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"William Hickey" is the pseudonymous byline of a gossip column published in the Daily Express, a British newspaper. It was named after the 18th-century diarist William Hickey. The column was first established by Tom Driberg in May 1933. An existing gossip column was relaunched following the intervention of the Express's proprietor Lord Beaverbrook.
He grew increasingly frustrated with the trivial nature of his work. Following the intervention of Express proprietor Lord Beaverbrook, the column was relaunched in May 1933 as "These Names Make News", and its by-line changed to "William Hickey", after the 18th-century diarist and rake. [29]
Driberg was well known as the Daily Express columnist "William Hickey" and had a home in Bradwell-on-Sea – the only candidate who lived in the constituency. He was a member of the " 1941 Committee ", a group of progressive intellectuals who met under the chairmanship of J. B. Priestley at the home of Edward G. Hulton , the owner of the ...
William Hickey (actor) (1927–1997), American actor. William Hickey (columnist), pseudonymous byline for a column in the Daily Express. William Hickey (memoirist) (1749–1830), English lawyer and author of a famous set of memoirs. William Hickey (writer) (1787–1875), Irish philanthropist. William J. Hickey (1873–1953), New York politician ...
William Hickey (memoirist) William Hickey (30 June 1749 – 31 May 1830) was an English lawyer, but is best known for his vast Memoirs, composed in 1808–10 and published between 1913 and 1925, which in their manuscript form cover 750 closely-written folio pages. [1] Described by Peter Quennell as "One of the most remarkable books of its kind ...
The review mixed literary criticism with moral sermonising, to which Waugh felt bound to object publicly. His friend, the journalist Tom Driberg agreed to place a notice in his "William Hickey" column in the Daily Express, in which Waugh accepted fully Oldmeadow's right to criticise the literary quality of the work "in any terms he thinks ...
William Hickey Joins Ares Management as Operating Advisor Former Chairman & CEO of Sealed Air to Exclusively Advise the Ares Private Equity Group LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Ares Management LLC ...
William Edward Hickey (September 19, 1927 – June 29, 1997) was an American actor. He is best known for his Academy Award-nominated role as Don Corrado Prizzi in the John Huston film Prizzi's Honor (1985), as well as Uncle Lewis in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989) and the voice of Dr. Finkelstein in Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993).