Author and journalist. Born Simon David Jenkins in Birmingham. Editor of the Evening Standard from 1976 to 1978, and of The Times from 1990 to 1992. He chaired the National Trust from 2008 to 2014. Knighted 2004.
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Simon Jenkins
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Journalist. At art school in York in the 1940s she won a competition organised by Vogue which was the start of her career as a journalist. Investigative reporter on the Evening Standard in the 60s....
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Established by Herzen in London 1853.  See our plaque page for its various addresses around Bloomsbury.  See the picture source for much more information.
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