Michael Davidson - Revision history

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Life and work

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	Davidson was born in London on 24 February 1897 into an upper-middle-class family in, but he was brought up in Guernsey from the ages of one to eleven, when the family moved to Bitterne in Hampshire. He was educated at Lancing, England.		Davidson was born in London on 24 February 1897 into an upper-middle-class family in, but he was brought up in Guernsey from the ages of one to eleven, when the family moved to Bitterne in Hampshire. He was educated at Lancing, England.
	[[File:The World, the Flesh and Myself.jpg\|thumb\|'''[[The World, the Flesh and Myself (book)\|The World, the Flesh and Myself - 1962]]'''\|link=The World, the Flesh and Myself (book)]]		[[File:The World, the Flesh and Myself.jpg\|thumb\|'''[[The World, the Flesh and Myself (book)\|The World,<br> the Flesh<br> and Myself - 1962]]'''\|link=The World, the Flesh and Myself (book)]]
	Davidson joined the army in 1914, and was wounded at Paschendaele in 1916. After the war, he made an unsuccessful attempt to set himself up as a farmer in South Africa. In 1922, he became a newspaper reporter, initially in Norwich. In 1928, he moved to Berlin where, apart from a stint as a proof-reader in the International Labour Office in Geneva, he was to remain until 1933, supporting himself as a translator of leftist books and articles. He also joined the Communist Party of Germany out of a belief that only it was seriously countering the rise of the Nazis.<ref>{{citation \|last=Marlowe \|first=Edmund \| title="A Brief Life of Michael Davidson" in Michael Davidson, Sicilian Vespers and other writings, \|year=2021 \|isbn= 978-1-914571-00-8 \|pages= 1–30 }}</ref> When Hitler came to power, at great danger to himself, he wrote newspaper articles about the full implications of Hitler's ideology, which he had seen up-close, but, apart from the communist Daily Worker, British newspapers were not interested in publishing them.<ref>{{citation \|last=Davidson \|first=Michael \|title=The World, the Flesh and Myself \|year=1962 \|page=157 }}</ref> In July 1933, threats by the Nazi step-father of a boy with whom he was having a liaison caused him to flee at short notice, and return to London. There, his continued involvement with communism, albeit brief and unenthusiastic, drew the attention of MI5, who kept an eye on him for the rest of his career.<ref>National Archives, Kew: KV2/2975-2976</ref> He spent the rest of his working life serving as a foreign correspondent for The Observer, The News Chronicle, The New York Times and other newspapers,<ref>{{citation \|last=Aldrich \|first=Robert \|title=Who's Who in Contemporary Gay and Lesbian History - from World War II to the present day \|year=2002 \|isbn= 978-0-415-29161-3 \|page=104 }}</ref> drawing the ire of the British colonial authorities in Malaya and Cyprus for his revelations.		Davidson joined the army in 1914, and was wounded at Paschendaele in 1916. After the war, he made an unsuccessful attempt to set himself up as a farmer in South Africa. In 1922, he became a newspaper reporter, initially in Norwich. In 1928, he moved to Berlin where, apart from a stint as a proof-reader in the International Labour Office in Geneva, he was to remain until 1933, supporting himself as a translator of leftist books and articles. He also joined the Communist Party of Germany out of a belief that only it was seriously countering the rise of the Nazis.<ref>{{citation \|last=Marlowe \|first=Edmund \| title="A Brief Life of Michael Davidson" in Michael Davidson, Sicilian Vespers and other writings, \|year=2021 \|isbn= 978-1-914571-00-8 \|pages= 1–30 }}</ref> When Hitler came to power, at great danger to himself, he wrote newspaper articles about the full implications of Hitler's ideology, which he had seen up-close, but, apart from the communist Daily Worker, British newspapers were not interested in publishing them.<ref>{{citation \|last=Davidson \|first=Michael \|title=The World, the Flesh and Myself \|year=1962 \|page=157 }}</ref> In July 1933, threats by the Nazi step-father of a boy with whom he was having a liaison caused him to flee at short notice, and return to London. There, his continued involvement with communism, albeit brief and unenthusiastic, drew the attention of MI5, who kept an eye on him for the rest of his career.<ref>National Archives, Kew: KV2/2975-2976</ref> He spent the rest of his working life serving as a foreign correspondent for The Observer, The News Chronicle, The New York Times and other newspapers,<ref>{{citation \|last=Aldrich \|first=Robert \|title=Who's Who in Contemporary Gay and Lesbian History - from World War II to the present day \|year=2002 \|isbn= 978-0-415-29161-3 \|page=104 }}</ref> drawing the ire of the British colonial authorities in Malaya and Cyprus for his revelations.

