Talk:William Shawcross/Archive 1

NS 'Man of the Year' in 2003
I managed to press 'return' before finishing my edit summary. As the New Statesman article is not at all flattering, it is doubtful how sincere the epithet is meant to be. Its inclusion in this Wikipedia piece is thus not appropriate. Philip Cross (talk) 20:02, 26 March 2012 (UTC)

Link to wrong personal website
It appears that the link to Shawcross' personal website has been hijacked. This is not my field, just bringing it to your attention. opfallon (talk) 17:08, 4 March 2015 (UTC)

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Is this the same William Shawcross that served as a contributing editor to Inquiry Magazine?
allixpeeke (talk) 15:43, 29 July 2016 (UTC)

I expect he is. Looks like they were pretty ecumenical:

"The [Cato] Institute’s early program involved publications, seminars, college lectures, and  public policy research.  Inquiry, a bi-weekly political affairs magazine edited first by Williamson Evers and later  by  Glenn  Garvin and  Doug Bandow, featured such  writers as Nat Hentoff, Thomas  Szasz, J. Anthony Lukas, Karl Hess, Jack Shafer, Nikolai Tolstoy, Penny Lernoux, Geoffrey Wheatcroft, Maurice Cranston, Jonathan Kwitny, Thomas M. Disch, John  O’Sullivan, Anthony Burgess, P.J. O’Rourke, Martin Gardner, George F. Kennan, Rose Styron, William Shawcross, Marina Warner, Auberon Waugh, Walter Karp, David Osborne, Christie Hefner, Eugene McCarthy, Ivan Illich, Warren Hinckle, and Simon Leys.  Inquiry promised  “unconventional, provocative, lively” commentary that would “defy the  traditional left-right political analysis.”  Its editors chuckled over being called “the best of the right-wing rags” by the New Republic and “a lively, lefty magazine” by William Safire. In The Next  Whole  Earth  Catalog, Jay  Kinne..." from Cato Institute, 2001 Annual Report, 25 Years Sullidav (talk) 23:29, 3 November 2019 (UTC)

Involvement in restriction of funding to Cage
The Guardian - Randeep Ramesh - Charity Commission fights claim it unlawfully choked off lobby group's funds, 21 October 2015.    ←   ZScarpia  17:16, 24 September 2016 (UTC)

Difference in book titles
Anybody know the story behind the different book titles for his Murdoch and Allies books? I just included the different titles, but I expect they vary by country or over time, and if so it would be worthwhile to explain that. Sullidav (talk) 23:33, 3 November 2019 (UTC)

Books section
I think Shawcross has written a series of important and provocative books on a wide range of really interesting topics, so I wrote and added this long section. I left out some of his shorter publications, eg, about Hong Kong, and his books on the British royal family since I have zero interest in that topic. Please improve, including by adding the royal family books. Sullidav (talk) 00:22, 24 November 2019 (UTC)