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Maev Kennedy
Maev Kennedy (born 1954) is an Irish journalist. She has worked as a staff news writer for ''The Guardian'' and writes regularly for the ''Museums Journal''. At ''The Guardian'', she edited the diary column and been the arts and heritage correspondent and has written on archaeology. Biography Kennedy's mother was the novelist Val Mulkerns, herself the daughter of the Irish revolutionary Jimmy (J.J.) Mulkerns, who was interned his involvement in the Four Courts during the Easter Rising in 1916. Her father Maurice Kennedy was a short story writer. Their daughter was born in Dublin and attended University College Dublin (UCD) before joining ''The Irish Times'', where she became the newspaper's parliamentary sketch writer. Career Kennedy is the author of the '' Hamlyn History of Archaeology''. She broadcasts for the BBC, regularly presenting the ''Open Book'' programme on BBC Radio 4 and contributed to the ''Saturday Review'' programme. She is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Guardian Media Group, owned by the Scott Trust. The trust was created in 1936 to "secure the financial and editorial independence of ''The Guardian'' in perpetuity and to safeguard the journalistic freedom and liberal values of ''The Guardian'' free from commercial or political interference". The trust was converted into a limited company in 2008, with a constitution written so as to maintain for ''The Guardian'' the same protections as were built into the structure of the Scott Trust by its creators. Profits are reinvested in journalism rather than distributed to owners or shareholders. It is considered a newspaper of record in the UK. The editor-in-chief Katharine Viner succeeded Alan Rusbridger in 2015. Since 2018, the paper's main news ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
