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    Anthony Hayward

    Anthony Hayward (BWS 1971-1978) 

    British journalist and author. He is a regular contributor to The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph, The Independent, and has written more than 20 books about television and film. The subjects of justice and censorship have been constant themes throughout his work. “Hayward is particularly good on conflicts with authority,” wrote one critic reviewing his biography Which Side Are You On? Ken Loach and His Films. 

    Hayward trained as a journalist at the London College of Printing (now the London College of Communication, University of the Arts) (1978-80) and won its 1979–80 Journalism Prize. He gained a Higher National Diploma in Journalism and the National Council for the Training of Journalists' Pre-Entry Journalism Certificate, both with distinction. Hayward was a reporter, features writer and subeditor on local newspapers and national magazines, editor of the Deben Journal, the trade magazine Radio and the consumer magazine New Video Viewer, and a subeditor on national newspapers, before joining the staff on the features desk of TV Times (1985–89). He turned freelance in 1989 and has since written about television and film for publications in the United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, France and South Africa. 

     He has contributed to The Guardian (since 2009), The Daily Telegraph (since 2018), The Independent (since 1993) and the i (since 2016), as well as writing for The Herald, Scotland, The Scotsman, Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror, Sunday People, Daily Mail, Daily Express, Sunday Express, The Sun, Sunday magazine, Now, best, Chat, Take a Break, Saga, Yours, Private Eye, TV Times, What's on TV, TV & Satellite Week, Inside Soap, TV Week (Canada), TV Week (Australia), TV Guide (New Zealand), The Stage, Screen International, Broadcast, Sight & Sound and The Listener. He has also been a contributor to BBC Radio 4's Last Word programme since 2017. 

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