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	Davidson was born in London on 24 February 1897 into an upper-middle-class family in, but he was brought up in Guernsey from the ages of one to eleven, when the family moved to Bitterne in Hampshire. He was educated at Lancing, England.		Davidson was born in London on 24 February 1897 into an upper-middle-class family in, but he was brought up in Guernsey from the ages of one to eleven, when the family moved to Bitterne in Hampshire. He was educated at Lancing, England.
			[[File:The World, the Flesh and Myself.jpg\|thumb\|'''[[The World, the Flesh and Myself (book)\|The World, the Flesh and Myself - 1962]]'''\|link=The World, the Flesh and Myself (book)]]
	Davidson joined the army in 1914, and was wounded at Paschendaele in 1916. After the war, he made an unsuccessful attempt to set himself up as a farmer in South Africa. In 1922, he became a newspaper reporter, initially in Norwich. In 1928, he moved to Berlin where, apart from a stint as a proof-reader in the International Labour Office in Geneva, he was to remain until 1933, supporting himself as a translator of leftist books and articles. He also joined the Communist Party of Germany out of a belief that only it was seriously countering the rise of the Nazis.<ref>{{citation \|last=Marlowe \|first=Edmund \| title="A Brief Life of Michael Davidson" in Michael Davidson, Sicilian Vespers and other writings, \|year=2021 \|isbn= 978-1-914571-00-8 \|pages= 1–30 }}</ref> When Hitler came to power, at great danger to himself, he wrote newspaper articles about the full implications of Hitler's ideology, which he had seen up-close, but, apart from the communist Daily Worker, British newspapers were not interested in publishing them.<ref>{{citation \|last=Davidson \|first=Michael \|title=The World, the Flesh and Myself \|year=1962 \|page=157 }}</ref> In July 1933, threats by the Nazi step-father of a boy with whom he was having a liaison caused him to flee at short notice, and return to London. There, his continued involvement with communism, albeit brief and unenthusiastic, drew the attention of MI5, who kept an eye on him for the rest of his career.<ref>National Archives, Kew: KV2/2975-2976</ref> He spent the rest of his working life serving as a foreign correspondent for The Observer, The News Chronicle, The New York Times and other newspapers,<ref>{{citation \|last=Aldrich \|first=Robert \|title=Who's Who in Contemporary Gay and Lesbian History - from World War II to the present day \|year=2002 \|isbn= 978-0-415-29161-3 \|page=104 }}</ref> drawing the ire of the British colonial authorities in Malaya and Cyprus for his revelations.		Davidson joined the army in 1914, and was wounded at Paschendaele in 1916. After the war, he made an unsuccessful attempt to set himself up as a farmer in South Africa. In 1922, he became a newspaper reporter, initially in Norwich. In 1928, he moved to Berlin where, apart from a stint as a proof-reader in the International Labour Office in Geneva, he was to remain until 1933, supporting himself as a translator of leftist books and articles. He also joined the Communist Party of Germany out of a belief that only it was seriously countering the rise of the Nazis.<ref>{{citation \|last=Marlowe \|first=Edmund \| title="A Brief Life of Michael Davidson" in Michael Davidson, Sicilian Vespers and other writings, \|year=2021 \|isbn= 978-1-914571-00-8 \|pages= 1–30 }}</ref> When Hitler came to power, at great danger to himself, he wrote newspaper articles about the full implications of Hitler's ideology, which he had seen up-close, but, apart from the communist Daily Worker, British newspapers were not interested in publishing them.<ref>{{citation \|last=Davidson \|first=Michael \|title=The World, the Flesh and Myself \|year=1962 \|page=157 }}</ref> In July 1933, threats by the Nazi step-father of a boy with whom he was having a liaison caused him to flee at short notice, and return to London. There, his continued involvement with communism, albeit brief and unenthusiastic, drew the attention of MI5, who kept an eye on him for the rest of his career.<ref>National Archives, Kew: KV2/2975-2976</ref> He spent the rest of his working life serving as a foreign correspondent for The Observer, The News Chronicle, The New York Times and other newspapers,<ref>{{citation \|last=Aldrich \|first=Robert \|title=Who's Who in Contemporary Gay and Lesbian History - from World War II to the present day \|year=2002 \|isbn= 978-0-415-29161-3 \|page=104 }}</ref> drawing the ire of the British colonial authorities in Malaya and Cyprus for his revelations.

