Peter Wilby
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Peter John Wilby (born 7 November 1944) is a British journalist.
Wilby was educated at Kibworth Beauchamp grammar school in Leicestershire[1] before graduating with a degree in History from the University of Sussex, where he helped found a short-lived university paper called Sussex Outlook. In 1968 he started writing for The Observer.[2] He was Education Correspondent of the New Statesman in the 1970s[3] and for the Sunday Times in the 1980s. Wilby joined The Independent on Sunday in 1990 and eventually became its editor (1995–96). Subsequently he was editor of the New Statesman from 1998 to 2005, when he was dismissed, but still writes a weekly First Thoughts column for the journal. He now also writes for The Observer and The Guardian.
[edit] References
- ^ "Who's Who in the Press Gang", The Independent, London, 28 August 2006.
- ^ "My Greatest Mistake", The Independent, London, 8 October 2002.
- ^ Wilby, Peter (3 October 2005). "My Mentor". The Independent. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/my-mentor-peter-wilby-on-anthony-howard-509421.html. Retrieved 19 January 2011.
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| Preceded by Ian Jack |
Editor of The Independent on Sunday 1995–1996 |
Succeeded by Rosie Boycott |
| Preceded by Ian Hargreaves |
Editor of the New Statesman 1998–2005 |
Succeeded by John Kampfner |
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