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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 web|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=lLUaAQAAMAAJ&q=michael+toner+the+times&dq=michael+toner+the+times&hl=en&sa=X&ei=_1VtVaifJKSc7ga2mICoDA&ved=0CDYQ6AEwBA|title=Bluff Your Way in the EEC|work=google.co.uk|accessdate=2 June 2015}}</ref> He started his journalistic career with 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 most notably 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|work=margaretthatcher.org|accessdate=3 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=KSEmAAAAMAAJ&q=michael+toner+westminster&dq=michael+toner+westminster&hl=en&sa=X&ei=pnttVfOGMoGe7gbzjIPYDA&ved=0CCgQ6AEwAQ|title=The Battle for Bermondsey|work=google.co.uk|accessdate=2 June 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=UNEgAAAAMAAJ&q=michael+toner+margaret+thatcher&dq=michael+toner+margaret+thatcher&hl=en&sa=X&ei=AHxtVaSMEKPW7AbU_4KgDg&ved=0CCsQ6AEwAg|title=Five at 10|work=google.co.uk|accessdate=2 June 2015}}</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 headline grabbing articles about the [[Irish Republican Army|IRA]], ''Britain Fumes at U.S. Over I.R.A. Guns'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=HqBnAAAAMAAJ&q=michael+toner+sunday+express&dq=michael+toner+sunday+express&hl=en&sa=X&ei=soltVY_HD-Gs7AbH44KACQ&ved=0CEoQ6AEwCTgK|title=Irish-America and the Ulster Conflict, 1968-1995|work=google.co.uk|accessdate=2 June 2015}}</ref> the [[UK miners' strike (1984–85)|miners’ strike]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=zEdaAAAAYAAJ&q=michael+toner+sunday+express&dq=michael+toner+sunday+express&hl=en&sa=X&ei=F4ttVYfJCuTd7gbrvYCQDQ&ved=0CDgQ6AEwBjgU|title=IRIS News|work=google.co.uk|accessdate=2 June 2015}}</ref> the [[Falklands War]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1301&dat=19820419&id=X55WAAAAIBAJ&sjid=D-cDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4285,6719362&hl=en|title=The Sydney Morning Herald - Google News Archive Search|work=google.com|accessdate=3 June 2015}}</ref> child abuse<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ZYlAAQAAIAAJ&q=michael+toner+sunday+express&dq=michael+toner+sunday+express&hl=en&sa=X&ei=F4ttVYfJCuTd7gbrvYCQDQ&ved=0CB8Q6AEwADgU|title=Crime and the media|work=google.co.uk|accessdate=2 June 2015}}</ref> and war crime allegations surrounding [[Kurt Waldheim]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=mKBnAAAAMAAJ&q=michael+toner+sunday+express&dq=michael+toner+sunday+express&hl=en&sa=X&ei=F4ttVYfJCuTd7gbrvYCQDQ&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAzgU|title=Kurt Waldheim|work=google.co.uk|accessdate=2 June 2015}}</ref> |
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 web|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=lLUaAQAAMAAJ&q=michael+toner+the+times&dq=michael+toner+the+times&hl=en&sa=X&ei=_1VtVaifJKSc7ga2mICoDA&ved=0CDYQ6AEwBA|title=Bluff Your Way in the EEC|work=google.co.uk|accessdate=2 June 2015}}</ref> He started his journalistic career with 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 most notably 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|work=margaretthatcher.org|accessdate=3 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=KSEmAAAAMAAJ&q=michael+toner+westminster&dq=michael+toner+westminster&hl=en&sa=X&ei=pnttVfOGMoGe7gbzjIPYDA&ved=0CCgQ6AEwAQ|title=The Battle for Bermondsey|work=google.co.uk|accessdate=2 June 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=UNEgAAAAMAAJ&q=michael+toner+margaret+thatcher&dq=michael+toner+margaret+thatcher&hl=en&sa=X&ei=AHxtVaSMEKPW7AbU_4KgDg&ved=0CCsQ6AEwAg|title=Five at 10|work=google.co.uk|accessdate=2 June 2015}}</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 headline grabbing articles about the [[Irish Republican Army|IRA]], ''Britain Fumes at U.S. Over I.R.A. Guns'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=HqBnAAAAMAAJ&q=michael+toner+sunday+express&dq=michael+toner+sunday+express&hl=en&sa=X&ei=soltVY_HD-Gs7AbH44KACQ&ved=0CEoQ6AEwCTgK|title=Irish-America and the Ulster Conflict, 1968-1995|work=google.co.uk|accessdate=2 June 2015}}</ref> the [[UK miners' strike (1984–85)|miners’ strike]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=zEdaAAAAYAAJ&q=michael+toner+sunday+express&dq=michael+toner+sunday+express&hl=en&sa=X&ei=F4ttVYfJCuTd7gbrvYCQDQ&ved=0CDgQ6AEwBjgU|title=IRIS News|work=google.co.uk|accessdate=2 June 2015}}</ref> the [[Falklands War]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1301&dat=19820419&id=X55WAAAAIBAJ&sjid=D-cDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4285,6719362&hl=en|title=The Sydney Morning Herald - Google News Archive Search|work=google.com|accessdate=3 June 2015}}</ref> child abuse<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ZYlAAQAAIAAJ&q=michael+toner+sunday+express&dq=michael+toner+sunday+express&hl=en&sa=X&ei=F4ttVYfJCuTd7gbrvYCQDQ&ved=0CB8Q6AEwADgU|title=Crime and the media|work=google.co.uk|accessdate=2 June 2015}}</ref> and war crime allegations surrounding [[Kurt Waldheim]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=mKBnAAAAMAAJ&q=michael+toner+sunday+express&dq=michael+toner+sunday+express&hl=en&sa=X&ei=F4ttVYfJCuTd7gbrvYCQDQ&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAzgU|title=Kurt Waldheim|work=google.co.uk|accessdate=2 June 2015}}</ref> [[David Alton, Baron Alton of Liverpool|David Alton]] described Toner's approach to Alton's anti-abortion bill as 'thorough and fair'.<ref>http://issuu.com/davidalton/docs/whose-choice-anyway/45</ref> |
