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Tony Kerpel
Anthony Roger Kerpel (born 1946) is a British retired politician and adviser who served as the personal assistant to Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Prime Minister Edward Heath, Special adviser (UK), special adviser to Conservative Chairman Kenneth Baker, Baron Baker of Dorking, Kenneth Baker from 1986 to 1992 and adviser to South African State President of South Africa, State President F. W. de Klerk from 1993 to 1994. Early life and background Kerpel was born on 22 March 1945. He attended Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School in Elstree, Hertfordshire, before going on to study at the University of Bath, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in sociology in 1968. He was the president of the university's students' union in 1968 and 1969 and the editor of the then-student newspaper, ''Bathimpact, SUL''. Kerpel's degree in sociology and his presidency of the students' union earned him a job at the Department for Education and Science, where he became a press se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Times
''The Times'' is a British daily national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title ''The Daily Universal Register'', adopting its current name on 1 January 1788. ''The Times'' and its sister paper ''The Sunday Times'' (founded in 1821) are published by Times Newspapers, since 1981 a subsidiary of News UK, in turn wholly owned by News Corp. ''The Times'' and ''The Sunday Times'', which do not share editorial staff, were founded independently and have only had common ownership since 1966. In general, the political position of ''The Times'' is considered to be centre-right. ''The Times'' is the first newspaper to have borne that name, lending it to numerous other papers around the world, such as ''The Times of India'', ''The New York Times'', and more recently, digital-first publications such as TheTimesBlog.com (Since 2017). In countries where these other titles are popular, the newspaper is often referred to as , or as , although the newspaper is of nationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
