Geoffrey Wheatcroft
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Geoffrey Albert Wheatcroft (born 23 December 1945 in London) is a British journalist and writer.
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[edit] Education
He was educated at University College School, London, and at New College Oxford, where he read Modern History.
[edit] Publishing and journalism
He started work in publishing in 1968, working for Hamish Hamilton, 1968-70; Michael Joseph, 1971-73; and Cassell & Co, 1974-75.
In 1975 he became the assistant editor of the Spectator magazine, moving to literary editor 1977-81. After a period as a reporter in South Africa, 1981-84, he became editor of the Londoner's Diary gossip column in the London Evening Standard, 1985-86. He was a Sunday Telegraph columnist 1987-91, freelance 1993-96; feature writer on the Daily Express, 1996-97; and has since written for the Guardian, the Times Literary Supplement, the Boston Globe, and other papers and periodicals.
[edit] Marriage and family
He married in 1990 Sally, the daughter of the comedian Frank Muir. They live in Bath with their two children Abigail and Gabriel.
[edit] Books
- The Randlords (1985)
- Absent Friends (1989)
- The Controversy of Zion (1996)
- The Strange Death of Tory England (2005)
- Le Tour (2007)
- Yo, Blair! (2007)
[edit] External links
- Wheatcroft on The Guardian
- Biography of Geoffrey Wheatcroft on The Atlantic Monthly (accessed 24 September 2007)
[edit] Sources
Who's Who (2008 edition) s.v. Geoffrey Wheatcroft
