Tim Shipman

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Tim Shipman
Born
Timothy James Shipman

(1975-05-13) 13 May 1975 (age 48)[1]
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge
OccupationJournalist
Known forFormer political editor of The Sunday Times

Timothy James Shipman (born 13 May 1975) is a British journalist, who is a former political editor of the British newspaper The Sunday Times.[2]

Shipman attended Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Horncastle in Lincolnshire, and studied History at Churchill College, Cambridge, graduating in 1996, where he was part of a losing Cuppers darts team, beaten by a Robinson team in the finals.[1] He has been a national newspaper journalist since 1997, working initially for the Express stable of newspapers before being appointed as a political correspondent for the Daily Mail in 2005.[1] He worked for the Sunday Telegraph as a Washington DC political correspondent, covering the 2008 United States elections and Barack Obama's campaign and subsequent victory. He has also previously written for the Daily Mail and the Sunday Express.[2]

He is the author of All Out War (2016) about the EU referendum in 2016[3] and Fall Out (2017) about the 2017 UK general election.[4] In 2017 he was awarded Press Journalist of the Year by the London Press Club.[1]

In March 2019, Shipman reported an alleged coup in the Conservative Party to remove the Prime Minister, Theresa May from office.[5]

In October 2021, he was succeeded as political editor by his deputy Caroline Wheeler.[6]

Bibliography[edit]

  • Shipman, Tim (2016). All Out War: The Full Story of How Brexit Sank Britain's Political Class. William Collins. ISBN 9780008215156.
  • Shipman, Tim (2017). Fall Out: A Year of Political Mayhem. William Collins. ISBN 9780008215156.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d "SHIPMAN, Timothy James". Who's Who. Vol. 2019 (online ed.). A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ^ a b "Tim Shipman". AM Heath Literary Agents. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  3. ^ Hutton, Will (21 November 2016). "All Out War; The Brexit Club; The Bad Boys of Brexit review – rollicking referendum recollections". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  4. ^ Bush, Stephen (7 December 2017). "Tim Shipman's Fall Out reveals the nastiness behind the scenes of a Tory tragedy". New Statesman. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  5. ^ "PM May facing plot from minister to oust her – Sunday Times reporter". Reuters. 23 March 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  6. ^ Ahmed, Mariam (8 October 2021). "Sunday Times appoints Wheeler political editor". Talking Biz News. Retrieved 15 November 2021.

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Preceded by Political Editor of The Sunday Times
2014–2021
Succeeded by
Caroline Wheeler