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Oliver Duff (British Editor)
Oliver Duff (born 1983) is a British journalist who has been the editor of the '' i'' newspaper since June 2013. Duff was formerly a reporter, gossip columnist and news editor, before becoming Executive Editor at ''The Independent'', ''the i'' and ''The Independent on Sunday'', controlling the newsroom. Early life Duff was born in 1983 in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire. He is an ex-student of Cedars Upper School. Brought up in Bedfordshire, Duff had early career intentions of becoming an explorer, then Arsenal goalkeeper, before finally deciding on journalism, when he started writing for his local paper, the ''Leighton Buzzard Observer''. He read Politics at St John's College, Cambridge (2001–2004), He became editor of the student paper, '' Varsity'' in 2002. Career Before starting work in 2002, in newspapers as an admin assistant at ''The Guardian'', ''The Daily Telegraph'' and ''The Observer''. Then in 2003, he got a staff job as an admin assistant on the ''Independent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leighton Buzzard
Leighton Buzzard ( ) is a market town in Bedfordshire, England, in the southwest of the county and close to the Buckinghamshire border. It lies between Aylesbury, Tring, Luton/Dunstable and Milton Keynes, near the Chiltern Hills. It is northwest of Central London and linked to the capital by the Grand Union Canal and the West Coast Main Line. The built-up area extends on either side of the River Ouzel (here about 2 metres wide) to include its historically separate neighbour Linslade, and is administered by the Leighton-Linslade Town Council. History Foundation and development It is unclear when the town was initially founded, although some historians believe that there may have been settlement in the area from as early as 571. There are a number of theories concerning the derivation of the town's name; ‘Leighton’ came from Old English ''Lēah-tūn'', meaning 'farm in a clearing in the woods', and ‘Buzzard’ was added by the Dean of Lincoln, in whose diocese the town lay ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Alton
Roger Alton (born 20 December 1947 in Oxford) is an English journalist. He was formerly editor of ''The Independent'' and ''The Observer'', and executive editor of ''The Times''. Early life and education He was educated at Clifton College and Exeter College, Oxford. Career He joined the ''Liverpool Post'' on graduation, moving to ''The Guardian'' five years later as a sub-editor. ''The Observer'' He was the editor of the British national Sunday newspaper ''The Observer'' from 1998 to 2007. Under his editorship, ''The Observers editorial view supported the invasion of Iraq, a stance that Alton, speaking to Stephen Sackur on the BBC's ''HARDtalk'' (22 August 2008) has since admitted may have been incorrect. He resigned on 24 October 2007 after "a bitter falling-out with senior figures at the title's sister paper, ''The Guardian''", and left ''The Observer'' at the end of 2007. Previously he was arts editor and G2 editor of ''The Guardian''. He oversaw a rise in circulation dur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I (newspaper) Journalists
I, or i, is the ninth letter and the third vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''i'' (pronounced ), plural '' ies''. History In the Phoenician alphabet, the letter may have originated in a hieroglyph for an arm that represented a voiced pharyngeal fricative () in Egyptian, but was reassigned to (as in English "yes") by Semites, because their word for "arm" began with that sound. This letter could also be used to represent , the close front unrounded vowel, mainly in foreign words. The Greeks adopted a form of this Phoenician ''yodh'' as their letter ''iota'' () to represent , the same as in the Old Italic alphabet. In Latin (as in Modern Greek), it was also used to represent and this use persists in the languages that descended from Latin. The modern letter ' j' originated as a variation of 'i', and both were used interchangeably for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Independent People
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of pronoun ''thee'') when followed by a v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Male Journalists
English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national identity, an identity and common culture ** English language in England, a variant of the English language spoken in England * English languages (other) * English studies, the study of English language and literature * ''English'', an Amish term for non-Amish, regardless of ethnicity Individuals * English (surname), a list of notable people with the surname ''English'' * People with the given name ** English McConnell (1882–1928), Irish footballer ** English Fisher (1928–2011), American boxing coach ** English Gardner (b. 1992), American track and field sprinter Places United States * English, Indiana, a town * English, Kentucky, an unincorporated community * English, Brazoria County, Texas, an unincorporated community * Eng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1983 Births
The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning of the true Internet). * January 24 – Twenty-five members of the Red Brigades are sentenced to life imprisonment for the 1978 murder of Italian politician Aldo Moro. * January 25 ** High-ranking Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie is arrested in Bolivia. ** IRAS is launched from Vandenberg AFB, to conduct the world's first all-sky infrared survey from space. February * February 2 – Giovanni Vigliotto goes on trial on charges of polygamy involving 105 women. * February 3 – Prime Minister of Australia Malcolm Fraser is granted a double dissolution of both houses of parliament, for elections on March 5, 1983. As Fraser is being granted the dissolution, Bill Hayden resigns as leader of the Australian Labor Party, and in the subsequent lea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefano Hatfield
