I met George Macdonald Fraser when he was the features editor of the Glasgow Herald. He was a very good newspaperman on what was a fine daily paper. James Holburn was the editor, Reggie Byers his deputy, Chris Small the literary editor, all admirable and amiable journalists. When Holburn retired, Fraser was for a while acting editor and should have been made editor and would have been fair and fearless.
Christopher Maclehose
The derring-do that created Flashman
Christopher Maclehose recalls his dealings with the author of the Flashman novels, George Macdonald Fraser

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