John Junor

John Junor

Sir John Donald Brown Junor (15 January, 1919 – 3 May, 1997) was a Scottish journalist. A columnist at the "Sunday Express", he became its editor-in-chief. [Editor 1954-1986. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4458466.stm] , [http://www.bjr.org.uk/data/2002/no3_greatesteditor.htm] ] He then moved to the "Mail on Sunday".

He was noted for recurrent catchphrases, two of them being "pass the sick-bag, Alice" and "I don't know, but I think we should be told". Junor frequently mentioned the small town of Auchtermuchty in Fife.

He was knighted in 1980. [ [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSsr=41&GSmid=46514200&GRid=11432921& John Donald Brown Junor (1919 - 1997) - Find A Grave Memorial ] ] The journalist Penny Junor is his daughter.

Works

*"The Best of JJ" (1981)
*"Listening for a midnight train: memoirs" (1990)

References

*Penny Junor (2002): "Home Truths: life around my father"

Notes

External links

* [http://www.newstatesman.com/200208120026 Article] by Peregrine Worsthorne


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