Rod Liddle
Roderick Edwin Liddle (1 April 1960 – 2 August 2026) was an English journalist, . He was an editor of BBC Radio 4's Today and an associate editor of The…
Rod Liddle | |
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| Born | Roderick Edwin Liddle 1 April 1960 |
| Died | 2 August 2026 (aged 66) Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England |
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| Political party | Labour (until 2016)[1][2][3] SDP (from 2019)[4] |
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| Children | 3 |
Roderick Edwin Liddle (1 April 1960 – 2 August 2026) was an English journalist, . He was an editor of BBC Radio 4's Today and an associate editor of The Spectator.
Early life
Liddle was born in Sidcup, Kent but was raised in Abbey Wood, London and in Nunthorpe from the age of eight. At 16 he was a member of the Socialist Workers Party. He stayed a member for about a year.
Career
Liddle wrote the novels Too Beautiful for You (2003), Love Will Destroy Everything (2007), The Best of Liddle Britain (co-author, 2007) and the semi-autobiographical Selfish Whining Monkeys (2014). He presented television programmes including The New Fundamentalists, The Trouble with Atheism, and Immigration Is A Time Bomb.
Liddle began his career at the South Wales Echo, then worked for the Labour Party, and later joined the BBC. He became editor of Today in 1998, resigning in 2002 after his employers objected to one of his articles in The Guardian.
Up until his death, he wrote for The Sunday Times, The Spectator and The Sun, among other publications.
Personal life
Liddle met Rachel Royce at the BBC in 1993. In January 2004 Liddle married her in Malaysia.
Liddle died after a short illness at a hospital in Middlesbrough, England on 2 August 2026, aged 66.[5][6]
References
- ↑ Liddle, Rod (26 September 2010). "So some people actually voted for Abbott?". The Spectator. Archived from the original on 16 June 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
- ↑ Liddle, Rod (18 April 2015). "Call me insane, but I'm voting Labour". The Spectator. Archived from the original on 18 April 2015. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
- ↑ Oppenheim, Maya (19 May 2016). "Rod Liddle suspended from Labour party for describing 'antisemitism as visceral for many Muslims'". The Independent. Archived from the original on 20 May 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
- ↑ Liddle, Rod (14 March 2019). "Why I've joined the SDP (and why you should, too)". The Spectator. Archived from the original on 14 March 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- ↑ Association, Press (2026-08-03). "Sunday Times and Sun columnist Rod Liddle dies aged 66". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2026-08-03.
- ↑ Saunders, Emma (3 August 2026). "Newspaper columnist and broadcaster Rod Liddle dies aged 66". BBC News. Archived from the original on 3 August 2026. Retrieved 3 August 2026.
Other websites
- Rod Liddle on Twitter
- Profile at The Guardian
- Articles written by Rod Liddle at The Spectator
- Rod Liddle on IMDb
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