Michael Gove

Michael Andrew Gove (born August 26, 1967, Edinburgh) is a British politician, journalist and author. He has been the Conservative MP for Surrey Heath since 2005.

Media work

Gove joined The Times in 1996 as a leader writer and has been Comment Editor, News Editor, Saturday Editor and Assistant Editor. He has also written a weekly column on politics and current affairs in the newspaper. He has also written for the Times Literary Supplement and the Spectator as well as authoring a sympathetic biography of Michael Portillo MP and a critical study of the Northern Ireland Peace Process, The Price of Peace, for which he won the Charles Douglas-Home Prize.

Related Topics:
The Times - 1996 - Editor - Times Literary Supplement - The Spectator - Michael Portillo - Northern Ireland

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Previously, Michael worked for the BBC's Today programme, On The Record and Scottish Television.

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BBC - Today programme - Scottish Television

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He is a regular panelist on BBC Radio 4's The Moral Maze and Newsnight Review on BBC2.

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BBC Radio 4 - BBC2

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