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David Leigh is a British journalist and writer who was the investigations editor of The Guardian and is the author of Investigative Journalism: a survival guide. [1] He officially retired in April 2013, [2] although Leigh continued his association with the newspaper.
David Leigh may refer to: David Leigh (journalist) (born 1946), British journalist and writer. David Leigh (swimmer) (born 1956), British former swimmer. David Leigh (scientist) (born 1963), professor of organic chemistry.
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David Leigh is an award-winning British journalist working out of Miami, Florida. His new book, The Thief, His Wife and The Canoe, published by Hodder & Stoughton on April 14, is the inspiration for a four-part ITV drama, of the same name, starring Eddie Marsan and Monica Dolan as ‘Canoe Man’ John Darwin and his wife Anne.
Leigh, David. views 3,025,865 updated. LEIGH, David. British, b. 1946. Genres: Documentaries/Reportage. Career: Scotsman, Edinburgh, Scotland, staff journalist, 1970-74; Times, London, England, staff journalist, 1974-78; Guardian, London, staff journalist, 1978-82; Observer, London, chief investigative reporter, 1982-.
Image courtesy David Leigh. Leigh has been at the heart of many major investigations at the Observer, the Guardian and the Times, among others, before retiring in 2013. He is probably best known for his reporting on a British cabinet minister Jonathan Aitken which ultimately led to his arrest.
David Leigh chief investigative reporter of the Observer, received the British Press Awards Special Prize in 1980.He is the author of The Frontiers of Secrecy: Closed Government in Britain and co-author, with Simon Hogart, of Michael Foot: A Portrait, and of The Thorpe Committal, with Peter Chippendale.
Leigh Hunt. Leigh Hunt, prolific poet, essayist, and journalist, was a central figure of the Romantic movement in England. He produced a large body of poetry in a variety of forms: narrative poems, satires, poetic dramas, odes, epistles, sonnets, short lyrics, and translations from Greek, Roman, Italian, and French poems.
