Sir Simon Jenkins (born June 10, 1943) is a British newspaper columnist currently associated with The Guardian after fifteen years with News International titles. He was educated at Mill Hill School and St John's College, Oxford. June 10 is the 161st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (162nd in leap years), with 204 days remaining. ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... A columnist is a journalist who produces a specific form of writing for publication called a column. Columns appear in newspapers, magazines and the Internet. ... The Guardian is a British newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group. ... News International is a British newspaper publisher owned by Rupert Murdochs News Corporation. ... Mill Hill School is a boarding and day school for pupils aged 13 - 18, located in Mill Hill, London, England. ... College name St Johns College Named after Saint John the Baptist Established 1555 Sister College Sidney Sussex College President Sir Michael Scholar KCB JCR President Martha Burgess Undergraduates 381 Graduates 184 Homepage Boatclub St Johns College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in... The University of Oxford, located in the city of Oxford, England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. ...

A former editor of The Times newspaper, he received a knighthood for services to journalism in the 2004 new year honours. Among his many other awards, he was named What the Papers Say Journalist of the Year in 1998. He also holds an Honorary Fellowship from the University of Wales, Lampeter. The Times is a national newspaper published daily in the United Kingdom since 1785, and under its current name since 1788. ... The British honours system is a means of rewarding individuals personal bravery, achievement or service to the United Kingdom. ... Journalism is a discipline of collecting, analyzing, verifying, and presenting information gathered regarding current events, including trends, issues and people. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... What The Papers Say, is one of the longest running programmes on British television. ... University of Wales, Lampeter Prifysgol Cymru, Llanbedr Pont Steffan   University of Wales, Lampeter (Welsh: Prifysgol Cymru, Llanbedr Pont Steffan) is a university in Lampeter, Wales, the oldest degree awarding institution in Wales, and the third oldest in England and Wales after Oxford and Cambridge. ...

Jenkins lives in London with his wife, the American-born actress, Gayle Hunnicutt. They have one son, and his step-son is Nolan Hemmings (Lady Jenkins's son from her previous marriage to David Hemmings). London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England and is the most populous city in the European Union. ... Gayle Hunnicutt, Lady Jenkins (born February 6, 1943 in Fort Worth, Texas) is an American actress. ... David Hemmings in the late 1960s David Hemmings (November 18, 1941 – December 3, 2003) was a British movie actor and director, whose most famous role was the photographer in Michelangelo Antonionis Blow-Up (1966), one of the films that best represented the spirit of the 1960s. ...

Career

Jenkins started his career at Country Life magazine, then moved to the Times Educational Supplement and from there to the Evening Standard, before editing the Insight page of The Sunday Times. Country Life is a weekly country magazine in Britain and Australia. ... The Times Educational Supplement (TES) is a UK publication covering the world of primary, secondary and further education, as well as teaching job vacancies. ... Headlines of the Evening Standard on the day of London bombing on July 7, 2005, in Waterloo Station The Evening Standard is an English tabloid newspaper published and sold in London and surrounding areas. ... The Sunday Times is a Sunday broadsheet newspaper distributed in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland, published by Times Newspapers Ltd, a subsidiary of News International which is in turn owned by News Corporation. ...

He was editor of the London Evening Standard from 1976-78, and then political editor of The Economist magazine from 1979-86. After founding and editing The Sunday Times Books section, he was editor of The Times from 1990-92.^[1] On 28 January 2005, he announced he was leaving The Times and he joined The Guardian that summer after a break to write a book^[2]. London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England and is the most populous city in the European Union. ... Headlines of the Evening Standard on the day of London bombing on July 7, 2005, in Waterloo Station The Evening Standard is an English tabloid newspaper published and sold in London and surrounding areas. ... The Economist is a weekly news and international affairs publication of The Economist Newspaper Ltd edited in London, UK. It has been in continuous publication since September 1843. ... The Sunday Times is a Sunday broadsheet newspaper distributed in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland, published by Times Newspapers Ltd, a subsidiary of News International which is in turn owned by News Corporation. ... The Times is a national newspaper published daily in the United Kingdom since 1785, and under its current name since 1788. ... January 28 is the 28th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Guardian is a British newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group. ...

In 1994, he wrote a widely criticised piece for The Times, berating the award of the Booker Prize to Glaswegian novelist James Kelman. Jenkins sets himself up as a defender of Standard English, and in the following passage sounds exactly like the conservative linguist John Honey of 'Standard English and its Enemies': The Man Booker Prize for Fiction, also known as the Man Booker Prize, or simply the Man Booker, is one of the worlds most important literary prizes, and awarded each year for the best original novel written by a citizen of the Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland in... For other uses, see Glasgow (disambiguation). ... James Kelman (born in Glasgow on June 9, 1946) is an influential writer of novels, short stories and plays. ...

