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Peter Wilby

Peter Wilby was editor of the Independent on Sunday from 1995 to 1996 and of the New Statesman from 1998 to 2005. He writes a weekly column for the NS.

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Books
Reviewed: The Little Wonder - the Remarkable History of Wisden by Robert Winder
02 May 2013

Field of dreams.

Broadcast
The BBC’s real bias, journalists’ role in the measles epidemic, and a modest proposal about tax
02 May 2013

Peter Wilby's "First Thoughts" column.

Travel
Keeping my Freedom Pass, blowing things up from inside and the invisible crime wave
01 May 2013

Peter Wilby's "First Thoughts" column.

Europe
The looting of bank deposits, a whiff of regulation and self-hating Mail readers
27 March 2013

Peter Wilby's "First Thoughts" column.

The death of an oligarch reminds us how much we and the Russians have changed
26 March 2013

Peter Wilby's "First Thoughts" column.

UK Politics
Fussing over the Queen, Clegg’s Oratory, and how to deal with terrorist threats
14 March 2013

Peter Wilby's "First Thoughts" column.

UK Politics
Osborne the green hero, weird Lib Dems and things aren’t getting better for O’Farrell
07 March 2013

Peter Wilby's "First Thoughts" column.

Newspapers
The Indie’s woes, the end of Sunday papers and what happened to me last week
28 February 2013

Peter Wilby's "First Thoughts" column.

Books
Reviewed: Calon - a Journey to the Heart of Welsh Rugby
21 February 2013

Once were warriors.

UK Politics
Huhne’s honest hypocrisy, Leicester’s lost king and Gove’s smear tactics
14 February 2013

Peter Wilby's "First Thoughts" column.

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