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After 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"/> |
After 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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Michael Toner (born 1944) 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][9][10][11][12][13][14] He has been described as 'one of Britain's foremost commentators'.[15]
Life
Toner was born in Bedfordshire in 1944[16] and educated at Bedford Modern School and the University of Cambridge.[8][17] He started his journalistic career with the Stoke Sentinel before moving to the Sunday Express[18] where, in 1981, he most notably interviewed Margaret Thatcher with fellow Express journalist Keith Renshaw.[19][20][21] He became leader writer of the Sunday Express[1][2] where he covered many of the controversial topics of the 1980s and 1990s including headline grabbing articles about the IRA, Britain Fumes at U.S. Over I.R.A. Guns,[22] the miners’ strike,[23] the Falklands War,[24] child abuse[25] and war crime allegations surrounding Kurt Waldheim.[26] David Alton described Toner's approach to Alton's anti-abortion bill as 'thorough and fair'.[27]
After 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][28][29][30] He published his first novel, Seeing the Light, in 1997.[31][32]
Bibliography
- Seeing the Light. Published by Simon & Schuster, London, 1997[7][31]
- The Bluffer’s Guide To The EU. Michael Toner with Christopher White and Lee Rotherham. Published by Oval, London, 1999[29][33]
- Bluff Your Way In the City[34]
References
- ^ a b "MT Engagement Diary". margaretthatcher.org. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
- ^ a b "Regulating The Press". google.com. 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. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
- ^ "Toner, Michael". worldcat.org. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
- ^ http://fc95d419f4478b3b6e5f-3f71d0fe2b653c4f00f32175760e96e7.r87.cf1.rackcdn.com/C6140EA02F9E4771B11B429097375978.pdf
- ^ a b "Seeing the Light". google.co.uk. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
- ^ a b School of the Black & Red, A History of Bedford Modern School, A.G. Underwood (1981)
- ^ a b "The Case of Peter Pan, Or the Impossibility of Children's Fiction". google.co.uk. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
- ^ "Benn's Press Directory". google.co.uk. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
- ^ "Regulating The Press". google.co.uk. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
- ^ "David Waddington Memoirs". google.co.uk. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
- ^ "Vacher's Parliamentary Companion". google.co.uk. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
- ^ "The Moral Status of Children". google.co.uk. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
- ^ "Seeing the Light: Michael Toner: 9780595093465: Amazon.com: Books". amazon.com. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
- ^ England & Wales, Birth Index, 1916-2005
- ^ "Bluff Your Way in the EEC". google.co.uk. 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.
- ^ "The Battle for Bermondsey". google.co.uk. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
- ^ "Five at 10". google.co.uk. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
- ^ "Irish-America and the Ulster Conflict, 1968-1995". google.co.uk. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
- ^ "IRIS News". google.co.uk. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
- ^ "The Sydney Morning Herald - Google News Archive Search". google.com. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
- ^ "Crime and the media". google.co.uk. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
- ^ "Kurt Waldheim". google.co.uk. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
- ^ http://issuu.com/davidalton/docs/whose-choice-anyway/45
- ^ "Bluff your way in the EEC". worldcat.org. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
- ^ a b "The bluffer's guide to the E.U." worldcat.org. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
- ^ "315041383". viaf.org. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
- ^ a b "Seeing the light". worldcat.org. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
- ^ "Toner, Michael". loc.gov. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
- ^ "The Bluffer's Guide to the E.U." google.co.uk. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
- ^ "Bluff Your Way in the City (The Bluffer's City Collection)". LibraryThing.com. Retrieved 2 June 2015.