Tim Stanley Explained

Tim Stanley
Birth Name:Timothy Randolph Stanley
Birth Date:1 April 1982
Birth Place:Sevenoaks, Kent, England
Education:The Judd School

Trinity College, Cambridge
(BA, MPhil, PhD)
Years Active:2006–present

Timothy Randolph Stanley (born 1 April 1982) is a British journalist, author and historian.[1]

Early life

Educated at the Judd School, a grammar school in Tonbridge, Kent,[2] Stanley taught as a gap student at Solefield School, Sevenoaks,[3] before going up to read Modern History at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated as Bachelor of Arts (BA).[4]

Stanley then pursued further studies at the University of Cambridge, completing a Master of Philosophy (MPhil) degree, then taking a doctorate of Philosophy (PhD): his doctoral thesis was on Edward M. Kennedy's role in the US Democratic Party in the 1980s, which was published in 2010 as his first solo book, Kennedy vs. Carter: The 1980 Battle for the Democratic Party's Soul.

Active in student journalism at Cambridge and, contributing to student newspaper Varsity, Stanley unsuccessfully ran for a sabbatical post on Cambridge University Students' Union. Standing in 2007 as Welfare Officer, his manifesto comprised a handwritten note simply stating: "This is hand-written because I was too drunk to write a manifesto. There is no better testament to my character."[5]

Academic career

Stanley held lectureships at the University of Sussex (2008–09) and Royal Holloway College, London (2009–11) and, from 2011 to 2012, he became an Associate Member of the Rothermere American Institute at the University of Oxford, receiving a Leverhulme Trust Grant.[6]

In November 2011, Stanley organised a conference called History: What is it good for?,[7] which generated some controversy after one of the speakers, David Starkey, said that the national curriculum in British schools overlooks British culture.[8]

Media

A columnist with The Daily Telegraph, Stanley has also been a regular contributor to CNN,[9] [10] reporting on American politics and culture, including the 2016 and subsequent election campaigns. He contributes to History Today[11] and Literary Review,[12] and has written pieces for The Guardian[13] and The Spectator.[14]

Stanley wrote and presented a documentary for the BBC entitled Family Guys? What Sitcoms Say About America Now, which was broadcast in October 2012.[15] He is also an occasional pundit on BBC News, CNBC, Sky News and Channel 4 News.

He has presented BBC Radio 4's Thought for the Day,[16] is a contributor on The Moral Maze[17] and has appeared several times on the panel of BBC's Question Time.[18] and Politics Live.[19]

Politics

Joining the Labour Party at the age of 15,[20] Stanley was Chairman of Cambridge University Labour Club for 2003/04, and stood as the Labour candidate for his home constituency of Sevenoaks at the 2005 general election, coming third.[21] He has since distanced himself from Labour,[22] and has argued in support of the Republican Party in the United States.[23] [24] At the 2017 UK general election, Stanley allied himself with the Conservative Party, voting for them again in 2019.[25] Stanley announced his voting preference in favour of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) at the 2024 UK general election, preferring its emphasis on national solidarity to that of the Reform Party whose focus was on British exceptionalism.[26]

Stanley supports the UK leaving the European Union.[27]

Personal life

A kinsman of the earls of Derby, he was raised as a Baptist.[28] In 2002 he began to consider himself to be an Anglican, and was baptised as an Anglican at Little St. Mary's, Cambridge, in New Year 2003. He subsequently aligned himself with the Church of England's Anglo-Catholic wing,[29] before being received into the Catholic Church, aged 23.[30]

Stanley lives in Kent with a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel named "Bertie Jennings".[31] [32]

