Talk:John Simpson (journalist)

Which school?
Which St. Paul's School did Mr. Simpson attend? The current link points to a disambiguation page. Is it St Paul's School (London) or St. Paul's School, Winchmore Hill? &mdash; User: (talk) 01:04, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
 * It seems to be St Paul's School (London), because that is a famous independent school, whereas St. Paul's School, Winchmore Hill is neither famous nor independent. Coyets 13:28, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

High points
What about the story about when he met Osama bin Laden? Fainites barley 23:48, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Irish citizenshp
He appears to have Irish citizenship by descent ie from grandmother, but has the category for Irish citizenship by naturalisation not descent Hugo999 (talk) 03:55, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

Reverting 2 ancient edits
On 1 Sep 06 Simpson's birthplace was changed from London to Lancs by an anonymous editor, and on 19 Oct 08, the Buffalo Bill stuff that follows was added by another. Neither was sourced so I'm reverting both. Rothorpe (talk) 02:05, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

Simpson in The Sun
The front page story today attempts to drag Simpson into the Jimmy Savile controversy.-- ♦Ian Ma c M♦  (talk to me) 06:45, 17 October 2012 (UTC)

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Nationality (Nationalities)
He holds an Irish passport, which makes him a dual citizen. Ought this be stated in the lead, rather than further down? Hanoi Road (talk) 23:56, 5 February 2021 (UTC)

Gay father and bad boss
Throughout his life, the journalist had believed his father had enjoyed a string of girlfriends — and even suspected a one-night stand with Zsa Zsa Gabor, The story of Simpson’s life with his father Roy, an eccentric property dealer supposedly appeared in Like an Evening Gone, Simpson’s first personal memoir? source: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/john-simpson-reveals-his-shock-over-gay-father- I could not find book but there is this: https://www.lovereading.co.uk/book/744/Days-From-A-Different-World-by-John-Simpson.html Also the James Harding affair could be mentioned: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/londoners-diary/the-londoner-john-simpson-s-novel-revenge-on-bbc-a3992066.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5669971/John-Simpson-claims-nearly-forced-BBC-boss-tried-slash-pay.html--Wool Bridge (talk) 18:33, 13 July 2021 (UTC)

"He has spent all his working life with the BBC"
Surely not his whole life? Blackjackrobo (talk) 08:54, 6 March 2022 (UTC)


 * As far as I can see, this is correct. He joined the BBC as a trainee straight after Cambridge University and has worked there ever since.-- ♦Ian Ma c M♦  (talk to me) 10:24, 6 March 2022 (UTC)