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	==External links==		==External links==
	[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Davidson_(journalist) Michael Davidson (journalist) (Wikipedia)]		*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Davidson_(journalist) Michael Davidson (journalist) (Wikipedia)]
	*[https://www.amazon.co.uk/Edmund-Marlowe/e/B00AR9OODI/ref=aufs_dp_mata_dsk Books By Edmund Marlowe]		*[https://www.amazon.co.uk/Edmund-Marlowe/e/B00AR9OODI/ref=aufs_dp_mata_dsk Books By Edmund Marlowe]
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			[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Davidson_(journalist) Michael Davidson (journalist) (Wikipedia)]
			*[https://www.amazon.co.uk/Edmund-Marlowe/e/B00AR9OODI/ref=aufs_dp_mata_dsk Books By Edmund Marlowe]
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Published books

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	For a more complete list, see “A bibliography of Davidson’s writings” in Davidson’s ''Sicilian Vespers'' listed below, pp. 357–60.		For a more complete list, see “A bibliography of Davidson’s writings” in Davidson’s ''Sicilian Vespers'' listed below, pp. 357–60.

	*''[[The World, the Flesh and Myself (book)\|The World, the Flesh and Myself]]''. 1st edition, London: Arthur Barker, 1962. Four editions, 1966-97. Current edition, London: Arcadian Dreams, 2022.		*'''[[The World, the Flesh and Myself (book)\|The World, the Flesh and Myself]]'''. 1st edition, London: Arthur Barker, 1962. Four editions, 1966-97. Current edition, London: Arcadian Dreams, 2022.

	*''[[Some Boys (book)\|Some Boys]]''. 1st edition, London: David Bruce & Watson, 1969. American and only unexpurgated edition, Kingston, New York:		*'''[[Some Boys (book)\|Some Boys]]'''. 1st edition, London: David Bruce & Watson, 1969. American and only unexpurgated edition, Kingston, New York: Oliver Layton, 1971; 2nd British edition, London: GMP, 1988.
	Oliver Layton, 1971; 2nd British edition, London: GMP, 1988.

	*''[[Sicilian Vespers and other writings (book)\|Sicilian Vespers and other writings.]]'' London: Arcadian Dreams, 2021.		*'''[[Sicilian Vespers and other writings (book)\|Sicilian Vespers and other writings.]]''' London: Arcadian Dreams, 2021.

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	For a more complete list, see “A bibliography of Davidson’s writings” in Davidson’s ''Sicilian Vespers'' listed below, pp. 357–60.		For a more complete list, see “A bibliography of Davidson’s writings” in Davidson’s ''Sicilian Vespers'' listed below, pp. 357–60.

	''[[The World, the Flesh and Myself (book)\|The World, the Flesh and Myself]]''. 1st edition, London: Arthur Barker, 1962. Four editions, 1966-97. Current edition, London: Arcadian Dreams, 2022.		*''[[The World, the Flesh and Myself (book)\|The World, the Flesh and Myself]]''. 1st edition, London: Arthur Barker, 1962. Four editions, 1966-97. Current edition, London: Arcadian Dreams, 2022.

	''[[Some Boys (book)\|Some Boys]]''. 1st edition, London: David Bruce & Watson, 1969. American and only unexpurgated edition, Kingston, New York:		*''[[Some Boys (book)\|Some Boys]]''. 1st edition, London: David Bruce & Watson, 1969. American and only unexpurgated edition, Kingston, New York:
	Oliver Layton, 1971; 2nd British edition, London: GMP, 1988.		Oliver Layton, 1971; 2nd British edition, London: GMP, 1988.

