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Lionel Barber: My Life in Media



Author: Interview by Sophie Morris

What inspired you to embark on a career in the media?

My father was a journalist for 50 years in Leeds and Fleet Street. I thought about a career in business to show I could do something different, but the reaction among prospective employers was, shall we say, underwhelming. Then The Scotsman gave me (an Englishman) my first big break.

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