Michael Toner (journalist) explained

Michael Toner (born 1944) is a British journalist. He was political editor, diplomatic correspondent and leader writer at the Sunday Express,[1] [2] chief leader writer on the Daily Mail until 2006,[3] a political author[4] and novelist.[5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]

Life and career

Toner was born in Bedfordshire in 1944[15] and educated at Bedford Modern School and the University of Cambridge.[8] [16] He began his career in journalism at the Stoke Sentinel before moving to the Sunday Express[17] where, in 1981, he interviewed Margaret Thatcher with fellow Express journalist Keith Renshaw.[18] [19] [20] He became leader writer of the Sunday Express[1] [2] where he covered many of the controversial topics of the 1980s and 1990s including articles about the IRA, Britain Fumes at US Over I.R.A. Guns,[21] the miners' strike,[22] the Falklands War,[23] child abuse[24] and the war crime allegations involving Kurt Waldheim.[25] David Alton described Toner's approach to Alton's anti-abortion bill as "thorough and fair".[26]

Following his period at the Sunday Express, Toner became Chief Leader Writer at the Daily Mail, a position he held until 2006 when Tom Utley succeeded him to the role.[3]

Toner's first published work, The Bluffer's Guide To The EU, has run to several editions encapsulating the changing nomenclature of that institution.[4] [27] [28] [29] He published his first novel, Seeing the Light, in 1997.[30] [31] [32]

Works

Notes and References

  1. Web site: MT Engagement Diary. margaretthatcher.org. 3 May 2015.
  2. Book: Regulating The Press. registration. 162. 2000. 3 May 2015.
  3. Web site: Media Lens :: View topic – Leader writers in the UK press. medialens.org. 3 May 2015.
  4. Book: Bluff your way in the European Community. worldcat.org. 29518354. 3 May 2015.
  5. Web site: Toner, Michael. worldcat.org. 3 May 2015.
  6. http://fc95d419f4478b3b6e5f-3f71d0fe2b653c4f00f32175760e96e7.r87.cf1.rackcdn.com/C6140EA02F9E4771B11B429097375978.pdf BROADCASTING - CHRISTMAS CARD LIST, Anglia Television Limited, 8 November 1982, p. 12
  7. Book: Seeing the Light. registration. 1997. Internet Archive. Simon & Schuster. 3 May 2015.
  8. School of the Black & Red, A History of Bedford Modern School, A.G. Underwood (1981)
  9. Book: The Case of Peter Pan, Or the Impossibility of Children's Fiction. 0812214358. 2 June 2015. Rose. Jacqueline. 1993.
  10. Book: Benn's Press Directory. 1978. 9780510490287. 2 June 2015.
  11. Book: Regulating The Press. registration. 162. 2000. Internet Archive. Pluto Press. 2 June 2015.
  12. Book: David Waddington Memoirs. 9781849544573. 2 June 2015. Waddington. David. 26 July 2012.
  13. Web site: Vacher's Parliamentary Companion. 1984. 2 June 2015.
  14. Book: The Moral Status of Children. 9041103775. 2 June 2015. Freeman. Michael D. A.. 28 August 1997.
  15. England & Wales, Birth Index, 1916–2005
  16. Book: Bluff Your Way in the EEC. 9781853040993. 2 June 2015. Toner. Michael. White. Christopher. 1988.
  17. Web site: Way We Were: Roger Jones and his recollections of The Sentinel newspaper in Stoke-on-Trent. Stoke Sentinel. 3 May 2015.
  18. Web site: Interview for Sunday Express. margaretthatcher.org. 3 May 2015.
  19. Book: The Battle for Bermondsey. 9780946097111. 2 June 2015. Tatchell. Peter. 1983.
  20. Book: Five at 10. 9780233977331. 2 June 2015. Farr. Diana. Pullein-Thompson. Diana. 1985.
  21. Book: Irish-America and the Ulster Conflict, 1968–1995. registration. michael toner sunday express.. 1995. Internet Archive. Catholic University of Amer Press. 2 June 2015.
  22. Web site: IRIS News. 1985. 2 June 2015.
  23. Web site: The Sydney Morning Herald – Google News Archive Search. 3 June 2015.
  24. Book: Crime and the media. 9781855214330. 2 June 2015. Ericson. Richard Victor. 1995.
  25. Book: Kurt Waldheim. 9780860515166. 2 June 2015. Saltman. Jack. 1988.
  26. Web site: ISSUU – Whose Choice Anyway by David Alton. David Alton. Issuu. 3 June 2015.
  27. Book: Bluff your way in the EEC. worldcat.org. 26633012. 3 May 2015.
  28. Book: The bluffer's guide to the E.U.. worldcat.org. 42954302. 3 May 2015.
  29. Web site: 315041383. viaf.org. 2 June 2015.
  30. Book: Seeing the light. worldcat.org. 37322166. 3 May 2015.
  31. Web site: Toner, Michael. loc.gov. 2 June 2015.
  32. Web site: Books: A week in books. https://web.archive.org/web/20150603171040/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/books-a-week-in-books-1276214.html. dead. 3 June 2015. The Independent. 3 June 2015.
  33. Book: The Bluffer's Guide to the E.U.. 9781902825113. 3 May 2015. Toner. Michael. White. Christopher. Rotherham. Lee. 1999.
  34. Web site: Bluff Your Way in the City (The Bluffer's City Collection). LibraryThing.com. 2 June 2015.

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