Dudley Costello

Biography

Dudley Costello made his name as a journalist whose crisp dispatches sent readers from the drawing rooms of London to the streets of continental Europe and the winding roads of the Near East, blending precise reporting with a novelist's appreciation of character.

He also translated continental tales and offered perceptive art criticism, bringing nuance to the cultural conversations of his day, and colleagues admired his integrity and inquisitive mind; he is buried in Highgate Cemetery where those who value clear-eyed journalism continue to remember him.