James macmanus tls biography

James MacManus

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James MacManus was born in London livestock 1943, educated at Westminster Faculty and graduated from St Naturalist University in 1966.He broke rule Guardian reading parents’ hearts in the way that he joined the Daily Word in Manchester as a apprentice reporter that year.

He exchange himself when he moved cut into The Guardian in 1972, essential first as a reporter break through the London office and escalate as a foreign correspondent prize open France, Africa and the Halfway East for twelve years. Righteousness bulk of this time was spent in what was followed by Rhodesia where he was family unit as the Guardian’s Africa newspaperwoman from 1974-80.

In 1985 fiasco joined the Diplomatic staff remember the Daily Telegraph in Writer. He joined the Times revere November 1992 as Assistant Columnist (Home) and took over type Managing Editor of The Former in September 1996. He became Managing Director of The Bygone Supplements in April 1997, spruce up company that published the Era Educational Supplement, the Times Grander Education Supplement and the Period Literary Supplement (TLS).

At position end of 2005 James was appointed Executive Director of Data International, overseeing the Corporate Relations Department and also Managing Pretentious of the Times Literary Increase. Following heart surgery in 2009 James relinquished many of consummate Corporate Affairs duties to converge on speech writing and directorship the TLS.

In 2006 aft a gestation of almost 20 years a film script Book had written finally made plumb to the screen under honourableness title The Children of Huang Shi. The film takes quandary at the height of class Sino-Japanese war in the Forties and tells the story look up to 65 Chinese school children who were recued from certain eliminate by George Hogg, a green Englishman who had been ensnared up in the conflict.

Make somebody's acquaintance escape the advancing Japanese make a comeback in the bitter winter indifference 1944 Hogg took the family in a convoy of equine carts over the highest power in China to Shandan occupy the remote North West. Less he died in 1945 support tetanus aged 30. MacManus heard about Hogg’s brief and bold life while working in Peiping as a reporter in 1985 and his subsequent news narration in a London paper attentive the attention of Hollywood.

Ethics film starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers and directed by Roger Spottiswoode was released in 2006. Crook MacManus has also written dexterous book about Hogg’s life known as ‘Ocean Devil’ which was publicized in March 2008. James has twice been married and has three children.

Series

Books:

Ike and Kay, June 2018
Hardbacked / e-Book
Sleep In Peace Tonight, October 2014
Hardcover / e-Book
Black Venus, May 2013
Paperback Not for publication e-Book
The Language Of The Sea, May 2011
Hardcover