Simon Fanshawe

Simon Hew Dalrymple Fanshawe (born December 26, 1956, in Devizes, England) is a writer and broadcaster. He contributes frequently to British newspapers and radio.

He first came to public attention as a stand-up comedian (winning the prestigious Perrier Award in 1989) and on the television programme "That's Life!".

Since then he has been a very frequent contributor on a variety of subjects from arts to politics in newspapers and on many BBC radio and TV programmes. (His BBC Radio 4 profile lightheartedly describes him as a "media tart".)

He has also been involved in many community/campaigning groups and public bodies - often as a board member. He led the campaign to make Brighton and Hove a city. He was a founding member of Stonewall. He is the chair of the board for the Brighton Festival Fringe

He studied law at the University of Sussex (of which he is now a member of the governing Council) in Brighton, England and now lives in the Kemptown area of Brighton.

In 2007 he presented the first programme in the BBC's Building Britain series, concentrating his attentions on three developments in Brighton and praising each of them, whilst pouring scorn on opponents to such developments. The schemes included the Brighton Marina's "Roaring Forties" tower block by Brunswick Developments. Fanshawe was criticised both locally and nationally when it was revealed in the 6th July 2007 edition of Private Eye magazine that he was chairman of Midnight Communications, the public relations company working on the project.

Newspapers and magazines

Fanshawe has contributed articles to the following publications:
*"The Guardian"
*"The Observer"
*"The Sunday Times"
*"The Daily Telegraph"
*"Evening Standard"
*"Time Out"
*"Punch"

Radio

Fanshawe has been a presenter on the following radio programs:
*"Just a Minute"
*"Kaleidoscope"
*"Sunday Brunch"
*"Fanshawe on Five"
*"The Reference Library"
*"Live From London"
*"Fanshawe Gets To The Bottom Of... "
*"Loose Ends"
*"The Motion Show"

Television

*"That's Life!", a BBC television light entertainment series. A co-presenter, for one series only, in 1990.
*"Thames Roadshow"
*"Live from Jongleurs"
* "The Trouble With Gay Men"

Book

* "The Done Thing" (Random House, June 2005) ISBN 1-84413-873-9 (hardback). A campaign for good manners in the modern world, written in a witty tone, available at numerous bargain bookshops and unsold remainder outlets.

External links

* [http://www.simonfanshawe.com/ Fanshawe's website]
* [http://www.thedonething.info/ Official site for "The Done Thing"]
* [http://thedonething.blogspot.com/ Blog] for "The Done Thing"
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/presenters/fanshawe_biog.shtml Biography on BBC Radio 4 site]