Derek Turner (journalist)

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Derek Turner
BornDecember 1964
Occupation(s)Writer, journalist
Website derek-turner.com

Derek Turner (born 1964) is a journalist and author of several novels.

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Early life

Turner is the son of a ship’s captain of Methodist background and a Church of Ireland mother (the great niece of the Archbishop of Dublin). Before he became a journalist, he worked as a sailor, security guard, builder, advertising salesman for The Daily Telegraph , and production editor for a technical publishing firm.

Journalism

Turner's work has appeared in a large number of magazines and newspapers, including The Times , The Sunday Telegraph , Literary Review , The Salisbury Review , Taki's Magazine , The Economist , European Journal , The Lady, and Kent Life. His articles appeared in the American magazines Chronicles [1] and the Connor Post, the German publications Junge Freiheit [2] and Criticón, and other journals in France, Italy, the Czech Republic and elsewhere.

He was editor of the right-wing magazine Right Now!, published by Taki Theodoracopulos. [3]

He edited the Quarterly Review from 2007 to 2011. [4]

His areas of focus are English letters, British topography, European culture and history, folklore, and current affairs.

Novels

Turner is the author of three novels: Sea Changes, [5] A Modern Journey, [6] and Displacement. [7]

Published works

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References

  1. "Derek Turner". chroniclesmagazine.org. Archived from the original on 15 December 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
  2. "Suchergebnisse derek turner – JUNGE FREIHEIT". jungefreiheit.de. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
  3. Watt, Nicholas (28 August 2001). "Duncan Smith drops far right MP". The Guardian . Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  4. "Archive". The Quarterly Review. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  5. "Sea Changes by Derek Turner". The Imaginative Conservative . Retrieved 29 May 2016.
  6. "Derek Turner: A Modern Journey - Quadrapheme". quadrapheme.com. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
  7. "Displacement". Creative Authors. Retrieved 12 July 2024.