Christopher Jackson | |
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Born | Christopher Jackson Surrey, England |
Nationality | British |
Education | Charterhouse School |
Alma mater | University of Nottingham |
Employer | Finito |
Title | News director, Finito Deputy editor, Spear's (2016–2019) |
Website | www |
Christopher Jackson is a British author, journalist, poet, digital painter and businessman who is the current news director of Finito. [1] [2] He has published six books and has written for publications such as The Times , New Statesman , [3] City A.M. , and Country Life . [4] [2] As a journalist, he was the deputy editor of Spear's between 2016 and 2019. [5] [6]
Jackson has appeared on television and radio stations such as BFMTV, [7] DR, [8] Bloomberg, [9] BBC Radio 4, [10] and ORF. [11]
As a biographer, he has written biographies of Theresa May, Roger Federer, and Joe Biden. [12] [13]
Jackson was born in Surrey, United Kingdom. His grandfather George Pattinson was a boat collector who founded the Windermere Jetty Museum at Windermere. [14] Jackson is also related to British painter Winifred Nicholson by marriage since the Nicholson family is his mother's cousins. His father, Gordon Jackson, currently runs a family company. [15]
Jackson was educated at the Charterhouse School. [2] He received BA in history from University of Nottingham. [2]
In 2013, his work, The Gallery, was published by the University of Salzburg, and received critical acclaim. [16]
In 2017, his biography of Roger Federer, Roger Federer: Portrait of an Artist, was published. [17] The book was reviewed by the New Statesman and The Canberra Times . In the book, Christopher Jackson attempts to explain the excitement of the Wimbledon champion's fans and covers his life from an artistic point of view. [18] [19]
In 2018, he published Theresa May: Power, Chaos, and Chance, a biography about the former prime minister of the United Kingdom, Theresa May. [20] [21] The book covered Brexit and Theresa May's role in it. [7] Jackson compared her determination with Margaret Thatcher. [22]
In 2021, he wrote a book about Joe Biden, the then-current president of the United States, named President Joe Biden: Healer-In-Chief. [20]