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Delingpole was educated at [[Malvern College]] and [[Christ Church, Oxford]], where he studied English Literature. <ref>[http://cmsadmin.worcestershirelife.co.uk/community-blogs-malvern-writers%E2%80%99-circle-annual-dinner--221819 Malvern Writers’ Circle Annual Dinner]. Worcestershire Life. Retrieved 24 July 2010.</ref><ref>[http://www.spectator.co.uk/columnists/all/6025788/my-moment-of-rockstar-glory-at-a-climate-change-sceptics-conference-in-america.thtml My moment of rock-star glory at a climate change sceptics’ conference in America |
Delingpole was educated at [[Malvern College]] and [[Christ Church, Oxford]], where he studied English Literature. <ref>[http://cmsadmin.worcestershirelife.co.uk/community-blogs-malvern-writers%E2%80%99-circle-annual-dinner--221819 Malvern Writers’ Circle Annual Dinner]. Worcestershire Life. Retrieved 24 July 2010.</ref><ref>[http://www.spectator.co.uk/columnists/all/6025788/my-moment-of-rockstar-glory-at-a-climate-change-sceptics-conference-in-america.thtml My moment of rock-star glory at a climate change sceptics’ conference in America |
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==Views on climate change== |
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Delingpole regularly expresses the view that man-made [[climate change]] is not as extensive as described, and has linked [[scientific opinion on climate change|mainstream scientific projections]] with "the atavistic impulse which leads generation after generation to believe it is the chosen one: the generation so special that it and it alone will be the one privileged to experience the end of the world; and the generation so egotistical that it imagines itself largely responsible for that imminent destruction".<ref>[http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/jamesdelingpole/100030044/does-even-ian-mcewan-know-what-ian-mcewan-really-thinks-about-climate-change/ Does even Ian McEwan know what Ian McEwan really thinks about 'Climate Change'?]</ref> He has also objected to what he sees as the attempted smearing of climate-change sceptics by their opponents, which he says is part of a strategy to exaggerate or otherwise manipulate data to bolster the case for anthropogenic climate change.<ref name="I feel the need to offer Wikipedia some ammunition in its quest to discredit me">{{cite web|url=http://www.spectator.co.uk/columnists/all/6099208/i-feel-the-need-to-offer-wikipedia-some-ammunition-in-its-quest-to-discredit-me.thtml|title=I feel the need to offer Wikipedia some ammunition in its quest to discredit me|author=James Delingpole|date=2010-06-26|publisher=[[The Spectator]]|accessdate=2010-08-23}}</ref> |
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== Awards and prizes == |
== Awards and prizes == |
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James Delingpole is a 45 year old English columnist, novelist and receiver of the Bastiat Prize. He has published several novels and two political books, How to be Right: The Essential Guide to Making Lefty Liberals History,[1][2] and Welcome to Obamaland: I Have Seen Your Future and It Doesn't Work.[3] He writes for The Times, The Daily Telegraph, and The Spectator. He describes himself as a libertarian conservative.[4]
Early life
Delingpole was educated at Malvern College and Christ Church, Oxford, where he studied English Literature. [5][6]
Views on climate change
Delingpole regularly expresses the view that man-made climate change is not as extensive as described, and has linked mainstream scientific projections with "the atavistic impulse which leads generation after generation to believe it is the chosen one: the generation so special that it and it alone will be the one privileged to experience the end of the world; and the generation so egotistical that it imagines itself largely responsible for that imminent destruction".[7] He has also objected to what he sees as the attempted smearing of climate-change sceptics by their opponents, which he says is part of a strategy to exaggerate or otherwise manipulate data to bolster the case for anthropogenic climate change.[8]
Awards and prizes
In 2010 he was awarded the Bastiat Prize for Online Journalism for his Telegraph blog.[9][10]
Bibliography
- Delingpole, James (27 February 1997). Fish Show. Penguin Books Ltd. p. 208. ISBN 978-0140257465.
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{{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|month=(help) - Delingpole, James (4 October 2007). How to be Right. Headline Review. p. 224. ISBN 978-0755315918.
{{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|month=(help) - Delingpole, James (26 January 2009). [[Welcome to Obamaland: I Have Seen Your Future and It Doesn't Work]]. Regnery Publishing. p. 256. ISBN 978-1596985889.
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Journalism
- Delingpole, James (4 October 2008). "Campaigning genius". The Spectator.
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References
- ^ Crace, John. "How to be Right", The Guardian, March 20, 2007.
- ^ Delingpole october 2007
- ^ Delingpole 2009
- ^ Subject's personal website
- ^ Malvern Writers’ Circle Annual Dinner. Worcestershire Life. Retrieved 24 July 2010.
- ^ [http://www.spectator.co.uk/columnists/all/6025788/my-moment-of-rockstar-glory-at-a-climate-change-sceptics-conference-in-america.thtml My moment of rock-star glory at a climate change sceptics’ conference in America ]. The Spectator. Retrieved 12 December 2010.
- ^ Does even Ian McEwan know what Ian McEwan really thinks about 'Climate Change'?
- ^ James Delingpole (2010-06-26). "I feel the need to offer Wikipedia some ammunition in its quest to discredit me". The Spectator. Retrieved 2010-08-23.
- ^ Thompson, Damian (2010-11-12). "Telegraph blogger James Delingpole wins Bastiat Prize for Online Journalism". telegraph.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2010-11-12. Retrieved 2010-11-12.
- ^ Oliver, Laura (2010-11-12). "Telegraph blogger James Delingpole wins Bastiat Prize". journalism.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2010-11-12. Retrieved 2010-11-12.
Freelance writer, journalist and Telegraph blogger James Delingpole has won the online journalism category of the Bastiat Prize for Journalism. … It is the second year running in which a Telegraph blogger has taken the online award. In 2009 controversial MEP Daniel Hannan won the prize for his blog for the title.