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Francis James Baird Wheen (born 22 January 1957) is a British journalist, writer and broadcaster. Events 565 - Eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located

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Early life

Wheen was educated at Copthorne Prep School, Harrow School and Royal Holloway College, University of London. Copthorne Preparatory School is situated in West Sussex for pupils aged between 2 and 13 Royal Holloway University of London ( RHUL) is a constituent college of the University of London. At Harrow he was a contemporary of Mark Thatcher who has been a recurring subject of his journalism. Sir Mark Thatcher 2nd Baronet (born 15 August 1953 is the only son of Sir Denis Thatcher and Baroness Thatcher, the former British Prime Minister He is a member of the 'soap' side of the Wheen family, whose family business was the long-established "Wheen & Sons", soap-makers, as was revealed in the gossip column of the Daily Mail on 26 March 2007. Events 1026 - Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.

Writing

He is the author of several books including a biography of Karl Marx, which won the Isaac Deutscher prize. Isaac Deutscher (b 3 April 1907 &ndash 19 August 1967) was a British journalist historian and political activist of Polish An award-winning column for The Guardian ran for several years. The Guardian (until 1959 The Manchester Guardian) is a British Newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group. He writes for Private Eye and is the magazine's deputy editor. Private Eye is a fortnightly British satirical Magazine, edited by Ian Hislop. His collected journalism – Hoo-hahs and Passing Frenzies won him the George Orwell Prize in 2003. The Orwell Prize is regarded as the pre-eminent British prize for political writing He was also a regular columnist for the London Evening Standard. The London Evening Standard is an English Tabloid regional local newspaper published and sold in London and surrounding areas of southeast

Broadcasting work

Wheen broadcasts regularly (mainly on BBC Radio 4) and is a regular panellist on The News Quiz, in which he often referred to the fact that he resembles the former Tory party leader Iain Duncan Smith. The News Quiz is a topical Comedy Quiz broadcast on British radio BBC Radio 4. The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is a Political party in the United Kingdom. George Iain Duncan Smith, PC, MP, (born 9 April 1954 is a British politician He is also one of the more frequently recruited guests for Have I Got News For You. Have I Got News for You is a British television panel show produced by Hat Trick Productions for the BBC.

Wheen wrote a docudrama, The Lavender List, for BBC Four on the final period of Harold Wilson's premiership, concentrating on his relationship with Marcia Williams, which was first screened in March 2006. A Docudrama is a Dramatization of actual historical events Generalities Docudramas tend to demonstrate some or most of the following characteristics The Lavender List is a Docudrama broadcast on BBC Four in March 2006 about the events that led to the drafting of the "Lavender List" BBC Four is a BBC Television channel available to digital television ( Freeview, IPTV, satellite and cable) viewers in the James Harold Wilson Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, KG, OBE, FRS, PC (11 March 1916 &ndash 24 May 1995 was one of the most prominent British politicians Marcia Matilda Falkender Baroness Falkender CBE (born March 10, 1932) formerly Marcia Williams, previously Marcia Field is a British Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. It starred Kenneth Cranham as former Prime Minister Wilson and Gina McKee as Williams. Kenneth Cranham (born December 12, 1944) is a film television and stage Actor who has appeared in Layer Cake, Gangster Gina McKee (born 14 April 1964) is an English actress, known for her starring roles in the TV dramas Our Friends in the North In April 2007 the BBC paid £75,000 to Williams (Baroness Falkender) in an out-of-court settlement over claims made in the programme. For other uses of settlement including legal uses see Settlement. [1] The BBC did not inform Wheen about the settlement beforehand, and he was reportedly angered by the decision.

Political views

Francis Wheen is a signatory to the Euston Manifesto and a close friend of Christopher Hitchens. The Euston Manifesto (ˈjuːstən "yoosten" is a declaration of principles by a group of liberal academics journalists and activists based in the United Kingdom Christopher Eric Hitchens (born April 13, 1949) is a British Author, Journalist, Literary critic and American In late-2005 Wheen was co-author, with journalist David Aaronovitch and blogger Oliver Kamm, of a complaint to The Guardian after it published a correction and apology for an interview with Noam Chomsky by Emma Brockes. David Aaronovitch (born July 8, 1954) is a British Journalist, broadcaster, and Author. Oliver Kamm (born 1963 is a British writer and newspaper columnist The Guardian (until 1959 The Manchester Guardian) is a British Newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group. Avram Noam Chomsky (noʊm ˈtʃɑmski born December 7 1928 is an American linguist, Philosopher, cognitive scientist, Political Emma Brockes (born 1975 is a British journalist for The Guardian newspaper working principally as a profile writer Chomsky complained that the article suggested he denied the Srebrenica massacre of 1995. The Srebrenica Massacre, also known as Srebrenica Genocide, was the July 1995 killing of an estimated 8000 Bosniak men and boys in the region of Srebrenica [2] The writer Diana Johnstone also complained about references to her in the interview. Diana Johnstone (born 1934 is a Leftist political writer focusing primarily on European politics and Western foreign policy [3] The Guardian's then readers' editor Ian Mayes found that this had misrepresented Chomsky's position, and his judgement was upheld in May 2006 by an external ombudsman, John Willis. Ian Mayes is a British Journalist and editor. He was formerly the readers' editor for The Guardian newspaper and president [4] In his report for the Guardian, Willis detailed his reasons for rejecting the argument.

References

  1. ^ "BBC pays out over Wilson drama", The Guardian website, 4 April 2007.
  2. ^ Brockes, Emma. "The Greatest Intellectual?", The Guardian, October 31, 2005; the article has since been withdrawn from the Guardian's website, but remains available at chomsky.info.
  3. ^ Johstone, Diana. "The Bosnian war was brutal, but it wasn't a Holocaust", The Guardian, November 23, 2005.
  4. ^ Willis, John. "External Ombudsman Report", The Guardian, May 25, 2006

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