Jim White



Profile:
Full name: Jim White

Area of interest: The Arts (esp. Cinema); Culture; Sport (esp. football and cricket)

Journals: The Daily Telegraph

Email: [mailto:jim.white@telegraph.co.uk jim.white@telegraph.co.uk]

Website: Telegraph.co / Jim White

Blog:

Representation: David Welch, Sport & Media Management

Networks:



Biography:
Education: Manchester Grammar School; University of Bristol: English

Career: Began as freelance magazine writer, specialising in pop music; Original staff member of The Independent (1986), where he was deputy listings editor, covering a wide-range of arts and film; joined The Guardian (1996), writing features and sports comment; moved to the The Daily Telegraph (2003), covering major sporting events as well as having a weekly column; also presents STV’s Champions’ League coverage and is a film critic for Word magazine

Current position: Columnist

Other posts: Sports presenter, Author

Viewpoints/Insight: Jim White: Oh father, where art thou?, The Independent, October 2007

TV/Radio: Regular contributions to BBC Radio 4 and Five Live, including appearances as a guest pundit on Fighting Talk. Also worked extensively on BBC and Sky programmes, being a regular presenter of What the Papers Say, and writing and presenting documentaries on sporting issues, including programmes on Sven-Goran Eriksson and Jose Mourinho

Controversy/Criticism:

Awards/Honours: Sports columnist of the year at The Guardian; Sony Gold award at Radion 5 for a documentary about the demise of the old Wembley Stadium, 2001

Other:



Books:

 * Are You Watching, Liverpool? (William Heinemann Ltd; 1994) ISBN 0434001155
 * Always in the running: the Manchester United dream team (Edinburgh: Mainstream, 1996) OCLC 36462668
 * The diary of Darren Tackle (London: Warner, 1998) OCLC 60219650
 * The Manchester United book of lists (London: Manchester United Books, 1999) OCLC 59395796
 * You'll Win Nothing with Kids: Fathers, Sons and Football (Little, Brown; Aug 2007) ISBN 0316029823 see meet the author (video)

Latest work: Manchester United: the biography OCLC230991146, 2008

Speaking/Appearances:



The Daily Telegraph:
Column remit: The Arts, Culture, Sport

Section: Features / Comment

Role: Columnist

Pen-name:

Email: [mailto:jim.white@telegraph.co.uk jim.white@telegraph.co.uk]

Website: Telegraph.co / Jim White

Commissioning editor:

Day published: Monday

Regularity: Weekly

Column format:

Average length: 750 words



Articles:

