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'''Paul Anderson''' (born 1959) is a British [[journalism|journalist]] and academic, chiefly known as the editor of several political journals.
'''Paul Anderson''' (born 1959) is a British journalist, author and academic. He is chiefly known as the editor of several political journals.


==Early life and education==
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Educated at [[Balliol College, Oxford]], and the [[London College of Printing]], Anderson was deputy editor of ''[[European Nuclear Disarmament|European Nuclear Disarmament Journal]]'' (1984–87), reviews editor of ''[[Tribune (magazine)|Tribune]]'' (1986–1991),<ref name="OldCrickHats">{{cite magazine |last1=Crick |first1=Bernard |authorlink=Bernard Crick |title=Old Hats (book review) |magazine=[[New Statesman]] |date=14 November 1997|id={{ProQuest|224368839}}}}</ref> editor of ''[[Tribune (magazine)|Tribune]]'' (1991–93), and deputy editor of the ''[[New Statesman]]'' (1993–96), news editor of ''[[Red Pepper (magazine)|Red Pepper]]'' (1997–99) and deputy editor of the ''New Times'' (1999–2000).<ref name="DutterPurge">{{cite news |last1=Dutter |first1=Barbie |title=Lefties Go in Purge at New Statesman |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=24 April 1996|id={{ProQuest|187843959}}}}</ref><ref name=essex-bio/> Since 1999 Anderson has worked as a contract [[subeditor]] on a number of publications, including ''[[The Guardian]]''.<ref name=paj-aboutme>{{cite web |url=http://paulandersonjournalist.com/about-me/ |title=About me |publisher=Paul Anderson |access-date=9 November 2018 |archive-date=9 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181109153213/http://paulandersonjournalist.com/about-me/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
Anderson was born in [[Edinburgh]], and grew up in [[Ipswich]]. He studied [[philosophy, politics and economics]] at [[Balliol College, Oxford]] (1978–1981) and [[journalism]] at the [[London College of Printing]] (1982–1983).<ref name=essex-bio2024>{{cite web |url=https://www.essex.ac.uk/people/ANDER30911/Paul-Anderson |title=Paul Anderson |website=University of Essex |access-date=18 March 2024}}</ref>

==Career==
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Anderson was deputy editor of ''[[European Nuclear Disarmament|European Nuclear Disarmament Journal]]'' (1984–1987), reviews editor of ''[[Tribune (magazine)|Tribune]]'' (1986–1991),<ref name="OldCrickHats">{{cite magazine |last1=Crick |first1=Bernard |authorlink=Bernard Crick |title=Old Hats (book review) |magazine=[[New Statesman]] |date=14 November 1997|id={{ProQuest|224368839}}}}</ref> editor of ''[[Tribune (magazine)|Tribune]]'' (1991–1993), and deputy editor of the ''[[New Statesman]]'' (1993–1996), news editor of ''[[Red Pepper (magazine)|Red Pepper]]'' (1997–1999) and deputy editor of the ''New Times'' (1999–2000).<ref name="DutterPurge">{{cite news |last1=Dutter |first1=Barbie |title=Lefties Go in Purge at New Statesman |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=24 April 1996|id={{ProQuest|187843959}}}}</ref><ref name=essex-bio/> Since 1999 Anderson has worked as a contract [[subeditor]] on a number of publications, including ''[[The Guardian]]''.<ref name=paj-aboutme>{{cite web |url=http://paulandersonjournalist.com/about-me/ |title=About me |publisher=Paul Anderson |access-date=9 November 2018 |archive-date=9 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181109153213/http://paulandersonjournalist.com/about-me/ |url-status=live }}</ref>


