Arthur Firth

Arthur Firth was an editor of the Daily Express between June 1980 and October 1981. He replaced Derek Jameson as editor. Firth started his career at the Lancashire Evening Post, a local daily newspaper then based on Fishergate in Preston, Lancashire. After a spell as a sub-editor on the Daily Herald in Manchester, at 32 he gained a position as a sub-editor at the Daily Express and rose to become northern editor 12 years later and deputy editor under Derek Jameson 6 years after that.