 * the going rate for outrage is £35'' - Broadcasters like the BBC, despite their cack-handed casting, love to provoke on-air punch-ups - 11th June 2011
 * Alex Ferguson and the Champions League final: Cometh the hour and a half...'' - The Champions League final between Manchester United and Barcelona is an event whose drama, plotlines and cast of characters are almost operatic in scale - 28th May 2011
 * today’s railways leave me steaming'' - Except for occasional photo opportunities in first-class carriages, most of our politicians don’t use the ghastly British railway system - 21st May 2011
 * Triesman scores a stunning own goal'' - Given Lord Triesman’s accusations, and this newspaper’s revelations about match-fixing, this has been a disheartening week for those who love football - 14th May 2011
 * on cue, snooker discovers a saviour'' - Judd Trump has the talent – and the hair – to electrify the sport of snooker - 7th May 2011
 * the rod and spoil the children'' - This is the thing when it comes to discipline in class: the assumption of theorists that, somehow, pupils will thrive without it is entirely misplaced - 23rd April 2011
 * didn’t need 100 words – five would have done'' - Have sympathy for the tongue-tied sports coach - 15th April 2011
 * likes footballers and, yes, they do care'' - Why do football’s losers routinely blame it all on a conspiracy - 9th April 2011
 * v Sri Lanka: Sachin or Murali? Who will seize the moment?'' - Today’s cricket showdown is a fitting stage for two of the greats - 2nd April 2011
 * the glittering Ryan Giggs finish off with a gold?'' - The Welsh striker would be the perfect captain for our Olympic team - 26th March 2011
 * Moody, Terry: two out of three ain't bad'' - The leaders of our national sports uphold our values - 19th March 2011
 * wrong I was about Harry Redknapp'' - Spurs' European campaign has many of us reappraising Harry Redknapp - 12th March 2011
 * vs Rangers: The Old Firm fury is best left alone, officer'' - Celtic vs Rangers is thrilling precisely because of the mutual hostility - 5th March 2011
 * fear of being sued is stalking our schools'' - Banning footballs is the latest example of safety-obsessed madness - 26th February 2011
 * telling Crawley that the FA Cup has lost its glory'' - Sporting romance is alive and well and heading to Old Trafford - 19th February 2011
 * cricketers are being run out of town'' - Council stupidity is robbing Britain of urban pitches - 12th February 2011
 * Nations – but just the one common enemy'' - Come the rugby, heads and hearts are easily turned - 5th February 2011
 * has ever won the shuffle challenge'' - Most of us Britons have got something from Freddie and the boys lurking in our musical closet - 29th January 2011
 * must take over the stadium after the Olympics'' - Mad as it may seem, those in control of the Olympics' legacy have little choice but to deal with the Premier League - 22nd January 2011
 * Dalglish: a Messiah who dare not make a mess of it'' - The Anfield legend's return owes nothing to romance - 15th January 2011
 * night the lights went out on showbiz'' - Jim White is left reeling after health and safety kills off the 'Lear' of a lifetime - 8th January 2011
 * and missed: the TV cricket fan’s lament'' - A failure to bid for the right to screen the Ashes is shameful - 1st January 2011
 * Ashes 2010: The Barmy Army's time has come at last'' - After so many barren years, give England's noisy fans credit for their part in the Ashes victory - 29th December 2010
 * a bow, you sliders, tumblers and chuckers'' - This Sports Personality of the Year contest is a celebration of eccentricity - 18th December 2010
 * League: Addis Ababa's chronic case of big match fever'' - There's only one place to watch Man Utd versus Arsenal - 11th December 2010
 * inviting the world, Fifa hitches along'' - Ordinary certainties of football don’t apply when dealing with the game’s governing body - 4th December 2010
 * World Cup is a party no politico can do without'' - No wonder we’ve gone mob-handed to land the 2018 tournament - 27th November 2010
 * a thought: England can win the Ashes'' - England's chances of beating Australia Down Under are better than they have been for years - 20th November 2010
 * I won't be growing a moustache this month'' - A strip on the lip looks terrible, even when it's grown for charity - 13th November 2010
 * Rooney moved the goal-posts'' - The gap between us and them is now a yawning chasm - 23rd October 2010
