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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]]'' (1984–87), 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 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>


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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

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

Anderson was deputy editor of European Nuclear Disarmament Journal (1984–87), reviews editor of Tribune (1986–1991),[2] editor of Tribune (1991–93), and deputy editor of the New Statesman (1993–96), news editor of Red Pepper (1997–99) 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

  • 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

  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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