Andrew Marr
Andrew Marr
Andrew William Stevenson Marris a British journalist and television presenter. Beginning his career as a political commentator, he subsequently edited The Independent, and was political editor of BBC News. He began hosting a political programme—Sunday AM, now called The Andrew Marr Show—on Sunday mornings on BBC One from September 2005. In 2002, Marr took over as host of BBC Radio 4's long-running Start the Week Monday morning discussion programme ...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionTV Show Host
Date of Birth31 July 1959
modern-journalism confusing answers
The truth is, "What is a journalist?" is one of those questions for which there is no proper answer. The prehistory of modern journalism shows it has been a ragged and confusing trade all the way through.
editors facts leadership position requires round senior turn
I think it requires leadership from editors and senior broadcasters to try and turn that around and back off the position where we are opinionated first, and come round to the facts later,
history lessons facts
History is either a moral argument with lessons for the here-and-now, or it is merely an accumulation of pointless facts.
nine journalism right-time
Journalism is nine-tenths being in the right places at the right time.
girl fashion hair
Androgynous fashion, long hair, the Pill, a new interest in the inner psychological life - an unabashed sloppiness, if you will - really marks the sixties. It was when Britain went girlie. And what do girls do? Girls shop.
laughter mind news
Hard news really is hard. It sticks not in the craw but in the mind. It has an almost physical effect, causing fear, interest, laughter or shock.
gossip journalism
Journalism is often simply the industrialisation of gossip.
long rude pennies
Rude interviewers are ten a penny, and politicians have long since learned how to cope.
world british britain
The British happened to the rest of the world. Now the world happens to Britain.
sorry eye iraq
The only time I penetrated Tony Blair's defenses over Iraq was by keeping eye contact while telling him he never seemed to by sorry
toes size yorkshire
My big toe alone is the size of Yorkshire.
boys games littles
One aspect of politics too little acknowledged is that besides being jolly serious and all that, it is also a hugely enjoyable game for boys.
hoped lack major policy polls
Yet the barely-moving polls and the lack of major gaffes or policy collapses has made it duller than I, for one, hoped it would be.
general rather unlike
Unlike the general public, I rather like most politicians.