 * Rooney kicks Sir Alex Ferguson into touch'' - The Manchester United star's pay demands are a watershed in football – greed has won - 20th October 2010
 * a pit bull, always a pit bull – Brian Moore keeps dishing out the pain'' - Brian Moore is as relentless as a commentator and columnist as he was when he played rugby for England - 16th October 2010
 * Games: If Delhi can't build a roof, it has to raise it'' - With infrastructure collapsing, stadiums unfinished and the athletes' village resembling the aftermath of a party advertised by a teenager on Facebook, Delhi is in danger of humiliation - 25th September 2010
 * Flintoff's glory days were worth the pain'' - Who wouldn’t pay the very high price of becoming a sporting hero - 18th September 2010
 * train not on Platform Four. . . ''' - The Bank Holiday weekend's 'perfect storm' of travel chaos is final proof that our transport planners are motivated by sadism - 28th August 2010
 * the octopus's unerring tentacle of fate'' - Put the champagne on ice, England will be chosen to stage the World Cup in 2018 - 21st August 2010
 * to bring on David Beckham the boss'' - David Beckham's international career is almost over, but he could be of use to the FA - 14th August 2010
 * FA's plastic horn of plenty'' - English club football has gone to war against the vuvuzela, South Africa's gift to aural pollution - 7th August 2010
 * tat is quick off the blocks'' - There may be two years to go, but the merchandising men are right on track - 31st July 2010
 * glint of light for the 'golden generation''' - If only British sportsmen could hang on long enough for their principal rivals to self-destruct - 17th July 2010
 * first battle will be in his own head'' - If golf is a mind game, then the former champion has much to ponder at St Andrews - 14th July 2010
 * Cup 2010: We're world-beaters at straw-clutching'' - Even Paul the Psychic Octopus has one arm in the English camp - 10th July 2010
 * can't football tackle cheats?'' - With Ghana cheated out of the World Cup by Uruguay's goal-saving handball, Jim White asks whether such blatant misdemeanours are permitted in other sports - 4th July 2010
 * Cup 2010: the dishonourable defeat'' - Why does football suffer while our other sporting endeavours flourish? Not until the club-versus-country issue is resolved will we beat the losing habit - 3rd July 2010
 * Cup 2010: The guilty pleasure of a penalty shoot-out'' - the England game will be a nail-biter until the very end - 26th June 2010
 * Cup 2010: A glimpse of orange and Fifa saw red'' - Football’s governing body has an iron fist for commercial interlopers in its way - 19th June 2010
 * up to for Fabio Capello'' - If England's footballers fail again, it won't be because of Fabio Capello - 12th June 2010
 * you want Mourinho back, pray he loses'' - At tonight’s final, all eyes will be on the Inter Milan coach – and for good reason - 22nd May 2010
 * cricket? Just a good old beer match'' - Under Andy Flower England have prospered by going back to one of cricket's most raucous traditions - 15th May 2010
 * united by a cricketing crusade'' - The wartorn nation’s ascent to the game’s World Twenty20 is the stuff of romance - 1st May 2010
 * taste for pain before pleasure'' - The urge to run a marathon is a strange affliction - 24th April 2010
 * my lips - football has spent its political captial'' - Never mind televised debates. Never mind kissing babies, avoiding hurled eggs and pointing out to an opponent on Today that since you listened politely to them, perhaps they would extend the courtesy by not interrupting you - 17th April
 * the thrills and spills of a clogged M6'' - Getting to a far-flung football match is a high-risk adventure not to be missed - 10th April 2010
 * lessons students are longing to be taught'' - Students want more from their future life of perpetual debt than universities are delivering - 3rd April 2010
 * could do with a few more strikers'' - As railway workers join British Airways cabin crew in taking industrial action, it appears the country is heading for a spring of discontent - 27th March 2010
 * what did Portsmouth win under the Tories?'' - Jim White listens in as Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg act as football pundits - 13th March 2010
 * Cameron's DIY schools with stars in their eyes'' - The Conservative Party's plans to open up the education system promise to allow far more people to set up their own schools - 6th March 2010
 * and bullying: it's a section 2/d situation'' - After a tempestuous week at Number 10, Jim White reveals the Government's official guidelines on bullying - 27th February 2010
