On Tuesday August 20, resourceful English chess columnist Leonard Barden turned 95. He writes a weekly column for the UK Guardian newspaper, which started in September 1955 and continued with few breaks for close to 69 years. His most recent column was posted last week. The Guardian is the proud recipient of the Pulitzer Prize.
Additionally, Barden wrote a daily column for the Evening Standard which began in June 1956 and continued until January 31, 2020 amounting to a total of 11,599 columns. This chess column is believed to be the longest ever running daily column by a single journalist in any field of journalism. “Sixty-three years, 7 months and 27 days,” is how long Barden notes he has been writing for the Evening Standard. While the daily column has ended, the weekly column in the Guardian continues.