Bernard Levin
Presenter, Author
1928 – 2004
Who was Bernard Levin?
Henry Bernard Levin CBE was an English journalist, author and broadcaster, described by The Times as "the most famous journalist of his day". The son of a poor Jewish family in London, he won a scholarship to the independent school Christ's Hospital and went on to the London School of Economics, graduating in 1952. After a short spell in a lowly job at the BBC selecting press cuttings for use in programmes, he secured a post as a junior member of the editorial staff of a weekly periodical, Truth, in 1953.
Levin reviewed television for The Manchester Guardian and wrote a weekly political column in The Spectator noted for its irreverence and influence on modern parliamentary sketches. During the 1960s he wrote five columns a week for The Daily Mail on any subject that he chose. After a disagreement with the proprietor of the paper over attempted censorship of his column in 1970, Levin moved to The Times where, with one break of just over a year in 1981–82, he remained as resident columnist until his retirement, covering a wide range of topics, both serious and comic.
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- Born
- Aug 19, 1928
London - Also known as
- 伯纳德·列文
- Ethnicity
- Jewish people
- Nationality
- England
- Profession
- Education
- London School of Economics and Political Science
- Died
- Aug 7, 2004
- Resting place
- Brompton Cemetery
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on July 23, 2013
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