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3 days ago · PETER Jay was a brilliant economics journalist whose controversial appointment as Britain’s Ambassador to Washington ended in humiliation. He later helped to launch TV-am but was ousted after just a month in a boardroom coup, and he endured a torrid three years as “chief of staff” to Mirror tycoon Robert Maxwell.
5 days ago · Peter Jay, a British journalist who served as ambassador to the United States in the late 1970s, a high-profile turn in a career that attracted even greater attention when his wife’s affair with journalist Carl Bernstein inspired a best-selling novel and a Hollywood movie, died Sept. 22 at 87.
3 days ago · Peter Jay was born in February 1937 into the bosom of the London Labour intelligentsia. His father Douglas was a journalist, civil servant and politician who served beneath each Clement Attlee and Harold Wilson. His mom, Peggy, was a Labour member of the London County Council, dubbed by an area newspaper the “uncrowned queen of Hampstead”.
5 days ago · BBC journalist and former UK diplomat dubbed 'the cleverest young man in England' dies aged 87. Born in 1937, Jay grew up in Hampstead, north London, and was educated at Winchester College, where...
5 days ago · The former economics editor of The Times, Peter Jay, lived a rich and varied life. Jay, who died last week aged 87, also served as British ambassador to Washington and chief of staff to Robert...
5 days ago · Peter Scott has resigned as Environment Canterbury chairperson after facing mounting pressure over his behaviour. Scott’s resignation will take effect from Friday, September 27, with deputy chairperson Craig Pauling to step in as acting chair until the October 23 regional council meeting.
4 days ago · Peter Jay, high-profile British ambassador to Washington, dies at 87 Also a prominent journalist, he attracted attention when his wife’s affair with former Post reporter Carl Bernstein inspired...