Stefano Hatfield is a British journalist and newspaper editor. He was born in Croydon and was educated at The John Fisher School and the University of Exeter. He is a Roman Catholic of Italian descent. Hatfield edited ''thelondonpaper'' and ''Campaign'', before his appointment as executive editor of ''The Independent'' in 2010 with responsibility for the other national daily in the group, the then new '' i'', In 2013, he left '' i'' to become editorial director of the London Live news and current affairs TV station owned by Evgeny Lebedev Evgeny Alexandrovich Lebedev, Baron Lebedev ( rus, Евгений Александрович Лебедев, Evgeniy Aleksandrovich Lebedev, ; born 8 May 1980), is a Russian-British businessman, who owns Lebedev Holdings Ltd, which in turn own ..., also proprietor of ''The Independent''. References Alumni of the University of Exeter British male journalists British newspaper editors I (newspaper) journalists Living peopl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Geographical Society
The Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers), often shortened to RGS, is a learned society and professional body for geography based in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1830 for the advancement of geographical sciences, the Society has 16,000 members, with its work reaching the public through publications, research groups and lectures. The Society was founded in 1830 under the name ''Geographical Society of London'' as an institution to promote the 'advancement of geographical science'. It later absorbed the older African Association, which had been founded by Sir Joseph Banks in 1788, as well as the Raleigh Club and the Palestine Association. In 1995 it merged with the Institute of British Geographers, a body for academic geographers, to officially become the Royal Geographical Society ''with IBG''. The society is governed by its Council, which is chaired by the Society's President, according to a set of statutes and standing orders. The members ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amol Rajan
Amol Rajan (born 4 July 1983) is an Indian-born British journalist and broadcaster who has been the BBC's Media Editor since December 2016 and a presenter on the ''Today'' programme on BBC Radio 4 since 2021. Rajan was editor of ''The Independent'' newspaper from June 2013. When ''The Independent'' announced it was dropping the print edition in February 2016, and continuing as only an online operation, Rajan was retained for a period as "editor-at-large". In August 2022, it was announced that Rajan will take over from Jeremy Paxman as the host of ''University Challenge'' from autumn 2023 onwards. Early life and education Rajan was born in Calcutta, India, to a mother from Poona and a Tamil father from Combaconum. Due to Tamil naming customs, Rajan was born V. Amol, with the V. for his father's given name of Varadarajan. This name was modified to Amol Varadarajan when he came to England, and the family later changed their surname to Rajan. Rajan was three when his family ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Blackhurst
Chris Blackhurst (born 24 December 1959) is a strategic communications advisor and commentator, who is a former editor of ''The Independent''. For four years, he was a director of CT Partners, the international strategic communications, campaigning, and advisory firm. He also writes a column foindependent.co.uk He contributes to numerous other magazines and publications, as well as making frequent appearances on TV and Radio, and making public speeches. From 2013 he was Group Content Director of the four titles overseen by Evgeny Lebedev. He was a newspaper columnist for the Evening Standard and Independent, and presenter of Headline Interview on London Live TV. He’s received several awards for his journalism. Blackhurst was London Press Club’s Business Journalist of the Year, 2011. Early life and education Born in Barrow-in-Furness, Blackhurst was educated at Barrow Grammar School for Boys, after which he went on to study law at Trinity Hall, Cambridge. He has said that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Press Awards
The Press Awards, formerly the British Press Awards, is an annual ceremony that celebrates the best of British journalism. History Established in 1962 by ''The People'' and '' World's Press News'', the first award ceremony for the then-named ''Hannen Swaffer Awards'', named after journalist Hannen Swaffer, was held in 1963. It was judged by a small panel of senior figures in journalism and awarded just three awards. Following an earlier consolidation of companies into the International Publishing Corporation, the 1966 awards were restyled the ''International Publishing Corporation Hannen Swaffer Awards'' and the number of awards issued had increased to ten. The 1975 awards saw the name change to the ''British Press Awards''. After having been run by the ''Press Gazette'' for over 20 years, in 2010 the awards were taken over by the Society of Editors. Although often still referred to as the ''British Press Awards'', after the take-over the name was changed for the 2010 awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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