Anderson is co-author with Nyta Mann of ''Safety First: The Making of New Labour'' (1997),<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/25th-october-1997/48/leftist-roots-showing |title=Leftist Roots Showing |last=Simon |first=Sitin |date=25 October 1997 |magazine=[[The Spectator]] |access-date=14 September 2017 |archive-date=14 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170914220025/http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/25th-october-1997/48/leftist-roots-showing |url-status=live }}</ref> an analysis of how the changes made by [[Neil Kinnock]] to [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] policies led to the development of [[New Labour]] under [[Tony Blair]] and [[Gordon Brown]].<ref name="Hattersley">{{cite news |last1=Hattersley |first1=Roy |authorlink=Hattersley |title=There is No Alternative (book review |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=25 September 1997 |id={{ProQuest|245169723}}}}</ref><ref name="CohenReview">{{cite news |last1=Cohen |first1=Nick |authorlink=Nick Cohen |title=Safety First by Paul Anderson (book review) |newspaper=[[The Observer]] |date=12 October 2017|id={{ProQuest|250441949}}}}</ref><ref name="OldCrickHats"/><ref name="SionRootsShowing">{{cite magazine |last1=Sion |first1=Simon |authorlink=Sion Simon |title=Leftist Roots Showing (book review) |magazine=[[The Spectator]] |date=25 October 1997|id={{ProQuest|201221026}}}}</ref> In a review in [[The Guardian]] the Labour MP [[Roy Hattersley]] praised ''Safety First'' for its detailed coverage of such issues as [[John Prescott]]'s transformation of ministerial governing, and the Party's "Euro- keynesianism," calling it the "best" book on New Labour.<ref name="Hattersley"/>
Anderson is co-author with Nyta Mann of ''Safety First: The Making of New Labour'' (1997),<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/25th-october-1997/48/leftist-roots-showing |title=Leftist Roots Showing |last=Simon |first=Sitin |date=25 October 1997 |magazine=[[The Spectator]] |access-date=14 September 2017 |archive-date=14 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170914220025/http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/25th-october-1997/48/leftist-roots-showing |url-status=live }}</ref> an analysis of how the changes made by [[Neil Kinnock]] to [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] policies led to the development of [[New Labour]] under [[Tony Blair]] and [[Gordon Brown]].<ref name="Hattersley">{{cite news |last1=Hattersley |first1=Roy |authorlink=Hattersley |title=There is No Alternative (book review |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=25 September 1997 |id={{ProQuest|245169723}}}}</ref><ref name="CohenReview">{{cite news |last1=Cohen |first1=Nick |authorlink=Nick Cohen |title=Safety First by Paul Anderson (book review) |newspaper=[[The Observer]] |date=12 October 2017|id={{ProQuest|250441949}}}}</ref><ref name="OldCrickHats"/><ref name="SionRootsShowing">{{cite magazine |last1=Sion |first1=Simon |authorlink=Sion Simon |title=Leftist Roots Showing (book review) |magazine=[[The Spectator]] |date=25 October 1997|id={{ProQuest|201221026}}}}</ref> In a review in [[The Guardian]] the Labour MP [[Roy Hattersley]] praised ''Safety First'' for its detailed coverage of such issues as [[John Prescott]]'s transformation of ministerial governing, and the Party's "Euro- keynesianism," calling it the "best" book on New Labour.<ref name="Hattersley"/>
Anderson is also editor of ''Orwell in ''Tribune'': "As I Please" and Other Writings'' (2006).<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2006/oct/29/georgeorwell.society |title=By George, he was brilliant |last=Bowker |first=Gordon |date=29 October 2006 |newspaper=[[The Observer]] |access-date=14 September 2017 |archive-date=14 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170914220743/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2006/oct/29/georgeorwell.society |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="BeckettReview">{{cite news |last1=Beckett |first1=Francis |authorlink=Francis Beckett |title=Politics: Turning up the odd sixpence: Few columnists outlast their age, but George Orwell's pieces for Tribune are an exception. Orwell in Tribune Compiled and edited by Paul Anderson (book review)|newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=30 December 2006 |id={{ProQuest|246597487}}}}</ref>
Anderson is also editor of ''Orwell in ''Tribune'': "As I Please" and Other Writings'' (2006).<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2006/oct/29/georgeorwell.society |title=By George, he was brilliant |last=Bowker |first=Gordon |date=29 October 2006 |newspaper=[[The Observer]] |access-date=14 September 2017 |archive-date=14 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170914220743/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2006/oct/29/georgeorwell.society |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="BeckettReview">{{cite news |last1=Beckett |first1=Francis |authorlink=Francis Beckett |title=Politics: Turning up the odd sixpence: Few columnists outlast their age, but George Orwell's pieces for Tribune are an exception. Orwell in Tribune Compiled and edited by Paul Anderson (book review)|newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=30 December 2006 |id={{ProQuest|246597487}}}}</ref>


Anderson taught [[City University Department of Journalism|journalism]] at [[City University, London]] from 2000 to 2011 and subsequently at the [[University of Essex]].<ref name=essex-bio>{{cite web |url=https://www1.essex.ac.uk/lifts/staff/profile.aspx?ID=4397 |publisher=[[University of Essex]] |title=Academic Staff: Paul Anderson (part-time) |accessdate=14 September 2017 |archive-date=14 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170914220133/https://www1.essex.ac.uk/lifts/staff/profile.aspx?ID=4397 |url-status=live }}</ref>
Anderson taught [[City University Department of Journalism|journalism]] at [[City University, London]] from 2000 to 2011 and subsequently at the [[University of Essex]].<ref name=essex-bio>{{cite web |url=https://www1.essex.ac.uk/lifts/staff/profile.aspx?ID=4397 |publisher=[[University of Essex]] |title=Academic Staff: Paul Anderson (part-time) |accessdate=14 September 2017 |archive-date=14 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170914220133/https://www1.essex.ac.uk/lifts/staff/profile.aspx?ID=4397}}</ref><ref name=essex-bio2024/>

Anderson established book publisher Aaaargh! Press in 2012.<ref name=aaaargh-bio>{{cite web |url=https://www.aaaarghpress.com/authors/paul-anderson/ |title=Paul Anderson |website=Aaaargh! Press |access-date=18 March 2024}}</ref>


