- Geoffrey Wheatcroft
Geoffrey Albert Wheatcroft (born 23 December 1945 in
London ) is a British journalist and writer.Education
He was educated at
University College School , London, and at New College Oxford, where he read ModernHistory .Publishing and journalism
He started work in publishing in 1968, working for
Hamish Hamilton , 1968-70;Michael Joseph , 1971-73; andCassell & 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 aSunday Telegraph columnist 1987-91, freelance 1993-96; feature writer on theDaily Express , 1996-97; and has since written for the Guardian, theTimes Literary Supplement , theBoston Globe , and other papers and periodicals.Marriage and family
He married in 1990 Sally, the daughter of
Frank Muir . They live in Bath with their two children Abigail and Gabriel.Books
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The Randlords " (1985)
*"Absent Friends" (1989)
*"The Controversy of Zion " (1996)
*"The Strange Death of Tory England " (2005)
*"Le Tour" (2007)
*"Yo, Blair!" (2007)External links
* [http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/geoffrey_wheatcroft/index.html Wheatcroft on The Guardian]
* [http://www.theatlantic.com/about/people/gwbio.htm Biography of Geoffrey Wheatcroft] on "The Atlantic Monthly " (accessed 24 September 2007)Sources
"Who's Who" (2008 edition) s.v. Geoffrey Wheatcroft
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