Marcel Berlins
Marcel Berlins (born 1941)[1] is a lawyer,[2] legal commentator, broadcaster, and columnist. He writes for British newspapers The Guardian and The Times, presented BBC Radio 4's legal programme Law in Action for 15 years and is currently a Visiting Professor at City University London in the Journalism department.[3]
He was born in Marseille,[4] France, but moved with his parents to South Africa as a teenager and stayed there till early adulthood.[5] He remains a French citizen, and voted in the 2007 French presidential election.[6]
Berlins writes a weekly column for The Guardian, and regularly reviews crime fiction for The Times.[2] Berlins began presenting BBC Radio 4's legal affairs programme Law in Action in 1988, and won two Legal Broadcaster of the Year awards before retiring from the programme in 2004.[3] He is a contestant in the 2009 series of Radio 4's Round Britain Quiz.[7] He is also a visiting professor in media law at City University, London.[8]
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This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Library of Congress (retrieved on 15 September 2009). - ^ a b Marcel Berlins biography, The Guardian
- ^ a b About Law in Action, BBC website, retrieved 26 August 2009
- ^ Marcel Berlins (2006-08-30). ""Ségolène Royal is the left's best bet to be the next leader of France. But the socialist elephants are out to stop her"". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/print/0,,329564067-103390,00.html. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ Marcel Berlins (2005-12-14). ""I lived in a South Africa ruled by apartheid. Now I return to find that freedom has plunged the country into the real, hard world"". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2005/dec/14/southafrica.comment. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ Marcel Berlins (2007-04-25). ""Yes, I backed the wrong horse in the French election, but at least I had some fun voting"". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,2064847,00.html. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ Round Britain Quiz website: "meet the teams"
- ^ Marcel Berlins City University London website
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