Miles Kington



Profile:


Full name: Miles Beresford Kington (13th May 1941 - 30th January 2008)

Area of interest: Society, Culture, Politics

Journals: The Independent

Email:

Website: Independent.co / Miles Kington

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Agent: (for the estate of Miles Kington) Rogers, Coleridge & White

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Biography:
Education: Trinity College, Glenalmond, Scotland; Trinity College, Oxford: Modern Languages (French and German)

Career: Declining to enter the family brewery wrote freelance and became a jazz reviewer for The Times; joined Punch magazine: staff writer 1967/1980, literary editor 1973/1980; The Times: columnist 1981/1986; founding columnist at The Oldie, 1992; The Independent: columnist, 1987/2008 Current position/role: Columnist
 * see Miles Kington (Wikipedia biography)


 * also writes/written for:

Other roles: Author, Broadcaster

Other activities: Jazz musician

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TV/Radio: IMDb

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Books & Debate:

 * see bibliography (Wikipedia)

Latest work: Someone like me: tales from a borrowed childhood (2005) OCLC 63134681

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The Independent:
Column name: Miles Kington

Column remit: Society, Culture, Politics

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Role: Commentator

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Website: Independent.co / Miles Kington (archives of his weekday humour column)

Commissioning editor:

Day published: Monday to Friday

Regularity: Daily weekdays

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Articles:

 * last words: Letters from Miles Kington'' - Before he died this year, The Independent's resident satirist Miles Kington wrote a series of letters to his literary agent. Now they are being published in a fresh collection, giving us another chance to enjoy his wit and wisdom... - 13th October 2008
 * This is becoming a year of seasonal sporting confusion - 30th January 2008
 * How railways almost landed me a job in Hollywood - 25th January 2008
 * When the shells are whizzing, romance still blossoms - 24th January 2008
 * Spiffing yarns of war, peace, shrapnel and sandwiches - 23rd January 2008
 * You can turn anything into a pantomime if you try - 22nd January 2008
 * Did you know the Second World War ended in the 1960s? - 21st January 2008
 * The weird and wonderful world of 'boutique medicine' - 18th January 2008
 * The truth about Peter Hain (if you can stay awake for it) - 17th January 2008
 * The Oscars finally come of age with a violent blockbuster - 16th January 2008
 * Whatever happened to good old-fashioned courtesy? - 15th January 2008
 * Revealed... the true peak of Sir Edmund Hillary's career - 14th January 2008
 * Everything you've heard about healthy eating is wrong - 11th Januuary 2008
 * Johnny Hallyday - Legendary for being legendary? - 10th January 2008
 * Legal humour? I think I'll take a rain check on that - 9th January 2008
 * When artists want to relax, they turn to a different art - 8th January 2008
 * Of pharaohs, pyramids and English phone boxes... - 4th January 2008
 * A Welsh wizard takes on the riddle of the Sphinx - 3rd January 2008
 * Strange new alliances ... and the mystery of China solved - 2nd January 2008
 * Badgers and great sand urchins home in on Liverpool - 1st January 2008



Links:

 * Wikipedia bio
 * Obituaries:
 * Miles Kington, polymath, wit and jazz aficionado, dies at 66 by James Macintyre, The Independent, 31st January 2008
 * Miles Kington: 'Humorist, columnist and jazz musician best known for his Let's Parler Franglais! books', Stanley Reynolds, The Guardian, 1st February 2008
 * Miles Kington: The Times obituary The Times, 1st February 2008
 * Miles Kington obituary The Daily Telegraph, 4th February 2008