Daniel Benedict Johnson (born 26 August 1957) is a
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journalist and author who was the founding editor of ''
Standpoint'' magazine.
Since 2018, he has been founding editor of online journalism platform www.thearticle.com, an associate editor of ''The Critic'' magazine and commentator for ''
The Daily Mail
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'', ''
The Mail on Sunday
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'', and ''
The Daily Telegraph
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It was fo ...
''.
Biography
Daniel Johnson is the son of the author
Paul Johnson and brother of Cosmos Johnson, Sophie Johnson-Clark and entrepreneur
Luke Johnson.
After attending
Langley Grammar School
Langley Grammar School is a co-educational grammar school with academy status, located in Langley, Berkshire, England. It is situated just north of the A4 next to Kedermister Park. Cycle route 61 passes north-south next to the west side of t ...
he graduated with a
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in Modern History from
Magdalen College, Oxford
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. Johnson was awarded a Shakespeare Scholarship to Berlin. Returning to English academia as a fellow of
Queen Mary, University of London
, mottoeng = With united powers
, established = 1785 – The London Hospital Medical College1843 – St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College1882 – Westfield College1887 – East London College/Queen Mary College
, type = Public researc ...
, he served as Director of Publications for the
Centre for Policy Studies
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.
Johnson covered the fall of the
Berlin Wall
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as German correspondent for ''
The Daily Telegraph
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It was fo ...
'' and has worked as a
leader writer
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for both ''
The Times
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'' and ''The Telegraph'', as well as
literary editor A literary editor is an editor in a newspaper, magazine or similar publication who deals with aspects concerning literature and books, especially reviews. and
associate editor
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for ''The Times''.
In 2008, he launched ''
Standpoint'' magazine as founding editor. He stood down in December 2018. He was also a
contributing editor
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to ''
The New York Sun
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'' and a contributor to ''
The Times Literary Supplement
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'', ''
The Literary Review
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'', ''
Prospect'', ''
Commentary
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'', and ''
The New Criterion
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'', as well as ''
The American Spectator
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'' and ''
The Weekly Standard
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''.
In 2018, Johnson became the founding editor of a new political opinion website, ''TheArticle''.
He is Catholic and is married with four children. He has participated in an
Oxford Union
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debate arguing that
Islam
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is not a religion of peace.
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Bibliography
*1989 ''German Neo-Liberals and the Social Market Economy''
*1991 ''Thomas Mann: Death in Venice and other stories''
*2007 ''White King and Red Queen: How the Cold War was Fought on the Chessboard''
References
1957 births
Living people
British male journalists
British critics of Islam
People educated at Langley Grammar School
Alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford
Anti-Islam sentiment in the United Kingdom
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