Stephen Charles Morton Glover (born 13 January 1952) is a British journalist and columnist for the ''

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''.

Early life

The son of clergyman John Morton Glover (died 1979), a

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of Hereford Cathedral and formerly rector of

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, Shropshire, and Helen Ruth, née Jones (died 1984), Glover was educated at

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and Mansfield College, Oxford.

Career

Glover co-founded ''

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'' in 1986 with Andreas Whittam Smith and

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. All three had previously been journalists on ''

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'' and had left the paper towards the end of Lord Hartwell's ownership. Between 1986 and 1990, Glover was Foreign Editor of ''The Independent''. In 1990, he became the founding editor of ''

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''. In 1992, Glover helped Richard Ingrams launch ''

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'' magazine with fellow journalists

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, Alexander Chancellor, and Patrick Marnham. Glover has been a columnist for the ''

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'' (1992–95), ''The Daily Telegraph'' (1995–97), ''

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'' (1996–2005) and ''The Independent'' (2005–12). He has written a column for the ''Daily Mail'' since 1998. In April 2012, ''

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'' reported that Glover's contract with ''The Independent'' had been terminated. In 2004, Glover proposed a new compact upmarket newspaper to be called ''The World'' with fellow journalists Francis Wheen and Frank Johnson under the chairmanship of Adam Broadbent, a former managing director of finances at Schroders plc. The proposed newspaper was loosely modelled on ''

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'' in France, and was intended as a response to the dumbing down of some quality titles. It was reported that Glover and his colleagues sought only £15.4 million to launch ''The World'', less than the budget for ''The Independent'' almost 20 years earlier, though this amount was subsequently slightly increased. The project did not get off the ground. Glover is the author of ''Paper Dreams'' (1993), an account of the founding of ''The Independent'', and editor of ''The Penguin Book of Journalism'' (1999). His first novel, ''Splash'', was published by Constable in 2017.

Personal life

He married Celia Elizabeth Montague in 1982; they have two children.People of Today, Debrett's Ltd, 2002, p. 751

References

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