Rupert Murdoch toasts memory of Arthur Brittenden at memorial lunch for ‘towering’ Fleet Street figure
Rupert Murdoch was the guest of honour at a small private lunch held at The Garrick club in London in…
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Former Express features sub Malcolm Markland has died aged 75
Former Daily Express features sub Malcolm Markland has died aged 75. Markland's first taste of journalism came with the Watford…
ByRichard West, ‘one of the finest foreign correspondents of the 20th century’, dies aged 84
Richard West, who has died age 84, was described as a “paragon of the independent journalist for his generation” in…
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Former Daily Mail editor Arthur Brittenden: ‘A towering figure on Fleet Street’
Arthur Brittenden, who has died age 90, has been described as “a towering figure on Fleet Street who worked closely…
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‘She was feisty ahead of her time’: Journalist who threw beer over ‘obnoxious’ Dylan Thomas dies aged 100
Pioneering Bristol journalist Barbara Buchanan, who was credited with saving lives through her campaign for cervical cancer smear tests, has…
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Former Telegraph foreign correspondent Richard Beeston dies aged 88
Richard Beeston, for 26 years a foreign correspondent for the Daily Telegraph, has died aged 88. In its obituary the…
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Former Daily Record chief reporter Gordon ‘Porridge’ Airs, who spent a night in jail to protect his source, dies aged 75
Former Daily Record chief reporter Gordon Airs, who spent a night in police cells to protect a source, has died…
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‘She had a huge heart’: Regional reporter and magazine freelance Jannette McKenzie dies aged 69
Former regional reporter and magazine freelance Jannette McKenzie Lee died on 7 February aged 69. Among weeklies she worked for…
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