Miles Kington

Profile: Full name: Miles Beresford Kington (13th May 1941 - 30th January 2008) Area of interest: Society, Culture, Politics Journals/Organisation: The Independent Email: Personal website: Website: http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/columnists/miles-kington Blog: Representation: (for the estate of Miles Kington) Rogers, Coleridge & White Networks:

Biography: About: Education: Trinity College, Glenalmond, Scotland; Trinity College, Oxford: Modern Languages (French and German) Career: Declining to enter the family brewery wrote freelance and became a jazz reviewer for The Times; joined Punch magazine: staff writer 1967/1980, literary editor 1973/1980; The Times: columnist 1981/1986; founding columnist at The Oldie, 1992; The Independent: columnist, 1987/2008 see Miles Kington (Wikipedia biography) Current position/role: Columnist also writes/written for: Other roles/Main role: Author, Broadcaster Other activities: Jazz musician Disclosures: Viewpoints/Insight: Broadcast media: Video: IMDb Controversy/Criticism: Awards/Honours: Scoops: Other:

Books & Debate: see bibliography (Wikipedia) Latest work: Someone like me: tales from a borrowed childhood (2005) OCLC 63134681 Speaking/Appearances: Debate:

The Independent: Column name: Miles Kington Remit/Info: Society, Culture, Politics Section: Role: Commentator Pen-name: Email: Website: Independent.co / Miles Kington (archives of his weekday humour column) Commissioning editor: Day published: Monday to Friday Regularity: Daily weekdays Column format: Average length:

Articles: Famous last words: Letters from Miles Kington - Before he died this year, The Independent's resident satirist Miles Kington wrote a series of letters to his literary agent. Now they are being published in a fresh collection, giving us another chance to enjoy his wit and wisdom... - 13th October 2008 This is becoming a year of seasonal sporting confusion - 30th January 2008 How railways almost landed me a job in Hollywood - 25th January 2008 When the shells are whizzing, romance still blossoms - 24th January 2008 Spiffing yarns of war, peace, shrapnel and sandwiches - 23rd January 2008 You can turn anything into a pantomime if you try - 22nd January 2008 Did you know the Second World War ended in the 1960s? - 21st January 2008 The weird and wonderful world of 'boutique medicine' - 18th January 2008 The truth about Peter Hain (if you can stay awake for it) - 17th January 2008 The Oscars finally come of age with a violent blockbuster - 16th January 2008 Whatever happened to good old-fashioned courtesy? - 15th January 2008 Revealed... the true peak of Sir Edmund Hillary's career - 14th January 2008 Everything you've heard about healthy eating is wrong - 11th Januuary 2008 Johnny Hallyday - Legendary for being legendary? - 10th January 2008 Legal humour? I think I'll take a rain check on that - 9th January 2008 When artists want to relax, they turn to a different art - 8th January 2008 Of pharaohs, pyramids and English phone boxes... - 4th January 2008 A Welsh wizard takes on the riddle of the Sphinx - 3rd January 2008 Strange new alliances ... and the mystery of China solved - 2nd January 2008 Badgers and great sand urchins home in on Liverpool - 1st January 2008

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Links: Wikipedia bio Obituaries: Miles Kington, polymath, wit and jazz aficionado, dies at 66 by James Macintyre, The Independent, 31st January 2008 Miles Kington: 'Humorist, columnist and jazz musician best known for his Let's Parler Franglais! books', Stanley Reynolds, The Guardian, 1st February 2008 Miles Kington: The Times obituary The Times, 1st February 2008 Miles Kington obituary The Daily Telegraph, 4th February 2008