Andrew Neil in Sydney to promote The Spectator
Australia Top UK publisher, editor and broadcaster Andrew Neil will be in Sydney this week to promote The Spectator Australia magazine.
The Chairman and editor-in-chief The Press Holdings (The Spectator) Group will host a reception at Sydney Conservatorium on Thursday 19th celebrating the recent launch of The Spectator Australia edition, part of the revered British publication Neil refers to as "champagne for the brain".
The legendary journalist will address an audience of high profile figures in Australian media, politics and the arts. Alongside Neil at the event will be the editor of The Spectator Australia, Oscar Humphries.
Launched in October 2008, The Spectator Australia replicates the UK weekly publication- a sharp and witty take on current politics, culture and economics.
A compilation of British and local content, the current issue of The Spectator Australia features 12 pages of articles written by leading Australian contributors.
Last week, John Howard discussed the legacy of George Bush. This issue, Matthew Fishburn writes about Arson and the Australian landscape, Bruce Beresford reports on Great Painters languishing in the desert and former deputy Liberal Leader Neil Brown explains why he weeps for the ordinary folk of his old division. Oscar Humphries shares his diary.
The launch of Spectator Australia coincides with the 180th anniversary year of The Spectator, launched on 5th July 1828. The celebration party in May 2008 was attended by London Mayor and former Spectator Editor Boris Johnson, Conservative Party Leader David Cameron and Shadow Chancellor George Osbourne.
As well as his role at The Press Holdings (The Spectator) Group, Andrew Neil is the chairman of ITP, a major magazine publisher in the Gulf, the chairman of World Media Rights, which owns and exploits TV rights and formats across the globe and he hosts the
BBC political news programs Daily Politics and This Week. Neil also recently privately acquired the oldest literary talent agency in the UK PFD (Peters Fraser and Dunlop).
Neil’s impressive CV includes UK Editor of The Economist, Editor of The Sunday Times, Executive Chairman of Sky Television and Executive Editor of Fox Television News of America.
Neil is well known for his commentary on British, American and European politics/economics, the future of the euro and the dollar and the impact of information technology on business.