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Sir Simon Jenkins

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Columnist on The Guardian and Evening Standard and former editor of The Times

Sir Simon Jenkins is a columnist for The Guardian, The London Evening Standard and has been the chairman of the National Trust since 2008. Jenkins is a former editor of The Times (1990-1992) and the Evening Standard (1976-78).Since May 2005, he has been a contributing blogger at The Huffington Post. In 2004, Jenkins received a knighthood for services to journalism. Jenkins has written a number of books, including England's Thousand Best Houses (2003) and Thatcher & Sons - A Revolution in Three Acts, (2006). Jenkins was the recipient of the Trustees Award at the 2009 Longman/History Today Awards.

Economy debate

“What hope for the economy?”, featuring Anatole Kaletsky and Gideon Rachman, chaired by Evan Davis, 7th Feb 2012

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Israel debate

"The best chance for peace between Israel and Palestine is for Uncle Sam to butt out”, featuring William Sieghart, 27th Feb 2012

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Origins of sex

Rising star historian Faramerz Dabhoiwala on the origins of sex and how the permissive society arrived in Western Europe, 15th Feb

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