This year it was unpleasant. I am glad Mr Kelman is a cultural pluralist. We have that in common. I too believe in the right to culture and language, which in my case is what he calls "colonial" Standard English. I believe something more. If it comes to war my English will win as long as Mr Kelman and the Booker judges are in the enemy camp. ('An expletive of a winner', The Times, Oct 15, 1994)

More recently he has been defending the right to language varieties in political discourse, so seems to have done a thorough volte face on the issue of Standard Language since 1994:

The rudeness that [Ken] Livingstone treats as a normal speech pattern is deplored out of a reasonable concern for the feelings of others. But the reaction to it suggests that communal self-confidence is crumbling and dialogue is in retreat. Groups seek protection behind an Orwellian wall of verbal censorship. Livingstone should plainly guard his tongue, but not altogether his language. When politicians stop talking like ordinary people they stop being democrats and become oligarchs. (The Guardian, Mar 31, 2006, p. 32)

He has also written glowingly about Queen Elizabeth on the occasion of her birthday (see Sunday Times, Apr 16, 2006. p. 16). Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor) (born 21 April 1926) is Queen of sixteen independent nations known as the Commonwealth Realms. ... The Sunday Times is a Sunday broadsheet newspaper distributed in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland, published by Times Newspapers Ltd, a subsidiary of News International which is in turn owned by News Corporation. ...

Since May 2005, he has been a contributing blogger at The Huffington Post. 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Wikimedia Commons has media related to: May 2005 Deaths in May May 26: Eddie Albert May 25: Ismail Merchant May 25: Sunil Dutt May 25: Graham Kennedy May 22: Thurl Ravenscroft May 21: Howard Morris May 21... Logo of Huffington Post The Huffington Post (often shortened to HuffPost or HuffPo) is a left-leaning political group weblog founded by Arianna Huffington and Kenneth Lerer. ...

He was voted Journalist of the Year in 1988 and Columnist of the Year in 1993. 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...

Other activities

Jenkins has knowledge of architecture and has written books about England's churches and country houses. He presented the Channel 4 series based on his own book, England's Thousand Best Churches. The Parthenon on top of the Acropolis, Athens, Greece Architecture (from Latin, architectura and ultimately from Greek, αρχιτεκτων, a master builder, from αρχι- chief, leader and τεκτων, builder, carpenter) is the art and science of designing buildings and structures. ... This article is about the Christian buildings of worship. ... For the Blur single, see Country House (song). ... Channel 4 is a public service television broadcaster in the United Kingdom (see British television). ...

In addition to his journalism, Jenkins has served as:

• a board member of British Rail (1979-90)
• board member of London Transport (1984-86)
• deputy chairman of English Heritage (1985-90).
• member of Britain's Millennium Commission (1994-2000)
• Chair of the Independent Commission on Local Democracy (1994-5)
• Chairman of the Buildings Book Trust, which sponsors Pevsner's Buildings of England guidebooks.
• Member of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA)

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Partial Works

• Jenkins, Simon (2005) (untitled — politics) Allen Lane, ISBN 0713995955
• Jenkins, Simon (2003) England's Thousand Best Houses Allen Lane, ISBN 0713995963
• Jenkins, Simon (1999) England's Thousand Best Churches Allen Lane, ISBN 0713992816
• Jenkins, Simon (1995) Accountable to None: Tory Nationalization of Britain Hamish Hamilton, ISBN 0241135915
• Jenkins, Simon (1994) Against the Grain John Murray, ISBN 0719555701
• Hastings, Max and Simon Jenkins (1992) Battle for the Falklands M Joseph, ISBN 0718125789
• Jenkins, Simon (1993) The Selling of Mary Davies and Other Writings John Murray, ISBN 0719552982
• edited by Simon Jenkins and Robert Ilson (1992) "The Times" English Style and Usage Guide Times Books ISBN 0723003963
• Jenkins, Simon (1986) The Market for Glory: Fleet Street Ownership in the Twentieth Century Faber and Faber, ISBN 0571146279
• Jenkins, Simon, Anne Sloman (1985) With Respect, Ambassador: Enquiry into the Foreign Office BBC, ISBN 0563203293
• Jenkins, Simon and Andrew Graham-Yooll (1983) Imperial Skirmishes: War And Gunboat Diplomacy In Latin America Diane Publishing, ISBN 0756774683
• Jenkins, Simon (1981) Newspapers Through the Looking-glass Manchester Statistical Society, ISBN 0853360588
• Jenkins, Simon (1979) Newspapers: The Power and the Money Faber, ISBN 0571114687
• Jenkins, Simon (1975) Landlords to London: Story of a Capital and Its Growth Constable, ISBN 009460150X
• Jenkins, Simon (1971) Here to Live: Study of Race Relations in an English Town Runnymede Trust ISBN 0902397125
• Jenkins, Simon (1969) Education and Labour's Axe Bow Pubns., ISBN 0900182792

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External links

• Channel 4 History — England's Thousand Best Churches official programme site
• biography from the BBC Charter Review