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'''Michael Toner''' (born 1944) is a British journalist. He was [[political editor]], diplomatic correspondent and [[List of leader writers|leader writer]] at the ''[[Sunday Express]]'',<ref name="margaretthatcher.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/114467|title=MT Engagement Diary|publisher=margaretthatcher.org|accessdate=3 May 2015}}</ref><ref name="google.com">{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/regulatingpress0000omal|url-access=registration|page=[https://archive.org/details/regulatingpress0000omal/page/162 162]|title=Regulating The Press|year=2000 |
'''Michael Toner''' (born 1944) is a British journalist. He was [[political editor]], diplomatic correspondent and [[List of leader writers|leader writer]] at the ''[[Sunday Express]]'',<ref name="margaretthatcher.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/114467|title=MT Engagement Diary|publisher=margaretthatcher.org|accessdate=3 May 2015}}</ref><ref name="google.com">{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/regulatingpress0000omal|url-access=registration|page=[https://archive.org/details/regulatingpress0000omal/page/162 162]|title=Regulating The Press|year=2000|accessdate=3 May 2015}}</ref> chief [[List of leader writers|leader writer]] on the ''[[Daily Mail]]'' until 2006,<ref name="medialens.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.medialens.org/23_fg_75_lc/viewtopic.php?t=1749&sid=b480800cb47565fdc5d889e87beb120c|title=Media Lens :: View topic – Leader writers in the UK press|publisher=medialens.org|accessdate=3 May 2015}}</ref> a political author<ref name="worldcat.org">{{cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/29518354|title=Bluff your way in the European Community|publisher=worldcat.org|oclc=29518354|accessdate=3 May 2015}}</ref> and novelist.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n97069695/|title=Toner, Michael|publisher=worldcat.org|accessdate=3 May 2015}}</ref><ref>[http://fc95d419f4478b3b6e5f-3f71d0fe2b653c4f00f32175760e96e7.r87.cf1.rackcdn.com/C6140EA02F9E4771B11B429097375978.pdf BROADCASTING - CHRISTMAS CARD LIST, Anglia Television Limited, 8 November 1982, p. 12]</ref><ref name="google.co.uk">{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/seeinglightperso0000unse|url-access=registration|title=Seeing the Light|year=1997|via=[[Internet Archive]]|publisher=Simon & Schuster|accessdate=3 May 2015}}</ref><ref name="auto">School of the Black & Red, A History of [[Bedford Modern School]], A.G. Underwood (1981)</ref><ref name="google.co.uk1">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ao1045IYK8sC&q=michael+toner+sunday+express&pg=PR18|title=The Case of Peter Pan, Or the Impossibility of Children's Fiction|isbn=0812214358|accessdate=2 June 2015|last1=Rose|first1=Jacqueline|year=1993}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qXPpAAAAMAAJ&q=michael+toner+sunday+express|title=Benn's Press Directory|year=1978|isbn=9780510490287|accessdate=2 June 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/regulatingpress0000omal|url-access=registration|page=[https://archive.org/details/regulatingpress0000omal/page/162 162]|title=Regulating The Press|year=2000|via=[[Internet Archive]]|publisher=Pluto Press|accessdate=2 June 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ufWtAwAAQBAJ&q=michael+toner+sunday+express&pg=PT111|title=David Waddington Memoirs|isbn=9781849544573|accessdate=2 June 2015|last1=Waddington|first1=David|date=26 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3quJAAAAMAAJ&q=michael+toner+sunday+express|title=Vacher's Parliamentary Companion|year=1984|accessdate=2 June 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BOGZgSgcDRYC&pg=PA276|title=The Moral Status of Children|isbn=9041103775|accessdate=2 June 2015|last1=Freeman|first1=Michael D. A.|date=28 August 1997}}</ref> |
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==Life and career== |
==Life and career== |
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Toner was born in [[Bedfordshire]] in 1944<ref>England & Wales, Birth Index, 1916–2005</ref> and educated at [[Bedford Modern School]] and the [[University of Cambridge]].<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{cite |
