was seconded from the RAFVR in November 1940 and was dispatched to New York as the first head of press and radio at the British Information Services, remaining there beyond the conclusion of the war. In 1945, his wife passed away in the United States. Post-war career and life In February 1946, MacColl joined the Daily Express and in the same year he married his second wife, Hermione Bruce. He was Washington correspondent for the Daily Express from 1946–48, reporting on the trial of Alger Hiss and the 1948 United States presidential election. He became Paris correspondent in 1949, before returning to the United States in 1951 for a second spell as Washington correspondent, covering the 1952 United States presidential election. He was based in London from 1953–58, but spent at least six months a year reporting from aboard. He accompanied Clement Attlee on his 1954 visit to China and was the first western journalist to visit the Soviet Union in several years. From 1959, he spent ten years as the chief foreign correspondent at the Express, interviewing Cold War leaders such as Josip Broz Tito. In addition to his journalism, MacColl also published several books. Among his best known publications was Roger Casement: a New Judgement. He also wrote two autobiographies and penned books on travel. MacColl died in hospital at Crowborough in May 1971. References External links 1905 births 1971 deaths English people of French descent English people of Scottish descent People from Brentford People educated at University College School Alumni of Lincoln College, Oxford English cricketers Oxford University cricketers English expatriates in the United States English journalists The Baltimore Sun people English male non-fiction writers Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve personnel of World War II Royal Air Force officers Daily Express people English autobiographers 20th-century English male writers