Jonathan Aitken
- Jonathan Aitken was a Conservative MP from 1974 to 1995, and a cabinet minister in John Major's government. He was convicted of perjury in 1999 following a failed libel suit against the Guardian, and served seven months in prison. He has written a two-volume autobiography, and biographies of Richard Nixon and Charles W Colson. (source: The Guardian)
- Jonathan Aitken has written articles published in The Independent, MailOnline, The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Telegraph.
Most Recent article
Face to faith
The Guardian, Saturday 30 JanuaryOnce the Chilcot inquiry establishes the truth about Iraq, we should be quick not to judge, but to forgive
Previous Articles
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Jonathan Aitken and his daughter on how discovering each other after 18 years was the most glorious shock of their lives
MailOnline, Fri 2 October 2009 (12 comments)
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A second chance
The Guardian, Mon 8 June 2009
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Jonathan Aitken: Jailed for telling the truth
The Independent, Mon 18 May 2009
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I went to prison for telling a lie. In Burma, people are in prison for telling the truth
The Daily Telegraph, Thu 14 May 2009
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Jonathan Aitken: The way we treat prisoners creates a conveyor belt of crime
The Independent, Mon 23 March 2009
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Nixon v Frost: The true story of what really happened when a British journalist bullied a TV confession out of a disgraced ex-President
MailOnline, Fri 23 January 2009 (8 comments, 3 blog links)
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'How much longer can they cope?'
The Sunday Telegraph, Sun 30 December 2007
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Tory jail policy shows the way ahead
The Daily Telegraph, Fri 3 August 2007
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This isn't the Anglican split
The Guardian, Thu 5 July 2007
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- 10 articles (since July 2007)
- Average article: 34 column inches (1034 words)
- Shortest article: 7 column inches (218 words)
- Longest article: 83 column inches (2480 words)
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