Toner was born in [[Bedfordshire]] in 1944<ref>England & Wales, Birth Index, 1916–2005</ref> and educated at [[Bedford Modern School]] and the [[University of Cambridge]].<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lLUaAQAAMAAJ&q=michael+toner+the+times|title=Bluff Your Way in the EEC|isbn=9781853040993|accessdate=2 June 2015|last1=Toner|first1=Michael|last2=White|first2=Christopher|year=1988}}</ref> He began his career in journalism at the ''[[The Sentinel (Staffordshire)|Stoke Sentinel]]'' before moving to the ''[[Sunday Express]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/Way-Roger-Jones-recollections-Sentinel-newspaper/story-21659441-detail/story.html|title=Way We Were: Roger Jones and his recollections of The Sentinel newspaper in Stoke-on-Trent|work=Stoke Sentinel|accessdate=3 May 2015}}</ref> where, in 1981, he interviewed [[Margaret Thatcher]] with fellow ''[[Sunday Express|Express]]'' journalist Keith Renshaw.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/104542|title=Interview for Sunday Express|publisher=margaretthatcher.org|accessdate=3 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KSEmAAAAMAAJ&q=michael+toner+westminster|title=The Battle for Bermondsey|isbn=9780946097111|accessdate=2 June 2015|last1=Tatchell|first1=Peter|year=1983}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UNEgAAAAMAAJ&q=michael+toner+margaret+thatcher|title=Five at 10|isbn=9780233977331|accessdate=2 June 2015|last1=Farr|first1=Diana|last2=Pullein-Thompson|first2=Diana|year=1985}}</ref> He became leader writer of the ''[[Sunday Express]]''<ref name="margaretthatcher.org"/><ref name="google.com"/> where he covered many of the controversial topics of the 1980s and 1990s including articles about the [[Irish Republican Army|IRA]], ''Britain Fumes at US Over I.R.A. Guns'',<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/irishamericaulst00wils|url-access=registration|quote=michael toner sunday express.|title=Irish-America and the Ulster Conflict, 1968–1995|year=1995|via=[[Internet Archive]]|publisher=Catholic University of Amer Press|accessdate=2 June 2015}}</ref> the [[UK miners' strike (1984–85)|miners' strike]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zEdaAAAAYAAJ&q=michael+toner+sunday+express|title=IRIS News|year=1985|accessdate=2 June 2015}}</ref> the [[Falklands War]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1301&dat=19820419&id=X55WAAAAIBAJ&pg=4285,6719362&hl=en|title=The Sydney Morning Herald – Google News Archive Search|accessdate=3 June 2015}}</ref> child abuse<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZYlAAQAAIAAJ&q=michael+toner+sunday+express|title=Crime and the media|isbn=9781855214330|accessdate=2 June 2015|last1=Ericson|first1=Richard Victor|year=1995}}</ref> and the war crime allegations involving [[Kurt Waldheim]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mKBnAAAAMAAJ&q=michael+toner+sunday+express|title=Kurt Waldheim|isbn=9780860515166|accessdate=2 June 2015|last1=Saltman|first1=Jack|year=1988}}</ref> [[David Alton, Baron Alton of Liverpool|David Alton]] described Toner's approach to Alton's anti-abortion bill as "thorough and fair".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://issuu.com/davidalton/docs/whose-choice-anyway/45|title=ISSUU – Whose Choice Anyway by David Alton|author=David Alton|work=Issuu|accessdate=3 June 2015}}</ref> |
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Following his period at the ''[[Sunday Express]]'', Toner became Chief Leader Writer at the ''[[Daily Mail]]'', a position he held until 2006 when [[Tom Utley]] succeeded him to the role.<ref name="medialens.org"/> |
Following his period at the ''[[Sunday Express]]'', Toner became Chief Leader Writer at the ''[[Daily Mail]]'', a position he held until 2006 when [[Tom Utley]] succeeded him to the role.<ref name="medialens.org"/> |
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Toner's first published work, ''[[Bluffer's Guides|The Bluffer's Guide]] To The EU'', has run to several editions encapsulating the changing nomenclature of that institution.<ref name="worldcat.org"/><ref>{{cite |
