Richard Norton-Taylor
| Richard Norton-Taylor | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Richard Seymour Norton-Taylor 4 June 1944 |
| Education | Hertford College (University of Oxford) |
| Occupation | Editor, journalist and playwright |
| Spouse(s) | Anna C. Rendle (married 1967) |
Richard Norton-Taylor (born 6 June 1944) is a British editor, journalist and playwright.
He writes for The Guardian on defence and security matters and was the newspaper's security editor .
He was born Richard Seymour Norton-Taylor to Lt. Seymour Norton-Taylor, R.A. and Gweneth Joan Powell (died 9 January 1978).
Norton-Taylor was educated at Kings School in Canterbury, Kent, and at Hertford College, a constituent college of the University of Oxford.
He was European Community and Brussels, Belgium, correspondent for both The Washington Post and Newsweek between 1967 and 1975, while also contributing to The Economist and the Financial Times.
Norton-Taylor joined The Guardian in 1975, concentrating on Whitehall, official secrecy and behind-the-scenes decision-making. In 1988 he made an extended appearance on the TV discussion programme After Dark, alongside (among others) Harold Musgrove, Hilary Wainwright and George Brumwell, discussing his book "Blacklist: Inside Story of Political Vetting".
He has written several plays based on transcripts of public inquiries including The Colour of Justice (1999) based on the hearing of the MacPherson Inquiry into the police conduct of the investigation into the murder of Stephen Lawrence and Justifying War: Scenes from the Hutton Inquiry (2003), both of which premiered at Tricycle Theatre.
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