Anne Sharpley

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Anne Sharpley (1928-1989) was an English journalist.

In the 1940s, she attended art school in York. While there, she won a Vogue magazine competition, which led to a career in journalism. [1] During the 1960s, she was an investigative reporter with London's Evening Standard. [1]

She was known for scooping other reporters with her account of Winston Churchill's funeral, by vandalising a telephone after filing it, thereby delaying her rivals' reports. [2] She reputedly told Ann Leslie that a female foreign correspondent should: [3]

First, sleep with the resident Reuters correspondent and then with the chief of police. That way you'll pick up stories before anyone else.

She appeared as a castaway on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 2 January 1967. [4]

Memorial in St John's Lodge Garden Memorial to Anne Sharpley, St John's Lodge Garden.JPG
Memorial in St John's Lodge Garden

Six photographs of her, five in a 1961 series by Ida Kar and one from 1965, by Jorge Lewinski, are in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery. [1] A memorial to her, in the form of a planted urn on a stone plinth, stands in St John's Lodge Garden, Regent's Park, London. [5] The plinth is inscribed with the words: [6]

In affectionate
memory of
Anne Sharpley
1928—1989
journalist
who
loved this garden

William Stevenson described how she was nicknamed "Shapley Sharpley" by Randolph Churchill. [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Anne Sharpley". National Portrait Gallery . Retrieved 29 July 2014.
  2. "Media's ethics have always come second in pursuit of a good story - Independent.ie". Irish Independent . 5 December 2011. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
  3. Cadwalladr, Carole (5 April 2009). "Carole Cadwalladr talks to Ann Leslie, Queen of the frontline". The Observer . Retrieved 29 July 2014.
  4. "Desert Island Discs - Castaway : Anne Sharpley". BBC Online . BBC. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  5. 51°31′44″N0°09′05″W / 51.52898°N 0.15151°W
  6. See photograph at: "St. John's Lodge: The Secret Garden". Landscape Notes. 22 March 2013. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
  7. Stevenson, William (2012). Past to Present: A Reporter's Story of War, Spies, People and Politics . Lyons Press. ISBN   9780762773701.