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  • The Oldie

    A golden age for serious journalism

    Nov 17, 2021 3 minutes
    STEPHEN GLOVER

    John Witherow has been a newspaper editor for a quarter of a century, first at the Sunday Times, and since 2013 at the Times. He has been round the block a bit, and seen a few things.

    We don’t hear much from him. Indeed, I don’t suppose more than one person in a hundred has the faintest idea who he is. With his 70th birthday approaching – and hacks at the feverishly expecting him to stand down soon

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