 * Chilcot could tranquillise a planet'' - Following news of the 'alien plot' to abduct Michael Howard, Jim White uncovers an extra-terrestrial shopping list of other targets... - 20th February 2010
 * at Goldman Sachs recommend a luvvie tax'' - Following Bill Nighy's suggestion this week that Britain take up the so-called Robin Hood tax, what other potential new fiscal policies might lie out there, waiting to be discovered - 12th February 2010
 * Ferdinand for England captain? You’re having a laugh, Boss'' - Jim White imagines John Terry's last conversation with Fabio Capello - 6th February 2010
 * one likes a bully, John Terry'' - If John Terry had not tried to suppress his extramarital affair in court, it would have been a storm in a D-cup - 1st February 2010
 * nation in peril: call for international rescue'' - Following the London Conference on the future of Afghanistan, Jim White reveals the minutes of a conference held in Kabul on the future of the United Kingdom - 30th January 2010
 * dreams of a starry night over Arles'' - The new exhibition of Vincent Van Gogh's letters at the Royal Academy casts fresh light on the artist. Jim White imagines the results if the artist had communicated using today's techniques - 23rd January 2010
 * run for the pain, not for our brains'' - Jogging may be good for the memory – but that's not the point of the exercise - 20th January 2010
 * livid and vilely oppressed by all, Harold'' - Lady Antonia Fraser's memoir of her life with Harold Pinter reveals their warm, loving relationship. But how would the 20th century's angriest man recall their time together - 16th January 2010
 * not hard, we need a Twenty 20 of politics'' - So how might politicians make the long haul more palatable to the electorate? Jim White canvassed some opinions - 9th January 2010
 * Brown - the playroom years'' - "Nowhere Boy", Sam Taylor Wood's new film about John Lennon's adolescence, could well start a trend of biopics that seek to reveal the truth about famous characters by examining their childhood. Jim White reveals some movies that might lie ahead... - 26th December 2009
 * thinks a TV talent contest might be fun...'' - The Prince of Wales is an inveterate writer of opinionated letters to those in positions of influence. Jim White uncovers some other examples of his work - 19th December 2009
 * Thomas, the right-on Tank Engine'' - Professor Shauna Wilson has made a study of “Thomas the Tank Engine” stories and discovered them to be expressive of a “conservative political ideology”. Here’s a Thomas tale to calm Prof Wilson’s frayed nerves - 12th December 2009
 * Tiger Woods. Gotta share this one with you mate. . .'' - I have been passed a recording of the messages left on Tiger Woods’s mobile phone over the past week - 5th December 2009
 * Tiger Woods's dream die in the car 'crash'?'' - Tiger Woods's carefully constructed wholesome image has been damaged and he is no longer an invincible force on the golf course - 3rd December 2009
 * embrace the throwaway culture'' - Following the dismissal of two Beefeaters for the alleged systematic bullying of a female colleague at the Tower of London, Jim White looks at other scandals lurking behind the closed doors of institutions that once appeared to be beyond reproach - 28th November 2009
 * it up for Charles, guys. Yeah, right, wha'ever'' - Jim White imagines the scene as Prince Wales drops in to the Jedward Academy school to test the students' grasp of traditional subjects - 21st November 2009
 * guide to the baking of modern Britain'' - Picture this: celebrity chefs swarm our television schedules - 14th November 2009
 * buy a stepladder and stop moaning'' - The way Lord Sugar sees it? - 7th November 2009
 * a last text to Jeff before his final curtain'' - There has been debate this week about whether funerals have kept pace with the tastes of today's bereaved. Jim White has obtained a leaked proposal for modernised crematorium - 24th October 2009
 * BNP gives it to you in black and white'' - Picture this: Following a ruling that the clause in the BNP's constitution disbarring black or Asian people from joining is illegal, a leaked memo to members reveals a major re-think of the party's rule book - 17th October 2009
 * too can enjoy the U2 magic dust'' - After putting in an appearance at both the Labour and Tory party conferences, Bono has released a video outlining the services which he now offers - 10th October 2009
