Peter Chippindale (4 July 1945 – 10 August 2014) was a British newspaper journalist and author. He was born to Keith and Ruth Chippindale in Northern India, where his father was a captain in the 11th Sikh regiment. As a child he attended

Sedbergh School Sedbergh School is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school (English Private schools in the United Kingdom, private boarding school, boarding and day school, day school) in the town of Sedbergh in Cumbria, North West England. It comprise ...

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'', 13 August 2014. Archived fro
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Retrieved 18 August 2014. He worked initially for ''

'' newspaper and was sent to Belfast at the height of

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. Chippindale reported on the

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trial and that of the

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and "he thought they'd got the wrong men in both cases". His suspicions convinced

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to investigate and led eventually to their acquittal. In 1981 he worked on documentaries for

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's ''The London Programme''. He was news editor for the left wing ''

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'' and charted its demise with fellow ex-employee

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in their book ''Disaster: The Rise and Fall of News on Sunday''. He also co-wrote ''Stick It Up Your Punter!'', a history of

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's ''

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'' with Horrie.

Bibliography

* ''Juntas United'' (1978) with Ed Harriman.

Quartet Books Naim Ibrahim Attallah (, 1 May 1931 – 2 February 2021) was a Palestinian-British businessman and writer. He was the publisher of Quartet Books and the owner of The Women's Press. The Palestinian-born entrepreneur was described by ''The Guar ...

. . * ''The Thorpe Committal'' (1979)

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. . * ''The British CB Book'' (1981) * ''Disaster! The Rise And Fall of News On Sunday'' (1988) with

. Penguin. . * ''British Monarchy Plc: An Offer for Sale by Tender'' (1998) J. Bath. . * ''Stick It Up Your Punter!'' (1990) with

. . * ''Dished!'' (1991) with Suzanne Franks and Roma Felstein.

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. * ''Life As Sutch'' (1991)

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. . * ''Mink!'' (1995)

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. . * ''Laptop of the Gods'' (1998)

. .

References

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