Toner's first published work, ''[[Bluffer's Guides|The Bluffer's Guide]] To The EU'', has run to several editions encapsulating the changing nomenclature of that institution.<ref name="worldcat.org"/><ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26633012|title=Bluff your way in the EEC|publisher=worldcat.org|oclc=26633012|accessdate=3 May 2015}}</ref><ref name="worldcat.org1">{{cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/42954302|title=The bluffer's guide to the E.U.|publisher=worldcat.org|oclc=42954302|accessdate=3 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://viaf.org/viaf/315041383/|title=315041383|publisher=viaf.org|accessdate=2 June 2015}}</ref> He published his first novel, ''Seeing the Light'', in 1997.<ref name="worldcat.org2">{{cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/37322166|title=Seeing the light|publisher=worldcat.org|oclc=37322166|accessdate=3 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n97069695.html|title=Toner, Michael|publisher=loc.gov|accessdate=2 June 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/books-a-week-in-books-1276214.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150603171040/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/books-a-week-in-books-1276214.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 June 2015|title=Books: A week in books|work=The Independent|accessdate=3 June 2015}}</ref> |
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==Works== |
==Works== |
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* ''Seeing the Light''. Published by [[Simon & Schuster]], London, 1997<ref name="google.co.uk"/><ref name="worldcat.org2"/> |
* ''Seeing the Light''. Published by [[Simon & Schuster]], London, 1997<ref name="google.co.uk"/><ref name="worldcat.org2"/> |
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* ''[[Bluffer's Guides|The Bluffer's Guide]] To The EU''. Michael Toner with Christopher White and Lee Rotherham. Published by Oval, London, 1999<ref name="worldcat.org1"/><ref>{{cite |
* ''[[Bluffer's Guides|The Bluffer's Guide]] To The EU''. Michael Toner with Christopher White and Lee Rotherham. Published by Oval, London, 1999<ref name="worldcat.org1"/><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-vYsAAAACAAJ&q=michael+toner+bluffer%27s+guide|title=The Bluffer's Guide to the E.U.|isbn=9781902825113|accessdate=3 May 2015|last1=Toner|first1=Michael|last2=White|first2=Christopher|last3=Rotherham|first3=Lee|year=1999}}</ref> |
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* ''Bluff Your Way in the City''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.librarything.com/work/13418755|title=Bluff Your Way in the City (The Bluffer's City Collection)|publisher=LibraryThing.com|accessdate=2 June 2015}}</ref> |
* ''Bluff Your Way in the City''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.librarything.com/work/13418755|title=Bluff Your Way in the City (The Bluffer's City Collection)|publisher=LibraryThing.com|accessdate=2 June 2015}}</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 22:25, 11 March 2023
Michael Toner (born 1944) is a British journalist. He was political editor, diplomatic correspondent and leader writer at the Sunday Express,[1][2] chief leader writer on the Daily Mail until 2006,[3] a political author[4] and novelist.[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]
Life and career
[edit]Toner was born in Bedfordshire in 1944[15] and educated at Bedford Modern School and the University of Cambridge.[8][16] He began his career in journalism at the Stoke Sentinel before moving to the Sunday Express[17] where, in 1981, he interviewed Margaret Thatcher with fellow Express journalist Keith Renshaw.[18][19][20] He became leader writer of the Sunday Express[1][2] where he covered many of the controversial topics of the 1980s and 1990s including articles about the IRA, Britain Fumes at US Over I.R.A. Guns,[21] the miners' strike,[22] the Falklands War,[23] child abuse[24] and the war crime allegations involving Kurt Waldheim.[25] David Alton described Toner's approach to Alton's anti-abortion bill as "thorough and fair".[26]
Following his period at the Sunday Express, Toner became Chief Leader Writer at the Daily Mail, a position he held until 2006 when Tom Utley succeeded him to the role.[3]
Toner's first published work, The Bluffer's Guide To The EU, has run to several editions encapsulating the changing nomenclature of that institution.[4][27][28][29] He published his first novel, Seeing the Light, in 1997.[30][31][32]
Works
[edit]- Seeing the Light. Published by Simon & Schuster, London, 1997[7][30]
