Martin Wainwright
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is a British journalist and author. He left ''
The Guardian
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'' after 37 years at the end of March 2013.
[Martin Wainwrigh]
"The Northerner - into 2013"
''The Guardian'' (blog), 31 December 2012
Early life
He was born in
Leeds
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[ and educated at ]Shrewsbury School
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Founded in 1552 by Edward VI by Royal Charter, it was originally a boarding school for boys; girls have been admitted into the ...
and Oxford University
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. His father Richard Wainwright was the Liberal
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MP for Colne Valley
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(1966–70, February 1974–87) after a career in accountancy.
Career
Wainwright was ''The Guardian
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'''s Northern Editor for seventeen years until the end of 2012, when he was succeeded by Helen Pidd
Helen Pidd (born 1981) is a British journalist who is a news writer for ''The Guardian'', succeeding Martin Wainwright as the paper's Northern Editor, based in Manchester, in Spring 2013.
Early life and education
Pidd was born in Hest Bank in ...
. His contributions to the newspaper have mostly reflected this emphasis but not exclusively.
He has written several books on northern or countryside topics, including a biography of the unrelated Alfred Wainwright
Alfred Wainwright MBE (17 January 1907 – 20 January 1991), who preferred to be known as A. Wainwright or A.W., was a British fellwalker, guidebook author and illustrator. His seven-volume ''Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells'', published ...
and a guide to the Coast to Coast Walk
The Coast to Coast Walk is a long-distance footpath between the west and east coasts of Northern England, nominally long. Devised by Alfred Wainwright, it passes through three contrasting national parks: the Lake District National Park, th ...
. Other books are on the Morris Minor
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and Mini
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cars. He writes a blog about another interest, moth
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s.
Wainwright was awarded an MBE Mbe may refer to:
* Mbé, a town in the Republic of the Congo
* Mbe Mountains Community Forest, in Nigeria
* Mbe language, a language of Nigeria
* Mbe' language, language of Cameroon
* ''mbe'', ISO 639 code for the extinct Molala language
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in the 2000 New Year Honours
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, "For services to the National Lottery Charities Board
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in Yorkshire and Humberside."
He was awarded an honorary degree by the University of Leeds
, mottoeng = And knowledge will be increased
, established = 1831 – Leeds School of Medicine1874 – Yorkshire College of Science1884 - Yorkshire College1887 – affiliated to the federal Victoria University1904 – University of Leeds
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in 2013.
Personal life
He is chair of the trustees of the Scurrah Wainwright Charity, named after his grandfather Henry Scurrah Wainwright OBE (1877-1968), a Leeds chartered accountant with interests in social reform and delphinium
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s, and a trustee of the Andrew Wainwright Reform Trust, named for his brother who died in 1974.
One of Martin Wainwright's two sisters, Hilary, is the radical academic who has long been associated with the '' Red Pepper'' magazine.
His two sons are both journalists – Oliver is the Guardian's architecture and design critic and Tom is the ''Economist
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s Mexico City bureau chief.Tom Wainwright at economist.com
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Selected publications
*''Wainwright: the Man Who Loved the Lakes'', 2007, BBC Books
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*''Guardian Book of the Countryside'' (By Ruth Petrie & Martin Wainwright), 2008, Cornerstone,
*''A Mini Adventure: 50 years of the iconic small car'', 2009, Aurum Press,
*''True North'' 2009, Guardian Books
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*''Morris Minor; the Biography: sixty years of Britain's favourite car'' 2010, Aurum Press
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*''The Coast to Coast Walk'' (Recreational Path Guides), 2010 (revised ed), Aurum Press,
*''Wild City: Encounters with Urban Wildlife'', 25 May 2011, Aurum Press,
References
External links
* Listing of published articles
English newspaper editors
English male journalists
English non-fiction writers
Living people
Writers from Leeds
Year of birth missing (living people)
People educated at Shrewsbury School
English male non-fiction writers
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