Meet the Editors: Celebrating 200 years of The Sunday Times
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🗓️ 12 October 2022
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
This month the Sunday Times turns 200 years old. To mark the occasion, Times Radio’s John Pienaar has been speaking to the editors: Emma Tucker, who's edited the paper since 2020, and John Witherow, the former Sunday Times editor who's just finished nine years at the helm of The Times.
The conversation took place in front of an audience at the Cheltenham Literature Festival on Sunday. It’s a packed discussion covering the news industry, Emma and John's favourite stories, war reporting, and a little bit about a young Boris Johnson's rather brief stint as The Times reporter in Brussels.
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Guests:
- Emma Tucker, Editor, The Sunday Times.
- John Witherow, Chairman of Times Newspapers.
Host: John Pienaar.
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| 1:01.0 | Hello, you're listening to stories of our times. |
| 1:12.4 | I'm John Pinar at Times Radio, bringing you something a bit different today. |
| 1:17.2 | This weekend, the Sunday Times turns 200 years old, two centuries of scoops and top flight |
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| 1:26.6 | As part of the occasion, I've been speaking to the editors, Emma Tucker, who's edited |
| 1:30.7 | the paper since 2020, and John Witheru, the former Sunday Times editor, who's just finished |
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