William Shawcross

William Shawcross (born 28 May, 1946, Sussex) is a British writer, broadcaster and commentator.

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28 May - 1946 - Sussex

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Shawcross was educated at Eton College and University College, Oxford, and worked as a journalist for the Sunday Times. He writes and lectures on issues of international policy, geopolitics, Southeast Asia and refugees for a number of publications, including Time Magazine, Newsweek, International Herald Tribune, The Spectator, Washington Post and Rolling Stone magazine. He has also written a number of books, including biographies of Rupert Murdoch and the Shah of Persia. He is currently working on a biography of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother.

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Eton College - University College, Oxford - Sunday Times - Geopolitics - Southeast Asia - Refugee - Time Magazine - Newsweek - International Herald Tribune - The Spectator - Washington Post - Rolling Stone magazine - Rupert Murdoch - Shah of Persia - Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother

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Shawcross is Chair of Response, a charity helping refugees and others who have suffered for their political opinions and a member of the Disasters Emergency Committee and of the executive of the International Crisis Group. He has been an advisor to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. In 2003, he was named New Statesman's Man of the Year, having had a high profile for supporting the invasion of Iraq and accusations of betrayal by left-liberal commentators.

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Disasters Emergency Committee - UN High Commissioner for Refugees - 2003 - New Statesman - Invasion of Iraq

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Shawcross' father was the politician and lawyer, Hartley Shawcross, his mother Joan Winifred Mather, who died in a riding accident on the Sussex Downs in 1974. Shawcross married the writer and art critic, Marina Warner in 1970. Their son, Conrad, is an artist of rising prominence. He married twice more; he and his third wife, Olga Polizzi, live in East Dean, East Sussex.

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Hartley Shawcross - Sussex - 1974 - Marina Warner - 1970 - Conrad - East Dean - East Sussex

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