Jonathan Heawood is an English journalist and literary editor. He is Executive Director of th
Public Interest News Foundation
the first journalism charity in the UK to be awarded charitable status. Heawood is the founder and former CEO of IMPRESS, the only press regulator recognised under Royal Charter in the United Kingdom. He is a former Director of Programmes at the Sigrid Rausing Trust, a private human rights foundation, Director of the English Centre of

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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.

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'' and editor of the '' Fabian Review''. He writes on cultural and political issues for a number of publications, including the ''

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The Guardian ''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers '' The Observer'' and '' The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the ...

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London Review of Books The ''London Review of Books'' (''LRB'') is a British literary magazine published twice monthly that features articles and essays on fiction and non-fiction subjects, which are usually structured as book reviews. History The ''London Review o ...

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New Statesman The ''New Statesman'' is a British political and cultural magazine published in London. Founded as a weekly review of politics and literature on 12 April 1913, it was at first connected with Sidney and Beatrice Webb and other leading members ...

''. He is married to writer

Amy Jenkins Amy Jenkins (born 1966, in London) is an English novelist and screenwriter. She is the daughter of political journalist Peter Jenkins and the stepdaughter of ''The Guardian'' columnist and author Polly Toynbee. In 2004 she married Jonathan Heaw ...

and they have one child. He is the great grandson of

Percy John Heawood Percy John Heawood (8 September 1861 – 24 January 1955) was a British mathematician, who concentrated on graph colouring. Life He was the son of the Rev. John Richard Heawood of Newport, Shropshire, and his wife Emily Heath, daughter of t ...

, the mathematician.

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