==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==
*{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/maddogsusraidso00ande |title=Mad Dogs: The US raid on Libya |editor-last1=Kaldor |editor-first1=Mary |editor-link1=Mary Kaldor |editor-last2=Anderson |editor-first2=Paul |publisher=Pluto Press |year=1986 |isbn=0-7453-0196-7}}
*{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qVKNAAAAMAAJ |title=Safety First: The Making of New Labour |last1=Anderson |first1=Paul|last2=Mann |first2=Nyta |publisher=Granta Books |year=1997 |isbn=9781862070707}}
*{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qVKNAAAAMAAJ |title=Safety First: The Making of New Labour |last1=Anderson |first1=Paul|last2=Mann |first2=Nyta |publisher=Granta Books |year=1997 |isbn=9781862070707}}
*{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=19FSnQAACAAJ |title=Orwell in Tribune: "As I Please" and Other Writings, 1943-47 |last=Orwell |first=George |editor-last=Anderson |editor-first=Paul |publisher=Methuen |year=2008 |isbn=9780413776655}}
*{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=19FSnQAACAAJ |title=Orwell in Tribune: "As I Please" and Other Writings, 1943-47 |last=Orwell |first=George |editor-last=Anderson |editor-first=Paul |publisher=Methuen |year=2008 |isbn=9780413776655}}
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== References ==
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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://paulandersonjournalist.com/ Paul Anderson archive website]
* [http://paulandersonjournalist.com/ Paul Anderson archive website]
* [http://libsoc.blogspot.com/ Paul Anderson's weblog, ''Gauche'']
* [http://libsoc.blogspot.com/ Paul Anderson's weblog, ''Gauche'']
* [https://www.aaaarghpress.com/authors/paul-anderson/ Paul Anderson], Aaaargh! Press


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Paul Anderson (born 1959) is a British journalist, author and academic. He is chiefly known as the editor of several political journals.

Early life and education

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Anderson was born in Edinburgh, and grew up in Ipswich. He studied philosophy, politics and economics at Balliol College, Oxford (1978–1981) and journalism at the London College of Printing (1982–1983).[1]

Career

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Anderson was deputy editor of European Nuclear Disarmament Journal (1984–1987), reviews editor of Tribune (1986–1991),[2] editor of Tribune (1991–1993), and deputy editor of the New Statesman (1993–1996), news editor of Red Pepper (1997–1999) and deputy editor of the New Times (1999–2000).[3][4] Since 1999 Anderson has worked as a contract subeditor on a number of publications, including The Guardian.[5]

Anderson is co-author with Nyta Mann of Safety First: The Making of New Labour (1997),[6] an analysis of how the changes made by Neil Kinnock to Labour Party policies led to the development of New Labour under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown.[7][8][2][9] In a review in The Guardian the Labour MP Roy Hattersley praised Safety First for its detailed coverage of such issues as John Prescott's transformation of ministerial governing, and the Party's "Euro- keynesianism," calling it the "best" book on New Labour.[7] Anderson is also editor of Orwell in Tribune: "As I Please" and Other Writings (2006).[10][11]

Anderson taught journalism at City University, London from 2000 to 2011 and subsequently at the University of Essex.[4][1]

Anderson established book publisher Aaaargh! Press in 2012.[12]

Bibliography

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  • Kaldor, Mary; Anderson, Paul, eds. (1986). Mad Dogs: The US raid on Libya. Pluto Press. ISBN 0-7453-0196-7.
  • Anderson, Paul; Mann, Nyta (1997). Safety First: The Making of New Labour. Granta Books. ISBN 9781862070707.
  • Orwell, George (2008). Anderson, Paul (ed.). Orwell in Tribune: "As I Please" and Other Writings, 1943-47. Methuen. ISBN 9780413776655.
  • Anderson, Paul (2013). Moscow Gold?: The Soviet Union and the British Left. Aaaargh! Press. ASIN B00EX9FBGC.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Paul Anderson". University of Essex. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
  2. ^ a b Crick, Bernard (14 November 1997). "Old Hats (book review)". New Statesman. ProQuest 224368839.
  3. ^ Dutter, Barbie (24 April 1996). "Lefties Go in Purge at New Statesman". The Guardian. ProQuest 187843959.
  4. ^ a b "Academic Staff: Paul Anderson (part-time)". University of Essex. Archived from the original on 14 September 2017. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  5. ^ "About me". Paul Anderson. Archived from the original on 9 November 2018. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
  6. ^ Simon, Sitin (25 October 1997). "Leftist Roots Showing". The Spectator. Archived from the original on 14 September 2017. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  7. ^ a b Hattersley, Roy (25 September 1997). "There is No Alternative (book review". The Guardian. ProQuest 245169723.
  8. ^ Cohen, Nick (12 October 2017). "Safety First by Paul Anderson (book review)". The Observer. ProQuest 250441949.
  9. ^ Sion, Simon (25 October 1997). "Leftist Roots Showing (book review)". The Spectator. ProQuest 201221026.
  10. ^ Bowker, Gordon (29 October 2006). "By George, he was brilliant". The Observer. Archived from the original on 14 September 2017. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  11. ^ Beckett, Francis (30 December 2006). "Politics: Turning up the odd sixpence: Few columnists outlast their age, but George Orwell's pieces for Tribune are an exception. Orwell in Tribune Compiled and edited by Paul Anderson (book review)". The Guardian. ProQuest 246597487.
  12. ^ "Paul Anderson". Aaaargh! Press. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
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