L. J. K. Setright

Leonard John Kensell Setright (10 August1931 – 7 September 2005) was an English motoring journalist and authorcite news
url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1498543/LJK-Setright.html
title=LJK Setright
work=The Daily Telegraph
date=17 September 2005] .Born of Australian parents in London, he studied Law at the University of London. He practiced for a time but hated the profession. His National Service was served in the Royal Air Force as an air traffic controller.

After writing for the engineering magazine "Machine Age" in the early 1960s, Setright became a motoring journalist and author. He contributed to "CAR Magazine" for more than 30 years and wrote several books on cars and automotive engineering. Setright often espoused the virtues of Bristol cars and the Honda Prelude, amongst other things,cite news
url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article575070.ece
title=L. J. K. Setright
work=The Times Online
date=6 October 2005] while holding a consistant dislike for diesel-powered cars. His writing style polarised readers as some considered it to be pompous and containing excessively esoteric quotes. He also wrote about music, motorcycles and high-fidelity sound systems, and contributed to among others "Punch", "The Independent", "Bike" and "Car and Driver".cite news
url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/l-j-k-setright-507377.html
title=L. J. K. Setright
work=The Independent
date=19 September 2005] cite news
url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2005/sep/19/guardianobituaries.pressandpublishing
title=LJK Setright
work=The Guardian
date=19 September 2005]

Setright was a practising Jew throughout his life.Married twice, his first wife Christine committed suicide in 1980. After this he spent some time in a Lubavitch community in Texas, later returning to Surbiton.

He was also known for his love of smoking tobacco, in particular of Sobranie Black Russians. He succumbed to lung cancer.

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