Christopher Silvester
 Christopher Silvester     ( journalist, author, PR consultant) | |
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| Born | 12 November 1959 |
| Alma mater | Peterhouse (Cambridge) |
A very good friend of George Galloway | |
Christopher Silvester is a British freelance journalist, author and PR consultant who writes for a number of UK newspaper and magazine publications.[1]
Early career
Silvester's career in journalism started at The House Magazine, the weekly magazine of the Houses of Parliament, where he was assistant editor. This was followed by a brief spell with the Conservative Research Department. From 1983 to 1995 he was on the reporting staff of Private Eye, writing the “New Boys” profiles of MPs, contributing to the “Grovel” and “Street of Shame” columns, and writing investigative stories about political and business matters.
Moving on
He has written for several newspapers and magazines, including the Evening Standard, The Guardian, Observer, Independent on Sunday, Esquire, GQ and Vanity Fair. He is also the editor of the "Penguin Book of Interviews: An Anthology from 1859 to the Present Day"[2] and the author of "The Pimlico Companion to Parliament"
He produced more book reviews in British magazines than any other journalist between 2005 and 2012, with topics including history, politics, film, show business, Americana, & general biography.[3]
My friend George Galloway
In January 2006, Silvester wrote an article in The Independent titled "My friend George is not the man you think he is". The article concludes:
- "George comes from a hard school. His maternal grandparents were Irish immigrants who arrived off the boat at Anderston Quay, Glasgow and walked the 80 miles to Dundee to work in the textile mills there. He was blooded in the trade union movement and the Scottish Labour Party. He is not remotely concerned by the Serious Fraud Office investigation (there is nothing to find, and if there was, wouldn't the US Senate have found it?) and he gambled everything when he sued The Daily Telegraph.
