Hugo Young
Hugo John Smelter Young (13 October 1938 – 22 September 2003) was a British journalist and columnist and senior political commentator at The Guardian.
Early life and education
Born in
Journalistic career
In 1965, Young returned to the United Kingdom. He was recruited by
Young continued to write a twice-weekly political column at The Guardian until his death. Young was a strong proponent of European integration, and sharply expressed his disappointment with the British government's eurosceptic politics in his columns, including Prime Minister Tony Blair's decision to side with George W. Bush instead of his EU partners in the 2003 invasion of Iraq.[2]
Despite these differences, Young remained on good terms with senior ministers, including Tony Blair and
The Hugo Young Lecture
There is now an annual Hugo Young Lecture, organised by The Guardian in Young's memory. Among the notable figures to have delivered it are David Cameron, Nick Clegg, Ed Miliband, Marjorie Scardino and Alex Salmond.[4]
Personal life
Young married twice. His first wife, Helen Mason, died in 1989 of lung cancer. They had three daughters, including the film director Emily Young, and one son.
He remarried in 1990, this time to American artist Lucy Waring. Young died at the age of 64 of
Bibliography
- The Hugo Young Papers: Thirty Years of British Politics – Off the Record (2008) ISBN 978-1-84614-054-9(published posthumously)
- Supping with the Devils: Political Journalism (2003) ISBN 1-84354-116-5
- Political Lives (2001) ISBN 0-19-860430-0
- This Blessed Plot: Britain and Europe from Churchill to Blair (1998) ISBN 0-333-57992-5
- Thatcherism: Did Society Survive? (The Maisie Ward Sheed memorial lecture) (1992) ISBN 0-903113-97-X
- One of Us: Life of Margaret Thatcher (1989) ISBN 0-333-34439-1
- The Iron Lady: A Biography of Margaret Thatcher (1989) ISBN 0-374-22651-2 (US edition of One of Us, to distinguish it from the US biography of Richard Nixonentitled One of Us)
- The Iron Lady: A Biography of Margaret Thatcher (1989)
- The Thatcher Phenomenon (1986) ISBN 0-563-20472-9
- But, Chancellor: Inquiry into the Treasury (1984) ISBN 0-563-20237-8
- No, Minister (1982) ISBN 0-563-20056-1
- Crossman Affair (1976) ISBN 0-241-89449-2
References
- ^ Hugo Young obituary, The Guardian; accessed 20 April 2014.
- ^ Column archive, The Guardian; accessed 20 April 2014.
- ^ Young, Hugo (8 April 2013). "Margaret Thatcher left a dark legacy that has still not disappeared". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
- ^ "Alex Salmond delivers Hugo Young lecture". Democracy Live. BBC News. 27 January 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
- ^ Hugo Young obituary, The Times; accessed 20 April 2014.
External links
- Column archive at the London Review of Books
- Hugo Young on Charlie Rose
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- Hugo Young at Curlie
- The papers of Hugo Young at the Guardian News & Media Archive
- Obituaries
- Guardian columnist Hugo Young dies at BBC News
- Hugo Young, Donal Macintyre, The Independent
- Hugo Young, Leading British Columnist, Is Dead at 64, Warren Hoge, The New York Times