Roger Alton

...by the conventional commissioning processes in TV and radio and want the chance to take risks on new work," he said. Roger Alton, editor of The Independent, said Turing was a fitting subject for the play. "He was one of the great...

In this article: Alan Turing, The Independent, Suicide, Desperate Romantics, Ian McEwan, Samuel Barnett, Stephen Fry, and Richard Dawkins

Roger Alton (born 20 December 1947) is a British journalist and the editor of The Independent. His brother, Angus Alton, is a notable figure in the education world leading the comparison of general qualifications to ensure standards are...

In this article: The Guardian, The Observer, The Independent, Clifton College, Exeter College, Oxford, New Statesman, and Stephen Sackur

...for the information. Respected media figures have said the payment was entirely justified on public interest grounds. Roger Alton, the editor of The Independent, said: "It is 100 per cent legitimate to have paid for such a superb story...

In this article: The Independent, The Daily Telegraph, Falklands War, The Guardian, Roy Greenslade, Clive Ponting, Detica, and Manuel Belgrano

...was acquitted despite the judge's direction to the jury that "the public interest is what the government of the day says it is". Roger Alton, the editor of The Observer, said: "It is 100 per cent legitimate to have paid for such a superb...

In this article: Anthony Howard, Roy Greenslade, Clive Ponting, Falklands War, The Observer, Official Secrets Act, New Statesman, Detica, and Manuel Belgrano

...the newspaper with a magazine, only for the proposal to be fought off by members of the trust and the then-editor of the paper, Roger Alton. Vladimir Guevarra, Margot Patrick BARCLAYS today said first-half net profit rose 10 per cent...

In this article: The Observer, The Guardian, Scott Trust, Guardian Media Group, Trader Media Group, Recession, Tax, and The Sunday Times

...on her article in The Guardian yesterday about MPs expenses and hysteria, perhaps this should apply to Joan Smith ... I hope Roger Alton is NOT thinking of publishing her in The Indie ever again. A career-destroying article if ever there was...

In this article: Ruth Padel, Mel Gibson, Derek Walcott, Dog, Tour de France, University of Oxford, and Crimplene

...confirmed as Independent editor | Media | guardian.co.uk Alton: left the Observer in December 2007. Photograph: Eamonn McCabe Roger Alton has today been confirmed as the new editor of the Independent, replacing Simon Kelner, who steps up...

In this article: Simon Kelner, Independent on Sunday, Guardian News & Media, Ogilvy and Mather, Just Can't Get Enough, and Independent News & Media

Alton: left the Observer in December after nearly 10 years as editor. Photograph: Eamonn McCabe Former Observer editor Roger Alton is understood to be in talks to replace Simon Kelner as editor of the Independent. Under the plan, Kelner...

In this article: Simon Kelner, Independent on Sunday, Guardian News & Media, and Independent News & Media

Alton to step down after nearly a decade as editor of Observer | Media | The Guardian Roger Alton, editor of the Observer for almost a decade, yesterday announced he would step down at the end of the year. The Scott Trust, which owns the...

In this article: Scott Trust, Liberal arts, The Observer, News International, and Liz Forgan

Editor Alton to leave Observer after 10 years | Media | MediaGuardian Roger Alton, the editor of the Observer, is stepping down at the end of the year, to be replaced by his deputy, John Mulholland. Mr Alton, who will be 60 in December,...

In this article: Scott Trust, The Observer, Mirror Group, and Liz Forgan