The Guardian’s departing deputy editor reflects on a four-decade career that took him from the Troubles to the Windrush scandal
When was your first day at the Guardian? It was 19 November 1979. After two interviews I was delighted to be offered the role of the Guardian’s Midlands correspondent, based in my hometown of Wolverhampton. Previously I had worked at the town’s Express and Star paper, completed a postgraduate course in journalism at Cardiff University and then joined Cardiff’s Western Mail as leader and features editor.
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