sussex , england thomas malcolm muggeridge sanderstead , surrey , england anglican , agnostic , roman catholic 240px british 24 march 1903 malcolm_muggeridge . jpg malcolm muggeridge
 malcolm muggeridge journalist , author , satirist
malcolm muggeridge

thomas malcolm muggeridge -lrb- 24 march 1903 -- 14 november 1990 -rrb- , known as malcolm muggeridge , was a british journalist , author , media personality , and satirist .
during world war ii , he worked for the british government as a soldier and a spy .
as a young man , muggeridge was a left-wing sympathiser but he later became a forceful anti-communist .
he is credited with bringing mother teresa to popular attention in the west and stimulating debate about catholic theology .
in his later years he became a religious and moral campaigner .
