Charles Moore (journalist)
Charles Hilary Moore (born 31 October 1956, Hastings, England, UK) is a British journalist and former editor of The Daily Telegraph.
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[edit] Early life
He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge where he was awarded a BA (First Class) in History and was a friend of Oliver Letwin.
[edit] Career
A former editor of The Spectator (1984-90), the Sunday Telegraph (1992-5) and The Daily Telegraph (1995-2003); he resigned from the last post to spend more time writing Margaret Thatcher's authorised biography, which will be published after her death.
Due to falling circulation, there had been speculation [1]about Moore's future prior to his resignation, and the paper had been defeated in a libel action by George Galloway, over claims that Galloway had been funded by Saddam Hussein in his campaign against the overthrow of the Hussein regime.[2] Sir Philip Mawer's inquiry subsequently found that the documents the Telegraph journalist found were authentic, and that Galloway had knowingly received money from Hussein.[3]
Moore currently writes for two of the publications he once edited, The Spectator and The Daily Telegraph. He is Chairman of Policy Exchange. Moore was fined £262 for not possessing a TV licence in May 2010,[4] eighteen months after announcing that he would donate the amount payable as a television licence to Help the Aged because the BBC had failed to sack Jonathan Ross for his "Sachsgate" prank with Russell Brand.[5]
[edit] Publications
Moore's first publication was a pamphlet for the Salisbury Group, entitled The Old People of Lambeth, which was published in 1982.[6] Since then, he has co-edited A Tory Seer: The Selected Journalism of T.E. Utley (1989).
[edit] Articles
- "The Spectator's Notes". The Spectator 308 (9397): 11. 4 October 2008. http://www.spectator.co.uk/the-magazine/the-week/2189176/the-spectators-notes.thtml. Retrieved 13 December 2008.
- "The Spectator's Notes". The Spectator 311 (9446): 11. 12 September 2009. http://www.spectator.co.uk/politics/all/5317196/the-spectators-notes.thtml. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
- "The Spectator's Notes". The Spectator 312 (9464): 13. 16 January 2010. http://www.spectator.co.uk/politics/all/5704523/the-spectators-notes.thtml. Retrieved 2 November 2010.
[edit] Personal life
He married Caroline Baxter in 1981 in Tunbridge Wells. They have two children.
[edit] References
- ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2969123.stm
- ^ [1]
- ^ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1557657/Timeline-George-Galloway.html
- ^ James Robinson "Charles Moore fined for Jonathan Ross-inspired TV licence boycott", The Guardian, 11 May 2010
- ^ "The BBC was too scared to sack Jonathan Ross, so the obscenity goes on", Daily Telegraph, 22 November 2008
- ^ Findarticles.com
[edit] External links
- Column archive at The Daily Telegraph
- Column archive at The Spectator
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- Charles Moore at the Internet Movie Database
- Article archive at Journalisted
- Zoë Heller, A Better Class of Person: Charles Moore, The Independent, 31 January 1993
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| Preceded by Alexander Chancellor |
Editor of The Spectator 1984 - 1990 |
Succeeded by Dominic Lawson |
| Preceded by Gordon Brook-Shepherd |
Deputy Editor of the Daily Telegraph 1990–1992 |
Succeeded by Trevor Grove and Veronica Wadley |
| Preceded by Trevor Grove |
Editor of The Sunday Telegraph 1992 - 1995 |
Succeeded by Dominic Lawson |
| Preceded by Sir Max Hastings |
Editor of The Daily Telegraph 1995 - 2003 |
Succeeded by Martin Newland |