See also

Publications

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/author/tim-stanley/ www.bloomsbury.com
  2. Web site: 2016-10-11 . US political expert gives insight into election of next President . 2024-10-28 . Times Local News Times of Tunbridge Wells.
  3. Web site: Alumni Solefield School . 2024-10-28 . www.solefieldschool.org.
  4. Web site: Tim Stanley . 2024-10-28 . podcasts.ox.ac.uk . en.
  5. News: Wood . Peter . A history of electioneering apathy . The Cambridge Student . 8 March 2007 . 30 October 2012.
  6. News: Stanley . Tim . October 2011 . The Contrarian: History Predicts A Riot . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190907105543/https://www.historytoday.com/archive/contrarian/contrarian-history-predicts-riot . 2019-09-07 . 30 October 2012 . HistoryToday.com.
  7. Web site: TheFutureofHistory.org . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120103042217/http://www.thefutureofhistory.org/ . 3 January 2012.
  8. News: David Starkey in new row over 'mono-culture' comments . The Daily Telegraph . London . 15 November 2011 . 30 October 2012.
  9. News: Tim Stanley at Telegraph Blogs. https://web.archive.org/web/20110416084730/http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/author/timstanley/. dead. 16 April 2011. The Daily Telegraph. 30 October 2012. London.
  10. Web site: On tour abroad, Trump does what Obama should have. Timothy . Stanley . 23 May 2017 . CNN.
  11. Web site: Tim Stanley at History Today. 30 October 2012.
  12. Web site: Literary Review – For People Who Devour Books. Literary Review.
  13. News: Tim Stanley at The Guardian. The Guardian. 30 October 2012. London. 23 February 2011.
  14. Web site: Tim Stanley at The Spectator. The Spectator. 30 October 2012.
  15. News: Stanley . Tim . What sitcoms say about American voters . BBC News . 26 October 2012 . 30 October 2012.
  16. Web site: BBC Radio 4 – Thought for the Day, Tim Stanley – 11/07/17. 11 July 2017 . BBC.
  17. Web site: BBC Radio 4 – Moral Maze, Morality and Gender Equality. BBC.
  18. Web site: BBC One – Question Time, 10/03/2016. BBC.
  19. Web site: BBC Two – Politics Live, 05/07/2022. BBC.
  20. https://www.timothystanley.co.uk/index.html#/ www.timothystanley.co.uk
  21. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2006/jul/04/labour.uk www.theguardian.com
  22. Web site: Tim Stanley, history and politics. Stanley. Timothy. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160913221900/http://www.timothystanley.co.uk/1/post/2012/09/ed-miliband-isnt-weird-hes-just-hollow.html. 13 September 2016. 2 February 2020.
  23. News: Dan Hodges and Tim Stanley debate: Barack Obama and the mendacity of hope . https://web.archive.org/web/20121109030209/http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/timstanley/100187943/dan-hodges-and-tim-stanley-debate-barack-obama-and-the-mendacity-of-hope/ . dead . 9 November 2012 . London . The Daily Telegraph . 6 November 2012.
  24. News: Dan Hodges and Tim Stanley debate: If I weren't a godless Obamaniac, Tim might have got me backing Romney . https://web.archive.org/web/20121108144502/http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/danhodges/100187919/dan-hodges-and-tim-stanley-debate-if-i-werent-a-godless-obamaniac-tim-might-have-got-me-backing-romney/ . dead . 8 November 2012 . London . The Daily Telegraph . 6 November 2012.
  25. News: Stanley . Tim . 7 June 2017 . Why I'm voting Tory for the first time ever . 9 April 2024 . The Spectator . London.
  26. News: Stanley . Tim . 8 July 2023 . Farage doesn't want to crush our liberal order, he wants to save it . 8 July 2024 . The Telegraph . London.
  27. https://catholicherald.co.uk/brexit-is-a-mess-but-i-have-full-confidence-in-the-british-spirit/ www.catholicherald.co.uk
  28. News: Stanley. Tim. Romney is finally ahead in national polls. Watch the liberals cry tears of unfathomable sadness. https://web.archive.org/web/20121012234532/http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/timstanley/100184588/romney-is-finally-ahead-in-national-polls-watch-the-liberals-cry-tears-of-unfathomable-sadness/. dead. 12 October 2012. 30 October 2012. The Daily Telegraph. 10 October 2012. London.
  29. Web site: Stanley . Tim . Rowan Williams failed because his leadership was as schizophrenic as his church . timstanley.co.uk . 30 October 2012.
  30. Web site: Stanley . Tim . The Catholic Church could do with a shot of Santorum's zeal . timstanley.co.uk . 30 October 2012.
  31. Web site: Tim Stanley . 2024-04-09 . Battle of Ideas . en-GB.
  32. News: Stanley . Tim . 2021-06-09 . He's my happiest mistake – but what am I going to do with my lockdown puppy? . 2024-04-09 . The Telegraph . en-GB . 0307-1235.

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