Simon Jenkins
| Sir Simon Jenkins | |
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Jenkins in 2012
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| Born |
Simon David Jenkins 10 June 1943 Birmingham, England |
| Alma mater | St John's College, Oxford |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Spouse(s) | Gayle Hunnicutt (1978–2009) Hannah Kaye (2014–) |
| Awards | Knight Bachelor |
| Website | guardian |
Sir Simon David Jenkins FSA FRSL (born 10 June 1943) is an English author and newspaper columnist and editor. He served as editor of the Evening Standard from 1976 to 1978 and of The Times from 1990 to 1992.
Jenkins chaired the National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty from 2008 to 2014. He currently writes columns for both The Guardian and Evening Standard.
Jenkins is the son of theologian and United Reformed Church minister Daniel Thomas Jenkins (1914–2002). He was born in Birmingham. He was educated at Mill Hill School and St John's College, Oxford, where he read Philosophy, Politics and Economics.
After graduating from University of Oxford, Jenkins initially worked at Country Life magazine, before joining the Times Educational Supplement. He was then features editor and columnist on the Evening Standard before editing the Insight pages of The Sunday Times. From 1976 to 1978 he was editor of the Evening Standard, before moving to become political editor of The Economist. He edited The Times from 1990 to 1992, but since then has primarily worked as a columnist. In 1998 he received the What the Papers Say Journalist of the Year award.
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