	''[[Sicilian Vespers and other writings (book)\|Sicilian Vespers and other writings.]]'' London: Arcadian Dreams, 2021.		*''[[Sicilian Vespers and other writings (book)\|Sicilian Vespers and other writings.]]'' London: Arcadian Dreams, 2021.

	== References ==		== References ==

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	[[File:Michael Davidson (journalist).jpg\|thumb\|200 px\|Davidson in 1972]]		[[File:Michael Davidson (journalist).jpg\|thumb\|200 px\|Davidson in 1972]]
	'''Michael Childers Davidson''' (1897–1975) was a British journalist, memoirist, and an open [[Pederasty\|pederast]]. He "was an English foreign correspondent widely respected for his intelligence, keen observation and sympathy for the underdog. He joined the Berlin communists against Hitler, crossed wartime Morocco in Arab disguise, and opposed the British authorities in Malaya and Cyprus. This autobiography, published in 1962 in an England where homosexuality was still illegal and widely reviled, caused a sensation with its opening sentence, “This is the life-history of a [[Boylover\|lover of boys]],” but impressed many with its candid accounts of his journalistic and sexual adventures." <ref>https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B094GFNB4Y/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0</ref>		'''Michael Childers Davidson''' (1897–1975) was a British journalist, memoirist, and an open [[Pederasty\|pederast]]. He "was an English foreign correspondent widely respected for his intelligence, keen observation and sympathy for the underdog. He joined the Berlin communists against Hitler, crossed wartime Morocco in Arab disguise, and opposed the British authorities in Malaya and Cyprus. This autobiography, published in 1962 in an England where homosexuality was still illegal and widely reviled, caused a sensation with its opening sentence, “This is the life-history of a [[Boylover\|lover of boys]],” but impressed many with its candid accounts of his journalistic and sexual adventures." <ref>https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B094GFNB4Y/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0</ref>
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	==Life and work==		==Life and work==
	Davidson was born in London on 24 February 1897 into an upper-middle-class family in, but he was brought up in Guernsey from the ages of one to eleven, when the family moved to Bitterne in Hampshire. He was educated at Lancing, England.		Davidson was born in London on 24 February 1897 into an upper-middle-class family in, but he was brought up in Guernsey from the ages of one to eleven, when the family moved to Bitterne in Hampshire. He was educated at Lancing, England.

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	== References ==		== References ==
	{{Reflist}}		{{Reflist}}
			==External links==

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	[[File:Michael Davidson (journalist).jpg\|thumb\|200 px]]		[[File:Michael Davidson (journalist).jpg\|thumb\|200 px\|Davidson in 1972]]
	'''Michael Childers Davidson''' (1897–1975) was a British journalist, memoirist, and an open [[Pederasty\|pederast]]. He "was an English foreign correspondent widely respected for his intelligence, keen observation and sympathy for the underdog. He joined the Berlin communists against Hitler, crossed wartime Morocco in Arab disguise, and opposed the British authorities in Malaya and Cyprus. This autobiography, published in 1962 in an England where homosexuality was still illegal and widely reviled, caused a sensation with its opening sentence, “This is the life-history of a [[Boylover\|lover of boys]],” but impressed many with its candid accounts of his journalistic and sexual adventures." <ref>https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B094GFNB4Y/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0</ref>		'''Michael Childers Davidson''' (1897–1975) was a British journalist, memoirist, and an open [[Pederasty\|pederast]]. He "was an English foreign correspondent widely respected for his intelligence, keen observation and sympathy for the underdog. He joined the Berlin communists against Hitler, crossed wartime Morocco in Arab disguise, and opposed the British authorities in Malaya and Cyprus. This autobiography, published in 1962 in an England where homosexuality was still illegal and widely reviled, caused a sensation with its opening sentence, “This is the life-history of a [[Boylover\|lover of boys]],” but impressed many with its candid accounts of his journalistic and sexual adventures." <ref>https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B094GFNB4Y/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0</ref>
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