Anthony Howard
Anthony Michell Howard CBE (born February 12, 1934 - December 19, 2010 in London , England ) was a British journalist, radio announcer and author. He was also the editor of various British magazines.
Life
Anthony Howard was born to an Anglican clergyman, Canon Guy Howard. He attended the Purton Stoke School in Kintbury , West Berkshire , England and in London the Highgate School in Highgate and the Westminster School of Westminster Abbey before going to Christ Church College , Oxford . There he was chairman of the Oxford University Labor Club in 1954 and President of the Oxford Union in 1955 .
After graduating from Oxford, Howard planned a career as a lawyer. In 1956 he was appointed to the London Inner Temple Bar Association, but had already been drafted into the army. In the Suez Crisis he took part as a lieutenant in the Royal Fusiliers in the Franco-British occupation of the Suez Canal zone and other parts of Egypt . With the publication of his diary from this time, he violated regulations of secrecy and narrowly escaped a military trial.
The post-Suez experience led Howard to embark on the journey as a journalist. He began as a policy correspondent for Reynolds News and joined the Manchester Guardian , now The Guardian , in 1959 . In 1960 he was able to study in the United States thanks to a Harkness scholarship , but was also employed by the Manchester Guardian . From 1961 to 1964 he worked for the New Statesman as a political correspondent. During this time he was an admirer of Labor leader Hugh Gaitskell and a proponent of a more democratic development than the Conservative Party represented at the time.
Howard joined the conservative The Sunday Times in 1965 , which resulted in a boycott by Labor Prime Minister Harold Wilson that banned ministers and government officials from collaborating with Howard. He went from 1966 to 1969 as a correspondent for the Observer in Washington, DC In 1971 and 1972 he became the author of a political column for the Observer.
From 1972 to 1978, Howard was the editor of the New Statesman after serving as Richard Crossman's deputy from 1970 to 1972 . From 1979 to 1981 he was the editor of the BBC's weekly magazine , The Listener . He was deputy editor of the Observer from 1981 to 1988, but left the magazine after accusing editor Donald Trelford of allowing Tiny Rowland , the owner of the magazine, too much interference in the contents of the Observer.
In the following years Howard worked as a reporter for various television programs for the BBC. For the last few years he worked as a freelance obituary for The Times , and from 1990 to 2004 he was responsible for the Times Book Reviews as a critic . His last book review was published in 2005, after which the column was discontinued.
Howard had been married to journalist Carol Anne Gaynor since 1965. In 1997 he was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE). He died after an aneurysm operation . Howard was interested in developments in the Anglican Church all his life, went to church every Sunday, but never referred to himself as a "devoted" Christian.
Publications (selection)
- Basil Hume : The Monk Cardinal , Headline Books, London 2005 ISBN 0-7553-1247-3 .
- as editor: Lives Remembered: "Times Obituaries" , The Blewbury Press 1993.
- Crossman: The Pursuit of Power , Jonathan Cape, London 1990.
- RAB: Life of RAButler , Jonathan Cape London 1987.
- with Richard West: Road to No. 10 . Macmillan, New York City, USA 1965.
- as editor
- Richard Crossman : Diaries of a Cabinet Minister: Selections, 1964-1970 , Hamish Hamilton 1979.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Howard, Anthony |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Howard, Anthony Michell |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British journalist, editor and publicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 12, 1934 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | England |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 19, 2010 |
| Place of death | London , England |