 * of Darkness . . . you're barred'' - After Boris Johnson's cameo on EastEnders this week, every politician in the country is keen to get in on the soap act. There is, writes Jim White, a visitor to Coronation Street, for instance - 3rd October 2009
 * Project Beige save Gordon Brown?'' - Jim White imagines the discussions about giving the PM a makeover - 26th September 2009
 * 1 crash scandal has opened the floodgates'' - Motorsport is far from the only area of modern life infected by scandals - 19th September 2009
 * 'The cost of air in cabins has risen exponentially over the past year...''' - Picture This: Following the news that Ryanair made £550 million in extra charges last year, Jim White suggests a more suitable in-flight announcement - 12th September 2009
 * Pooh faces honey ban as Tigger Twitters'' - The first new 'Winnie the Pooh' book for 80 years is released next month. How might 'Hundred Acre Wood' have changed? - 5th September 2009
 * way to Cape Horn?'' - Picture this: Jim White imagines the secret diary of a 17-year-old, solo round-the-world yachtsman - 29th August 2009
 * noble art of faking it'' - Jim White sees if he can pass himself off as an international sportsman - 22nd August 2009
 * secret diary of Harriet Harman'' - Picture This: Jim White imagines the week from Harriet Harman's perspective - 8th August
 * would you do if they put you on a plinth?'' - An all-star cast lines up for Antony Gormley's empty plinth in Trafalgar Square - 5th July 2009
 * literature: Bloke goes bonkers pursuing whale'' - Two University of Chicago students are publishing Twitterature, great literature in 140 characters - 27th June 2009
 * massive egos can save the world'' - Picture this: A star-studded campaign to save the blue-fin tuna culminated in Greta Scacchi being photographed naked, canoodling with a fish - 13th June 2009
 * Brown, or is it Gordon Brent?'' - Picture This: The flurry of resignations, sackings and plots at Westminster has inspired Ricky Gervais to revisit his most famous creation - 6th June 2009
 * celebrities take over Parliament'' - As Eighties celebrities such as Esther Rantzen, Lynn Faulds Wood and David van Day consider standing for Parliament, Jim White imagines the BBC's next 'Election Night Special' - 30th May 2009
 * This: Barack Obama does Tarantino'' - With Quentin Tarantino's 'Inglourious Basterds' at Cannes, Jim White imagines a remake of his 'Pulp Fiction' - 23rd May 2009
 * for Gordo'' - Following the Gurkha controversy, Jim White imagines the new West End stage hit, 'Waiting for Gordo', starring Joanna Lumley and Phil Woolas, the immigration minister - 9th May 2009
 * tries his luck on Britain's Got Talent'' - Picture This: Jim White reveals an attempt by the outgoing Poet Laureate to revitalise his career - 2nd May 2009
 * cannae take it: the UKS Treasury boldly goes deeper and deeper into the red'' - Picture This: As the new Star Trek film previews to ecstatic notices, Jim White imagines an early, rejected script - 25th April 2009
 * will replace Sir Clement Freud on Just a Minute?'' - In homage to Sir Clement Freud, Jim White imagines a few new contestants being recruited to replace him on 'Just a Minute' - 18th April 2009
 * has changed since the Hillsborough disaster but have the police?'' - Football no longer has the thuggish reputation it had twenty years ago but how much have the police changed - 16th April 2009
 * Brown's Easter message'' - Picture This: Jim White shares a leaked copy of Gordon Brown's message to the nation - 11th April 2009
 * helpful guide to MPs' expenses'' - Picture This: With MPs' expenses under increased scrutiny, Jim White imagines the memo given to new arrivals... - 4th April 2009
 * Week: Question Time for Obama'' - Jim White imagines what might happen if President Obama continues his experiment of inviting questions from the public when he attends the G20 summit in London next week - 28th March 2009
 * crying out for a comic book hero'' - Jim White hopes that Roy of the Rovers can overcome the narrow-minded distributors who are denying children the joys of weekly printed fantasies - 25th March 2009
 * the economy? Not a problem, Sir Alan...'' - Picture This: Jim White imagines the conversation between Sir Alan Sugar and his new Apprentices - 21st March 2009
 * Mervyn King, are my billions stuck in the sofa?'' - Jim White imagines a problem page for distressed billionaires edited by everyone's favourite financial agony uncle - 14th March 2009
 * This: ITV, the austerity channel'' - In the week ITV announced swingeing cuts, Jim White imagines a memo to company chief executive Michael Grade detailing a new-look, low-cost schedule - 7th March 2009
