James Landale is a
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journalist who is the current Deputy Political Editor for BBC News.
Education
Landale was educated at
Eton CollegeEton College, often referred to simply as Eton, is a British independent school for boys aged 13 to 18. It was founded in 1440 by King Henry VI as "The King's College of Our Lady of Eton besides Wyndsor"....
, a famous
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in the town of
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in
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, and was a contemporary of London Mayor
Boris JohnsonAlexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson is a British journalist and Conservative Party politician, who has been the elected Mayor of London since 2008...
and Prime Minister
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, followed by the
University of BristolThe University of Bristol is a public research university located in Bristol, United Kingdom. One of the so-called "red brick" universities, it received its Royal Charter in 1909, although its predecessor institution, University College, Bristol, had been in existence since 1876.The University is...
. While studying Politics there, he became the first editor of
EpigramEpigram is the independent student newspaper of the University of Bristol. It was established in 1988 by James Landale, now a senior BBC journalist, who studied politics at Bristol...
, Bristol University's independent student newspaper.
Life and career
Before joining the BBC in 2003, Landale spent 10 years as a reporter at
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newspaper, latterly as Assistant Foreign Editor.
Landale was chief political correspondent for the BBC News Channel until 2009 when he became Deputy Political Editor, assisting Political Editor
Nick RobinsonNicholas Anthony "Nick" Robinson is a British journalist and political editor for the BBC. Robinson was interested in politics from a young age, and went on to study a Philosophy, Politics, and Economics degree at Oxford University, where he was also President of the Oxford University Conservative...
. During his time as a political correspondent he has also presented some relief shifts on the channel.
Landale lives in Hampshire. He was diagnosed with large B-cell Non-Hodgkins lymphoma in October 2008, and has undergone six courses of
chemotherapyChemotherapy is the treatment of cancer with an antineoplastic drug or with a combination of such drugs into a standardized treatment regimen....
.
Books
- Duel, James Landale (2005) ISBN 1-84195-647-3. The story of a 1826 duel
A duel is an arranged engagement in combat between two individuals, with matched weapons in accordance with agreed-upon rules.Duels in this form were chiefly practised in Early Modern Europe, with precedents in the medieval code of chivalry, and continued into the modern period especially among...
at KirkcaldyKirkcaldy is a town and former royal burgh in Fife, on the east coast of Scotland. The town lies on a shallow bay on the northern shore of the Firth of Forth; SSE of Glenrothes, ENE of Dunfermline, WSW of Dundee and NNE of Edinburgh...
involving his ancestor David Landale
- Landales 21st Century Cautionary Tales (2006) ISBN 1-84195-847-6
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