Stephen Glover (born 13 January 1952) is a British journalist and columnist for the ''

Daily Mail The ''Daily Mail'' is a British daily middle-market tabloid newspaper and news websitePeter Wilb"Paul Dacre of the Daily Mail: The man who hates liberal Britain", ''New Statesman'', 19 December 2013 (online version: 2 January 2014) publish ...

''.

Early life

Glover was educated at

Shrewsbury School Shrewsbury School is a public school (English independent boarding school for pupils aged 13 –18) in Shrewsbury. Founded in 1552 by Edward VI by Royal Charter, it was originally a boarding school for boys; girls have been admitted into ...

and

Mansfield College, Oxford Mansfield College, Oxford is one of the Colleges of the University of Oxford, constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in Oxford, England. The college was founded in Birmingham in 1838 as a college for Nonconformist (Protestantism), Non ...

Career

Glover co-founded ''

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'' in 1986 with

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and

Matthew Symonds Matthew John Symonds (born 20 December 1953) is a British journalist and, since 2018, the executive director of the Larry Ellison Foundation. He was a co-founder of ''The Independent'' in 1986. Born in 1953, Symonds is the son of John Beavan,

. All three had previously been journalists on ''

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'' and had left the paper towards the end of Lord Hartwell's ownership. Between 1986 and 1990 Glover was Foreign Editor of ''The Independent''. In 1990 he became the founding editor of ''

The Independent on Sunday ''The Independent'' is a British online newspaper. It was established in 1986 as a national morning printed paper. Nicknamed the ''Indy'', it began as a broadsheet and changed to tabloid format in 2003. The last printed edition was published ...

''. In 1992 Glover helped

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launch ''

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'' magazine with fellow journalists

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, and

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. Glover has been a columnist for the ''

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'' (1992–95), ''The Daily Telegraph'' (1995–97), ''

The Spectator ''The Spectator'' is a weekly British magazine on politics, culture, and current affairs. It was first published in July 1828, making it the oldest surviving weekly magazine in the world. It is owned by Frederick Barclay, who also owns ''The ...

'' (1996–2005) and ''The Independent'' (2005–12). He has written a column for the ''Daily Mail'' since 1998. In April 2012, ''

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'' reported that Glover's contract with ''The Independent'' had been terminated. In 2004, Glover proposed a new compact upmarket newspaper to be called ''The World'' with fellow journalists

Francis Wheen Francis James Baird Wheen (born 22 January 1957) is a British journalist, writer and broadcaster. Early life and education Wheen was born into an army familyNicholas Wro"A life in writing" ''The Guardian'', 29 August 2009 and educated at two ind ...

and Frank Johnson under the chairmanship of Adam Broadbent, a former managing director of finances at

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. The proposed newspaper was loosely modelled on ''

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'' in France, and was intended as a response to the dumbing down of some quality titles. It was reported that Glover and his colleagues sought only £15.4 million to launch ''The World'', less than the budget for ''The Independent'' almost 20 years earlier, though this amount was subsequently slightly increased. The project did not get off the ground. Glover is the author of ''Paper Dreams'' (1993), an account of the founding of ''The Independent'', and editor of ''The Penguin Book of Journalism'' (1999). His first novel, ''Splash'', was published by Constable in 2017.

References

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