Archie Bland
| Archie Bland | |
|---|---|
| Born |
James Franklin Archibald Bland 7 October 1983 Abbots Worthy, Hampshire, England |
| Residence | Kentish Town, London |
| Nationality | British |
| Education |
Winchester College, Hampshire (independent boarding school) |
| Alma mater |
Emmanuel College, Cambridge Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, New York City |
| Occupation | Journalist, editor, author |
| Employer | The Guardian |
| Known for | Senior writer, The Guardian newspaper (Sept. 2014 -) Senior writer, The Independent newspaper (July 2013 - Sept. 2014) Deputy Editor, The Independent - weekday edition (Apr. 2012 - July 2013) Editor, The Independent - Sat. edition Foreign Editor, The Independent (Oct. 2010 - Apr.2012) Multiple award-winning graduate journalist & features writer Last winner of The Weakest Link |
| Family | Son of Sir Christopher Bland and Lady Bland; Half-brother of (Lady) Georgia Byng and (The Hon.) Jamie Byng |
James Franklin Archibald "Archie" Bland (born 1983), is a British newspaper journalist. He is the only child of Sir Christopher Bland, and half-brother to four siblings from his mother's earlier marriage to Thomas Edmund Byng, the 8th Earl of Strafford.
Bland was the deputy editor of The Independent, a national British newspaper, a post to which he was appointed in April 2012, at the age of 28. He was also the editor of the Saturday edition of The Independent. He was one of the youngest people to have ever been appointed to a senior editorial post in the British national newspaper industry, described as "easily the youngest deputy editor in the paper's history, the youngest in national newspapers today and perhaps ever on Fleet Street".
In July 2013, Bland took up a new role as senior writer at both The Independent and The Independent on Sunday newspapers, and in September 2014, he joined The Guardian newspaper.
Bland was born on 7 October 1983, the only child of Sir Christopher Bland, the former chairman of the BBC's Board of Governors (the forerunner of the BBC Trust), British Telecom, the Royal Shakespeare Company,London Weekend Television and a number of other companies, as well as Deputy Chairman of the former Independent Broadcasting Authority, and Lady Bland (née Jennifer Mary Denise May), the daughter of William May, a former Northern Irish Minister for Education.
Bland is the half-brother of four siblings, through his mother's earlier marriage to the Earl of Strafford, among whom are the author (Lady) Georgia Byng and (The Hon.) Jamie Byng, the owner of publishing house Canongate Books.
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