Magnus linklater biography
- Magnus Duncan Linklater, CBE is a Scottish journalist, writer, and former newspaper editor.
- Magnus Duncan Linklater, CBE (born 21 February 1942) is a Scottish journalist, writer, and former newspaper editor.
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Linklater, Magnus (Duncan)
LINKLATER, Magnus (Duncan). Scottish, b. 1942. Genres: History, Politics/Government. Career: London Evening Standard, London, England, editor of "Londoner's Diary," 1966-69; Sunday Times, London, section editor, 1967-69, editor of "Spectrum" column, 1969-72, editor of magazine, 1972-75, news editor, 1975-79, features editor, 1979-83; Observer, London, managing editor, 1983-86; London Daily News, London, editor, 1986-87; The Scotsman, Edinburgh, Scotland, editor, 1988-94; The Times, columnist, 1994-; Radio Scotland, Presenter, 1994-97; Scottish Arts Council, Chairman, 1996-; Scotland on Sunday, columnist, 1998-. Publications: (with L. Chester and S. Fay) Hoax: The Inside Story of the Howard Hughes-Clifford Irving Affair, 1972; (with L. Chester and D. May) Jeremy Thorpe: A Secret Life, 1979, as The Secret Life of Jeremy Thorpe, 1980; Massacre: The Story of Glencoe, 1982; (with P. Eddy) War in the Falklands (in U.K. as The Falklands War), 1982; (with I. Hilton and N. Ascherson) The Nazi Legacy: Klaus Barbie and the International Fascist Connection
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Magnus Linklater is the former Scotland editor of The Times and has been a writer and editor for The Times in Scotland for the past 29 years. He was the editor of The Scotsman newspaper from 1988 to 1994, and the editor of The London Daily News from 1986 to 1987. He won a Lifetime Achievement Award from The Scottish
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Magnus Linklater
British journalist, writer and newspaper editor
Magnus Duncan Linklater, CBE (born 21 February 1942) is a Scottish journalist, writer, and former newspaper editor.
Early life and education
Linklater was born in Orkney, and is the son of Scottish writer Eric Linklater and arts campaigner Marjorie MacIntyre. He was brought up in Easter Ross, attending the local school at Nigg before moving to Belhaven Hill School in Dunbar, East Lothian, and then on to Eton College. He continued his studies with courses at Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg in Germany and the Sorbonne in Paris, before he studied for a degree at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, graduating with a second class honours degree in modern languages. He is of part Swedish descent, through his father Eric.[1] His son is Archie Linklater.
Journalist
Linklater's career in journalism began in 1964 as a reporter with the Daily Express. This was followed by a period as reporter, then editor of the Londoner's Diary on the Evening Standard, before he moved to The Sunday Times
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