Anthony Howard



Profile:
Full name: Anthony Michell Howard

Area of interest: Politics

Journals: no regular column

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Agent: PFD



Biography:
Education: Westminster School; Christ Church, University of Oxford (Chairman of the Oxford University Labour Club, 1954; President of the Oxford Union, 1955)

Career: Journalist for more than forty years. Originally planned a career as a barrister, but after National Service obligations joined Reynolds News as political correspondent, then the Manchester Guardian, 1959; New Statesman, 1961/1964; Sunday Times, as Whitehall correspondent, 1965; Observer, chief Washington correspondent, 1966-69, and a political column 1971/72; New Statesman, Deputy Editor, 1970/72 and Editor, 1972/78; Edited The Listener, 1979/81; Deputy Editor of The Observer, 1981/88; Reporter on BBC's Newsnight and Panorama programmes, 1989/92; Times Obituaries editor, 1993-99, Chief Political Book Reviewer, 1990/2004, wrote opinion columns until September 2005

Viewpoints/Insight: Interview: My greatest mistake

Controversy:

Books: Rab: Life of R.A. Butler (ISBN 0224018620); Crossman: the pursuit of power (ISBN 0224025929); Basil Hume: The Monk Cardinal (ISBN 0755312481)

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TV/Radio: Frequent appearances on BBC's Panorama and Newsnight, many political programmes for BBC radio; presented Face the Press for Channel 4 and The Editors for Sky News

Awards/Honours: Awarded CBE, 1997

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The Times:
Column name: Anthony Howard - regular column discontinued, September 2005

Column remit: Politics

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Role: Commentator

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Links to recent articles:
 * guardian of the liberal flame'' - Edward Kennedy’s weaknesses conspired to stop him reaching the White House - 27th August 2009
 * Blair's place in history: In the shadow of Attlee and left haunted by Iraq - Tony Blair - The Independent, 11th May 2007
 * The best hope for America: RFK would have altered history as President - Bobby Kennedy - The Times, 26th October 2006



Useful links:

 * Wikipedia biography
 * New Statesman - Anthony Howard archive
 * National Register of Archives
 * My Mentor: Bel Mooney on Anthony Howard