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Martin James Kettle (born 7 September 1949) is a British journalist and author. The son of two prominent communist activists Arnold Kettle (best remembered as a literary critic 1916–86) and Margot Kettle (née Gale 1916–95) Martin Kettle was educated at Leeds Modern School and Balliol College Oxford University.Kettle worked for the National Council for Civil Liberties as a research officer from 1973.