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Charles Hilary Moore (born 31 October 1956, Hastings) is a British journalist and former editor of The Daily Telegraph.
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Early life
He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge where he was awarded a BA in History and was a friend of Oliver Letwin.
Career
A former editor of The Spectator (1984-90), the Sunday Telegraph (1992-5) and The Daily Telegraph (1995-2003); he resigned from the last post to spend more time writing Margaret Thatcher's authorised biography, which will be published after her death.
Due to falling circulation, there had been speculation [1]about Mr Moore's future prior to his resignation, and the paper had been defeated in an important libel action[2] by George Galloway.
He currently writes for two of the publications he once edited, The Spectator and The Daily Telegraph. He is Chairman of Policy Exchange. Moore was fined £262 for not possessing a TV licence in May 2010,[3] eighteen months after announcing that he would donate the amount payable as a television licence to Help the Aged because the BBC had failed to sack Jonathan Ross for his 'Sachsgate' prank with Russell Brand.[4]
Publications
Moore's first publication was a pamphlet for the Salisbury Group "The Old People of Lambeth", which was published in 1982.[5] Since then, he has co-edited A Tory Seer: The Selected Journalism of T.E. Utley (1989).
Bibliography
Incomplete - to be updated
Articles
- "The Spectator's Notes". The Spectator 308 (9397): 11. 4 October 2008. http://www.spectator.co.uk/the-magazine/the-week/2189176/the-spectators-notes.thtml. Retrieved 13 December 2008.
- "The Spectator's Notes". The Spectator 311 (9446): 11. 12 September 2009. http://www.spectator.co.uk/politics/all/5317196/the-spectators-notes.thtml. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
- "The Spectator's Notes". The Spectator 312 (9464): 13. 16 January 2010. http://www.spectator.co.uk/politics/all/5704523/the-spectators-notes.thtml. Retrieved 2 November 2010.
Personal life
He married Caroline Baxter in 1981 in Tunbridge Wells. They have a twin son and daughter (born April 1990).
References
- ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2969123.stm
- ^ http://www.powerbase.info/index.php/Charles_Moore#George_Galloway_libel_action
- ^ James Robinson "Charles Moore fined for Jonathan Ross-inspired TV licence boycott", The Guardian, 11 May 2010
- ^ "The BBC was too scared to sack Jonathan Ross, so the obscenity goes on", Daily Telegraph, 22 November 2008
- ^ Findarticles.com
External links
- Column archive at The Daily Telegraph
- Column archive at The Spectator
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- Charles Moore at the Internet Movie Database
- Article archive at Journalisted
- Zoë Heller, A Better Class of Person: Charles Moore, The Independent, 31 January 1993
Media offices Preceded by
Alexander ChancellorEditor of The Spectator
1984 - 1990Succeeded by
Dominic LawsonPreceded by
Gordon Brook-ShepherdDeputy Editor of the Daily Telegraph
1990–1992Succeeded by
Trevor Grove and Veronica WadleyPreceded by
Trevor GroveEditor of The Sunday Telegraph
1992 - 1995Succeeded by
Dominic LawsonPreceded by
Sir Max HastingsEditor of The Daily Telegraph
1995 - 2003Succeeded by
Martin NewlandCategories:- 1956 births
- Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge
- British journalists
- British newspaper editors
- Converts to Roman Catholicism
- English columnists
- English Roman Catholics
- Fellows of the British-American Project
- Living people
- Old Etonians
- People from Hastings
- University Challenge contestants
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