- The Bluffer's Guide To The EU. Michael Toner with Christopher White and Lee Rotherham. Published by Oval, London, 1999[28][33]
- Bluff Your Way in the City[34]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "MT Engagement Diary". margaretthatcher.org. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
- ^ a b Regulating The Press. 2000. p. 162. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
- ^ a b "Media Lens :: View topic – Leader writers in the UK press". medialens.org. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
- ^ a b Bluff your way in the European Community. worldcat.org. OCLC 29518354. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
- ^ "Toner, Michael". worldcat.org. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
- ^ BROADCASTING - CHRISTMAS CARD LIST, Anglia Television Limited, 8 November 1982, p. 12
- ^ a b Seeing the Light. Simon & Schuster. 1997. Retrieved 3 May 2015 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ a b School of the Black & Red, A History of Bedford Modern School, A.G. Underwood (1981)
- ^ Rose, Jacqueline (1993). The Case of Peter Pan, Or the Impossibility of Children's Fiction. ISBN 0812214358. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
- ^ Benn's Press Directory. 1978. ISBN 9780510490287. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
- ^ Regulating The Press. Pluto Press. 2000. p. 162. Retrieved 2 June 2015 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ Waddington, David (26 July 2012). David Waddington Memoirs. ISBN 9781849544573. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
- ^ "Vacher's Parliamentary Companion". 1984. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
- ^ Freeman, Michael D. A. (28 August 1997). The Moral Status of Children. ISBN 9041103775. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
- ^ England & Wales, Birth Index, 1916–2005
- ^ Toner, Michael; White, Christopher (1988). Bluff Your Way in the EEC. ISBN 9781853040993. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
- ^ "Way We Were: Roger Jones and his recollections of The Sentinel newspaper in Stoke-on-Trent". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
- ^ "Interview for Sunday Express". margaretthatcher.org. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
- ^ Tatchell, Peter (1983). The Battle for Bermondsey. ISBN 9780946097111. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
- ^ Farr, Diana; Pullein-Thompson, Diana (1985). Five at 10. ISBN 9780233977331. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
- ^ Irish-America and the Ulster Conflict, 1968–1995. Catholic University of Amer Press. 1995. Retrieved 2 June 2015 – via Internet Archive.
michael toner sunday express.
- ^ "IRIS News". 1985. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
- ^ "The Sydney Morning Herald – Google News Archive Search". Retrieved 3 June 2015.
- ^ Ericson, Richard Victor (1995). Crime and the media. ISBN 9781855214330. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
- ^ Saltman, Jack (1988). Kurt Waldheim. ISBN 9780860515166. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
- ^ David Alton. "ISSUU – Whose Choice Anyway by David Alton". Issuu. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
- ^ Bluff your way in the EEC. worldcat.org. OCLC 26633012. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
- ^ a b The bluffer's guide to the E.U. worldcat.org. OCLC 42954302. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
- ^ "315041383". viaf.org. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
- ^ a b Seeing the light. worldcat.org. OCLC 37322166. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
- ^ "Toner, Michael". loc.gov. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
- ^ "Books: A week in books". The Independent. Archived from the original on 3 June 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
- ^ Toner, Michael; White, Christopher; Rotherham, Lee (1999). The Bluffer's Guide to the E.U. ISBN 9781902825113. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
- ^ "Bluff Your Way in the City (The Bluffer's City Collection)". LibraryThing.com. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
External links
[edit]- Michael Toner in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
- Michael Toner (journalist) at LibraryThing
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