A. A. Gill
Summary
Adrian Anthony Gill (born 28 June 1954) is a British newspaper columnist and writer, using the byline A. A. Gill. He is currently employed by the Sunday Times as their restaurant reviewer and television critic. His essays are known for their humour and satirical content, but have caused offence to various groups, including the Welsh, Albanians, and Germans.A.A. Gill was born in Edinburgh, the son of television producer Michael Gill and his wife, actress Yvonne Gilan, and brother to Nick. The family moved to the south of England when he was one year old. Gill was educated at the progressive independent school St Christopher School in Hertfordshire.
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Media Monkey: Press awards, Susanna Reid, AA Gill and Mail Online
✒Collecting the digital gong at the Press awards on Thursday, Mail Online's editor Martin Clarke further enhanced his status as journalism's man you love to hate. Boos greeted his leering remark to the event's presenter, Susanna Reid, that she "didn't look pleased to announce [Mail Online's win] because she has graced our sidebar of … no, we don't call it the sidebar of shame.
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George Entwistle pledges more chances for female presenters at BBC
New director general says gender and age will not be a barrier after comments by Fiona Bruce about older women in TV.
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Lonely Planet magazine renamed Lonely Planet Traveller
Lonely Planet magazine has been given a new look and a new name - Lonely Planet Traveller. The title is one of the former BBC magazines now published by Immediate Media and was launched in 2008. Circulation was steady in the second half of last year at 60,000. Here’s the press release: In a major revamp, Lonely Planet’s monthly [.
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BBC2's Janice Hadlow: 'I'm not opposed to romping'
The channel controller talks about being brave, the challenge of BBC4 – and her search for a new Miranda.
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AA Gill, drop the cheap jibes about Mary Beard – and learn something
Three years ago I took a stand against ageism at the BBC. The tide is now turning against those who judge by appearances.
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Quotes of the Week: From Leveson to Hacks
Sun editor Dominic Mohan at Leveson: “One thing I would ask out of this inquiry is. . . that there’s a level playing field in terms of the way they’re dealt with [the internet and press], because I do think it could be a potentially mortal blow to the newspaper industry that’s already wounded.
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Sunday Times' AA Gill: 'I was phone hacked'
Sunday Times critic AA Gill reveals in the paper that he was a victim of phone hacking.
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AA Gill on how the middle class use the 'patronage loop' of internships and work experience to get their children jobs in journalism
AA Gill is scathing in the Sunday Times Magazine today about how the well connected middle classes use the "patronage loop" to get their children, and those of their friends and contacts, jobs in journalism, television and publishing.
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Quotes of the week: From Michael Wolff on Rupert Murdoch to AA Gill on Tom Watson MP's expenses
Michael Wolff at the LSE on how he reacted to an angry Rupert Murdoch who had just read Wolff's biography of him: "Wooh Rupert, be nice because when the end comes I will be the first person they call. "Michael Wolff at the LSE asked 'What's next for Rupert Murdoch?': "He needs to be helped into retirement".
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AA Gill on Tom Watson MP and that committee
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