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British journalist and historian (born 1935)
David McKie (born 1935) is a British
journalist and
historian .
He was deputy
editor of
The Guardian and continued to write a weekly column for that paper until 4 October 2007, called "Elsewhere". Until 10 September 2005, he also wrote a second weekly column, under the
pseudonym "Smallweed" (and occasionally under anagrams, such as "Dame Wells", and "Lee Laws MD"). He continues to contribute to the paper on an occasional basis, including a piece about his premature death being falsely reported in this article.,
[1] and a 2021 letter defending The Guardian and editor
Peter Preston in 1983 returning documents which led to the imprisonment of
whistleblower
Sarah Tisdall .
[2]
His book Jabez: The Rise and Fall of a Victorian Scoundrel , a
biography of the
Victorian era
politician and
swindler
Jabez Balfour , was shortlisted for the
Saga Award for Wit, also known as the
Silver Booker , as well as the
Whitbread Book Award for
biography .
[3] Great British Bus Journeys was shortlisted for a
Dolman Best Travel Book Award in 2007.
Works
Election '70 , Panther (1970)
ISBN
0-586033890
Decade of Disillusion: Britain in the Sixties , Palgrave Macmillan (1972)
ISBN
0-333130642
Sadly Mismanaged Affair: Politics of the Third London Airport , Croom Helm (1973)
ISBN
0-856640964
The 'Guardian' – Quartet Election Guide , Quartet Books (1974)
ISBN
0-704311895
The Election: A Voter's Guide , Fourth Estate (1992)
ISBN
1-857020413
"Guardian" Political Almanac (1993)
ISBN
1-857021576
"The Guardian" Political Almanac 1994/5 (1994)
ISBN
1-857022408
Media Coverage of Parliament , Hansard Society for Parliamentary Government (1999)
ISBN
0-900432500
The "Guardian" Year , Atlantic Books (2002)
ISBN
1-843540150
Jabez: The Rise and Fall of a Victorian Scoundrel , Atlantic Books (2004)
ISBN
978-1843541301
Great British Bus Journeys: Travels Through Unfamous Places , Atlantic Books (2006)
ISBN
978-1843541325
McKie's Gazetteer: A Local History of Britain , Atlantic Books (2008)
ISBN
978-1843546542
Bright Particular Stars: A Gallery of Glorious British Eccentrics , Atlantic Books (2011)
ISBN
978-1848872486
What's in a Surname , Cornerstone (2013)
ISBN
978-1847946942
Riding Route 94: An Accidental Journey through the Story of Britain , Pimpernel Press (2017)
ISBN
978-1910258347
References
External links
Media offices
Preceded by
Deputy Editor of
The Guardian 1975 – 1984
Succeeded byPeter Cole
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