Dylan John Jones

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(born 1960) is an English journalist and author. He served as editor of the UK version of men's fashion and lifestyle magazine '' GQ'' from 1999 to 2021. In June 2023 Jones became the new editor-in-chief of the London ''

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'' which had been without a full-time editor since the previous October. He has held senior roles with several other publications, including editor of magazines ''

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'' and ''

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'', and has contributed weekly columns to newspapers ''

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'' and ''

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''. Jones has written multiple books.

Education and early career

Jones was born in

Ely, Cambridgeshire Ely ( ) is a cathedral city in the East Cambridgeshire district of Cambridgeshire, England, about north-northeast of Cambridge and from London. Ely is built on a Kimmeridge Clay island which, at , is the highest land in the Fens. It w ...

. He attended

Chelsea School of Art Chelsea College of Arts is a constituent college of the University of the Arts London based in London, United Kingdom, and is a leading British art and design institution with an international reputation. It offers further education, further ...

and then

Saint Martin's School of Art Saint Martin's School of Art was an art college in London, England. It offered foundation and degree level courses. It was established in 1854, initially under the aegis of the church of St Martin-in-the-Fields. Saint Martin's became part of ...

.Rob Sharp (2008)
Central Saint Martins: The art and soul of Britain
''The Independent'', Saturday 19 April 2008. Accessed July 2013.

''GQ''

Jones was appointed

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(OBE) in the 2013 Birthday Honours for services to the publishing and British fashion industries.

Books

In 2012, Jones wrote three books, ''When Ziggy Played Guitar: David Bowie and Four Minutes that Shook the World'', ''The Biographical Dictionary of Popular Music'' and ''From the Ground Up: U2 360° Tour Official Photobook''. The following year, Jones wrote ''The Eighties: One Day, One Decade'', which was published by Preface Publishing in June 2013. The book is partly autobiographical and partly cultural and political history which charts the story of the Eighties through

Live Aid Live Aid was a multi-venue benefit concert held on Saturday 13 July 1985, as well as a music-based fundraising initiative. The original event was organised by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise further funds for relief of the 1983–1985 famine ...

in 1985.

Politics

In 2018, Jones wrote for ''

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'', "Though in 2008 I 'came out' as a

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, today I wouldn't describe myself as a

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." He described "the thought of

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being taken seriously by the electorate" as "frightening" but was more critical of Labour leader

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, saying his attitude to antisemitism in the party was "insulting". Jones was a prominent supporter of the London Garden Bridge Project. In 2017, he expressed criticism of Jeremy Corbyn and his demeanour during a British ''GQ'' cover shoot.

Bibliography

Books

*''Jim Morrison: Dark Star'', Bloomsbury, September 1990. *''Paul Smith True Brit'', 1995. *''Meaty, Beaty, Big & Bouncy'' and ''Sex, Power and Travel'' both anthologies 1996. *''iPod, Therefore I Am'', Weidenfeld & Nicolson, June 2005. *''Mr Jones' Rules for the Modern Man'', Hodder & Stoughton, October 2006. *''Cameron on Cameron: Conversations with Dylan Jones'', Fourth Estate, August 2008. *''Heroes'', by Jones and David Bailey, Thames & Hudson, October 2010.* *''When Ziggy Played Guitar: David Bowie and Four Minutes that Shook the World'', Preface Publishing, 2012. *''The Biographical Dictionary of Popular Music'', Bedford Square Books, 2012 *''From the Ground Up: U2 360° Tour Official Photobook'', Preface Publishing, 2012. * ''The Eighties: One Day, One Decade'', Preface Publishing, June 2013 * *''David Bowie: A Life'', Crown Archetype, 2017. *''The Wichita Lineman: Searching in the Sun for the World's Greatest Unfinished Song'', Faber & Faber, July 2019. *''Sweet Dreams: The Story of the New Romantics'', Faber and Faber, 2020. * *''Loaded: The Life (and Afterlife) of the Velvet Underground'', White Rabbit, ISBN 1399607251; August 2023.

Essays and reporting

Critical studies and reviews of Jones' work

* Review of ''Elvis has left the building''.

References

External links

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