Journalist. At art school in York in the 1940s she won a competition organised by Vogue which was the start of her career as a journalist. Investigative reporter on the Evening Standard in the 60s.
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Anne Sharpley
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Anne Sharpley
In affectionate memory of Anne Sharpley, 1928 - 1989, journalist who loved th...
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Ruth First
South African freedom fighter. Born Johannesburg. Married Slovo in 1949. Killed by a parcel bomb addressed to her in Mozambique where she was living in exile.
Person, Journalism / Publishing, Nationalism, Race Issues, Africa, South Africa
1 memorial
George Holyoake
Radical journalist, secularist and promoter of the Co-operative Movement. Born Birmingham as George Jacob Holyoake. He coined the term "secularism" in 1851 and "jingoism" in 1878. He edited a secul...
1 memorial
News Shopper
A local newspaper in South London and Kent, once owned by Rupert Murdoch.
1 memorial
William Caxton
Probably born Tenterden, Kent. Printer, in 1474, producing the first book printed in English "The Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye". Died Westminster.
3 memorials
Ruy Barbosa
Born Ruy Barbosa D'Oliveira in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil. A defender of civil liberties, he fought for the abolition of slavery in Brazil. He fled to London after being accused of being a conspirat...
Person, Journalism / Publishing, Law, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Brazil
1 memorial