Potterism: A Tragi-Farcical Tract

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Rose Macaulay's 1920 satire on British journalism and the newspaper industry returns to print in the UK for the first time in seventy years, alongside a new collection of her pacifist writings from 1916 to 1945. The narrative centers on the Potter newspaper empire and the challenges journalists faced in balancing truth with commercial interests during the First World War and the 1920s. Jane and Johnny Potter, while studying at Oxford, develop a disdain for their father's popular newspapers but ultimately find themselves working within the family business. Jane's greed drives her to seek more than society permits. Mrs. Potter, a successful romantic novelist, struggles to differentiate between fact and fiction, leading to an inflated sense of her own influence. Her visit to a medium in search of truth regarding her son-in-law's murder results in disastrous consequences. Arthur Gideon, an editor for Mr. Potter, admires his employer's integrity while loathing the sensationalist nature of the newspapers he produces. His passionate advocacy against anti-Semitic attacks makes him unpopular and a target of malice. The Introduction is by Sarah Lonsdale, a senior lecturer in journalism at City University London, who also authored the Introduction to Handheld Press's edition of Macaulay's What Not.