David Leigh

Biography

David Leigh is a British journalist and writer who exposed the existence of the Information Research Department, a secret British government propaganda department, in 1977, leading to further discoveries about covert anti-communist operations worldwide. He received several awards for his investigative journalism, including a British Press Award in 1979. A graduate of King's College, Cambridge, Leigh was a journalist for prominent publications and worked on current affairs series before retiring in April 2013.