 * This: Celebrity Challenge'' - Jim White imagines some unexpected participants in this week's final of 'University Challenge' - 28th February 2009
 * This: Lord Mandelson, barista'' - imagine that, following Lord Mandelson's row with Howard Schultz, president of Starbucks, the Business Secretary agrees to spend a week at work in one of the chain's branches - 21st February 2009
 * governing bodies worse than bankers'' - If you are a fan of English sport, these are uncomfortable times. A small knot of fear has settled in the stomach at what is to come - 10th February 2009
 * 'Now, about Jonathon Ross's little script... ''' - Picture This... Jim White imagines a phone call from Lord Attenborough, President of Bafta, to his vice-President Michael Grade about Jonathan Ross's role as host of Sunday night's award ceremony - 7th February 2009
 * this: Prince Harry's Facebook page'' - After Chelsy Davy announced her shift to singleton on Facebook, Jim White imagines a week on Prince Harry's screen - 31st January 2009
 * 'Dear Barack, let me take you on a virtual tour of this munificent building''' - Jim White imagines the scene if President Bush had left a video guide to the White House for President Obama and his family - 17th January 2009
 * this: KP in the Big Brother house'' - Imagining the England captain, who resigned on Wednesday, in the Big Brother House - 10th January 2009
 * revolves around South Mimms'' - The Dickensian feast has never seemed further away when compared with the plight of the modern man's Christmas - 22nd December 2008
 * Gordon Brown, Jonathan Ross and Wayne Rooney could survive the recession'' - It's never a good idea to pay too much attention to what finance experts' predictions – they're either far too optimistic or doom-ridden - 15th December 2008
 * we opened door to gate-crashers'' - Thanks to the wonders of the internet - and in particular Facebook - the invading hordes know just where you live - 8th December 2008
 * far from well with Shakespeare'' - educationalists appear to have come up with a solution to the difficulty of communicating the works' validity: they are not teaching Shakespeare at all to anyone under 15 - 1st December 2008
 * man bras sell amid global recession, we need more innovation'' - 24th November 2008
 * alone at sea at 16'' - As gap-year fretting reaches its peak, Michael Perham's parents offer a perfect example of how to let go - 17th November 2008
 * losers can cruise their blues away'' - What happens when the ship is booked for a celebration and it all goes wrong? Don't abandon the trip - 10th November 2008
 * Standford XI 20-20: A million dollars didn't really matter'' - 3rd November 2008
 * should all be more like Noel Gallagher'' - the Oasis guitarist holds a valuable lesson for these difficult times - 20th October 2008
 * lights are going out all over Britain'' - There will be some silver linings as the credit crunch begins to bite outside the City - 13th October 2008
 * lost the recipe for proper food'' - In their different ways, Heston Blumenthal and Jamie Oliver have touched on a fundamental truth - 6th October 2008
 * cash from our rivers'' - short-term thinking is now being applied to the very people who could save lives during a flood - 22nd September 2008
 * your manners by boozing for Britain'' - The Government is urging us to celebrate our Britishness by drinking. What would Barbara Cartland say - 15th September 2008
 * Jeremy Kyle on the workshy'' - The Government plans to link up with the bullish TV host to get more people into work. Who thought that one up? - 8th September 2008
 * spectators in a global soap opera'' - On Monday, Abu Dhabi United Group, the overseas investment arm of the Arab state's royal family, bought control of Manchester City Football Club - 3rd September 2008
 * headlines are not black and right'' - Speed reading the news can turn a simple story into a steamy scandal - 1st September 2008
 * Britain is becoming counterfeit'' - London 2012 was given a chance to sell itself in Beijing last night, but too many things that make us distinctive are being dumped - 25th August 2008
 * hero of the Olympics is John Major'' - The former prime minister's achievements may not be too memorable, but he did launch the Lottery, which helps to fund our medal-winners - 18th August 2008
 * 2012: The plump sugar fairies'' - Britain can outdo China's Olympic opening ceremony if we manage some native intelligence - 11th August 2008

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