Leo McKinstry
Leo McKinstry (born 1962) is a British journalist, historian and author.
Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, McKinstry graduated from Cambridge University.[1] He writes regularly for several newspapers in the United Kingdom, including the Daily Mail,[2] Daily Express,[3] and The Sunday Telegraph.[4] He often writes about issues relating to immigration. His books include a biography of the Victorian Prime Minister, Lord Rosebery.
In the early 1990s McKinstry was a Labour councillor in Islington and worked as a parliamentary aide to Labour politician Harriet Harman, later criticising what he described as her "dangerous gospel of feminist fascism".[5] Losing his seat on Islington council in 1994, he was working for Labour front bencher Doug Henderson when he announced the following year, via an article in The Spectator, that he no longer supported the party.[6] Subsequently he was a regular columnist in both the Daily Mail and the Daily Express.
McKinstry is married and lives in Kent and Provence.[7]
Awards and honours
- 2003 British Sports Book Awards (Best Biography), Jack & Bobby[8]
- 2007 British Sports Book Awards (Best Football Book), Sir Alf[8]
Bibliography
- Fit to Govern: A Former Labour Activist Asks: Can Tony Blair's Party be Trusted to Run Britain? (1996), Bantam Press, ISBN 0593039807
- Boycs: The True Story (2000), Partridge Press, ISBN 1852252790
- Jack and Bobby: A story of brothers in conflict (2002), HarperCollins UK, ISBN 0007118767
- Rosebery: Statesman in Turmoil (2005), John Murray Publishers, ISBN 0719558794
- Sir Alf: A Major Reappraisal of the Life and Times of England's Greatest Football Manager (2006), HarperCollins UK, ISBN 0007193785
- Spitfire: Portrait of a Legend (2007), Hodder & Stoughton, ISBN 0719568757
- Lancaster: The Second World War's Greatest Bomber (2009), Hodder & Stoughton, ISBN 0719523532
- Hurricane: Victor of the Battle of Britain (2010), Hodder & Stoughton, ISBN 1848543395
- Jack Hobbs: England's Greatest Cricketer (2011), Yellow Jersey Press, ISBN 0224083295
References
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External links
- Biography at The First Post
- Agent biography
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