Simon Tisdall

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Simon Tisdall (born 1953) is a columnist for The Guardian newspaper and was an assistant editor of the publication.

Tisdall was born in Manchester and educated at Holland Park School in Kensington, one of the first comprehensives. [1] Tisdall had attended Dame Allan's School in Newcastle for two years before the family moved south to London. [2] His father, John Tisdall, worked for the BBC, and his mother, Mary Pritchard, was a newspaper columnist and BBC radio journalist. [2] [3]

From 1971 to 1974, Simon Tisdall studied history, politics and philosophy at Downing College, Cambridge. [1]

He joined the Guardian Foreign News Desk in 1978. [2]

Tisdall's final column as The Observer 's Foreign Affairs Commentator, prior to its acquisition by Tortoise Media, was published on 29 March 2025. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 "View from elsewhere biographies". The Guardian.
  2. 1 2 3 "Political Correspondent Simon Tisdall shares his memories of Dame Allan's Schools". The Allanian Society. 13 November 2023.
  3. ↑ Tisdall, Simon (19 March 2017). "Mary Tisdall obituary". The Guardian.
  4. ↑ Tisdall, Simon (29 March 2025). "Britain has been paying a high price for Uncle Sam's craziness. It's time to turn to Europe". The Observer. Guardian News & Media Limited.
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