Wednesday, 7 November 2007

***Paul Dacre

Paul Michael Dacre (born November 14, 1948) is a British journalist and current editor of the British tabloid newspaper the Daily Mail.

He is also editor-in-chief of the Mail group titles, which also includes the London Evening Standard and Mail on Sunday

He is also a director of the Daily Mail and General Trust plc and has been a member of the Press Complaints Commission since 1999.

His brother Nigel Dacre was editor of ITVs news programmes from 1995 to 2002.
For the academic and journalist John Lloyd, Dacre is presently the only "British newspaper editor who stamps himself on his newspaper every morning" reflecting "his unique blend of libertarian-authoritarian Conservatism".

Peter Dacre, was a prominent journalist on the Sunday Express whose work included show business features.

Dacre was educated at University College School, a private fee-paying school in Hampstead, on a state scholarship and grew up in the London suburb of Arnos Grove in Enfield. In his school holidays, Dacre worked as a messenger at the Sunday Express, and during his pre-university gap year as a trainee in the Daily Express.