Andrew Gimson
Andrew Gimson British Prime Ministers.
In November 2011 he was succeeded as sketch writer on The Daily Telegraph by Michael Deacon.[2] Gimson was educated at Uppingham School, where he attended West Bank House,[3] and Trinity College, Cambridge.[4] He briefly worked in the Conservative Research Department in 1983 before starting his journalism career at The Spectator, commentating on public affairs.[5]
He is married to Sally Gimson (formerly Sally Malcolm-Smith),[6] who stood in the South Leicestershire constituency as an unsuccessful candidate for the Labour Party in the May 2010 general election.[7][8]
Books
- The Desired Effect (1991)
- Boris: The Rise of Boris Johnson(2006)
- Gimson's Kings and Queens: Brief Lives of the Forty Monarchs since 1066 (2015)
- Gimson's Prime Ministers: Brief Lives from Walpole to May (2018), illustrated by Martin Rowson
- Gimson's Presidents: Brief Lives from Washington to Trump (2020), illustrated by Martin Rowson
References
- ^ ""Mind Your Language: Dot Wordsworth continues her look at BBC booklets on pronunciation published in the 1930s"".
- ^ Michael Deacon
- ^ "Public schools would benefit from some EasyJet competition - Telegraph". 11 November 2012. Archived from the original on 11 November 2012.
- ^ "School for future Tory stars | Andrew Gimson". The Critic Magazine. 24 October 2023. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
- ^ Lexden, Alistair (December 2018). "An Impossible Job". The London Magazine. December/January 2019: 102–105.
- ^ Boris: The Adventures of Boris Johnson, Andrew Gimson, Simon & Schuster, 2006
- ^ "Camden News: Andrew Gimson | Sally Gimson | Tory | Conservative | Labour | Boris: The Rise of Boris Johnson |". www.thecnj.com.
- ^ "General Election 2010: I'm no Samantha Cameron, but I do make a good cup of tea". The Telegraph. 27 April 2010.
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