Stephen Glover (columnist)
Stephen Glover | |
|---|---|
| Born | 13 January 1952 |
| Education | Shrewsbury School |
| Alma mater | Mansfield College, Oxford |
| Occupations | Journalist, columnist |
Stephen Charles Morton Glover (born 13 January 1952)[1] is a British journalist and columnist for the Daily Mail.
Early life
The son of clergyman John Morton Glover (died 1979), a prebendary of Hereford Cathedral and rector of Broseley, Shropshire, and Helen Ruth, née Jones (died 1984),[2][3][4] Glover was educated at Shrewsbury School and Mansfield College, Oxford.[5]
Career
Glover joined the Daily Telegraph in 1978 as a leader writer. He co-founded The Independent in 1986 with Andreas Whittam Smith and Matthew Symonds.[6] All three had previously been journalists on the Telegraph.
Between 1986 and 1990, Glover was foreign editor of The Independent.[6] The paper's early foreign correspondents included James Fenton, Alexander Chancellor, Patrick Marnham and Rupert Cornwell. In 1990, he became the founding editor of The Independent on Sunday.[7]
In 1992, Glover helped Richard Ingrams launch The Oldie magazine with fellow journalists Auberon Waugh, Alexander Chancellor, and Patrick Marnham.[8]
Glover has been a columnist for the London Evening Standard (1992–95), The Daily Telegraph (1995–97), The Spectator (1996–2005), The Independent (2005–12) and The Oldie (2014–23). He has written a column for the Daily Mail since 1998.
In 2004, Glover proposed a new compact upmarket newspaper with fellow journalists Francis Wheen and Frank Johnson.[9] They sought a reported £15.4 million to launch The World,[10] less than the funding for The Independent. The project did not get off the ground.
Glover is the author of Paper Dreams (1993),[11] an account of the founding of The Independent, and editor of The Penguin Book of Journalism (1999).[12] His first novel, Splash!, was published by Constable in 2017.[13]
Personal life
He married Celia Elizabeth Montague in 1982; they have two sons.[14]
References
- ↑ People of Today, Debrett's Ltd, 2002, p. 751
- ↑ People of Today, Debrett's Ltd, 2002, p. 751
- ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory, 87th ed., Oxford University Press, 1977, pp. 376-7
- ↑ First Lady- Intrigue at the court of Carrie and Boris Johnson, Michael Ashcroft, Biteback Publishing, 2022, p. 9
- ↑ Compton Miller (28 August 2006). "Inside story: Introducing the Press Gang". The Independent. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022.
- 1 2 Stephen Glover (6 October 2006). "The Independent: Reflections on the last 20 years". The Independent. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022.
- ↑ "Media Top 100: 2004". The Guardian. 12 July 2004.
- ↑ Ginny Dougary (13 August 2012). "Old at heart: Richard Ingrams". Financial Times.
- ↑ David Rowan,"Man with a new paper dream; Stephen Glover thinks we need another quality daily - but is there room in the market?" London Evening Standard, 24 March 2004.
- ↑ Chris Tryhorn (13 February 2004). "Glover hopes to launch new tabloid". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
- ↑ "Stephen Glover Paper Dreams - AbeBooks". www.abebooks.co.uk.
- ↑ "Press gang; Nicholas Lezard enjoys the rat-like cunning of Fleet Street's finest in The Penguin Book of Journalism". www.theguardian.com.
- ↑ GLOVER, STEPHEN (28 October 2018). SPLASH!: a novel. CONSTABLE. OCLC 990030486.
- ↑ People of Today, Debrett's Ltd, 2002, p. 751