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Bill Hagerty (journalist)
Bill Hagerty (born 23 April 1939) is a British people, British former newspaper editor, now chairman emeritus of ''British Journalism Review''. Born in Ilford,Roy Greenslade, ''Press Gang: How Newspapers Make Profits from Propaganda'', p.574 Hagerty attended Beal Grammar School, where he developed an interest in journalism, although his headteacher was dismissive of the idea. Despite this, he entered journalism with local newspapers before joining ''Reynolds News'', soon to become the ''Sunday Citizen'', in 1962.Bill Hagerty , ''Debrett's'' He then moved to the ''Daily Sketch'' and then ''Mirror'' group, where he worked for many years that included spells as Assistant Editor of the ''Daily Mirror'', ''Sunday Mirror'' and ''Sunday People, The P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British People
British people or Britons, also known colloquially as Brits, are the citizens of the United Kingdom, the British Overseas Territories, and the Crown dependencies.: British nationality law governs modern British citizenship and nationality, which can be acquired, for instance, by descent from British nationals. When used in a historical context, "British" or "Britons" can refer to the Ancient Britons, the Celtic languages, Celtic-speaking inhabitants of Great Britain during the British Iron Age, Iron Age, whose descendants formed the major part of the modern Welsh people, Cornish people, Bretons and considerable proportions of English people. It also refers to those British subjects born in parts of the former British Empire that are now independent countries who settled in the United Kingdom prior to 1973. Though early assertions of being British date from the Late Middle Ages, the Union of the Crowns in 1603 and the creation of the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707 triggered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
