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Matthew d'Ancona

British journalist

Matthew Robert Ralph d'Ancona[2] (born 27 January [3]) is an English journalist and editor-at-large of The New European.[4] A former deputy editor of The Sunday Telegraph, he was appointed editor of The Spectator in February , a post he retained until August [5]

Early life and education

D'Ancona's father was a Maltese tennis champion of Italian descent who moved to England to study and played youth football for Newcastle United[6] before becoming a civil servant.

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    • His mother was an English teacher. D'Ancona was educated at St Dunstan's College, an independent school for boys in Catford in south London. He went to Magdalen College, Oxford, where he studied Modern History. The same year, he was elected a fellow of All Souls College, Oxford.

    Life and career

    After a year studying medieval confession, d'Ancona joined the magazine Index on Censorship, before proceeding to The Times as a trainee.

    There he rose to become education correspondent and then assistant editor at the age of

    He joined The Sunday Telegraph in as deputy comment editor and columnist, before becoming deputy editor. He wrote a weekly political column in The Sunday Telegraph for a decade; the column was "treated as the best insight into Cameronism by Conservative MPs".[7] He succeeded Boris Johnson as editor of The Spectator.

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    On 28 August it was announced that d'Ancona would be stepping down as editor to be replaced by Fraser Nelson.

    While not himself a believer,[8] d'Ancona is also the co-author of two books on early Christian theology, The Jesus Papyrus[9] and The Quest for the True Cross.[10] He has written three novels, Going East,[11]Tabatha's Code[12] and Nothing to Fear.[13] D'Ancona has also written several articles for the British political magazine Prospect.

    In January , d'Ancona joined The Guardian as a weekly columnist.[14] He left the paper in [15] He also writes columns for the Evening Standard, GQ and The New York Times, and a former editor of Tortoise Media.[16]

    Bibliography

    • D'Ancona, Matthew; Thiede, Carsten ().

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    • D'Ancona, Matthew; Thiede, Carsten (). The Quest For The True Cross. Phoenix. ISBN&#;.
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    • D'Ancona, Matthew (). Nothing to Fear. Hodder & Stoughton. ISBN&#;.
    • D'Ancona, Matthew (). In It Together: The Inside Story of the Coalition Government.

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    • D'Ancona, Matthew (). Post-Truth: The New War on Truth and How to Fight Back. Ebury Press. ISBN&#;.
    • D'Ancona, Matthew (). Identity, Ignorance, Innovation: Why the old politics is useless - and what to do about it. Hodder & Stoughton. ISBN&#;.

    References

    1. ^"Search Results for England & Wales Births &#; ".

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    2. ^"Matthew Robert Ralph D'ANCONA - Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House)". .
    3. ^"He is wise not scatty, a thoughtful intelligent man" the Guardian (17 February ). Retrieved 21 June
    4. ^"The New European appoints Matthew d'Ancona".

      InPublishing. 12 April Retrieved 20 April

    5. ^"Fraser Nelson to replace Matthew d'Ancona as Spectator editor". the Guardian.

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    6. ^"Diary". The Spectator.
    7. ^"Top political journalists ". Total Politics. Archived from the original on 1 March
    8. ^Discussed briefly on BBC Radio 3's Essential Classics program, 24 October
    9. ^"The Jesus Papyrus by Matthew D'Ancona: | : Books".

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    10. ^Thiede, Carsten Peter; D'Ancona, Matthew (). The Quest for the True Cross. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN&#;.
    11. ^d'Ancona, Matthew (24 April ). Going East. ISBN&#;.
    12. ^d'Ancona, Matthew (24 April ). Going East.

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    13. ^"Nothing to Fear by Matthew d'Ancona".

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    14. ^"Matthew d'Ancona to join the Guardian as columnist", Guardian News and Media press release, 18 December
    15. ^D'Ancona, Matthew [MatthewdAncona] (14 December ). "Hey Rob. Thanks for asking. I am not writing for the Guardian any longer" (Tweet) &#; via Twitter.
    16. ^"Matthew d'Ancona, Editor and Partner".

      Tortoise. Retrieved 9 June

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