Michael Binyon OBE, English journalist and eminent foreign correspondent, known for serving as The Times's (of London) Moscow Correspondent as well as reporting from Berlin, Washington and all over the Middle East. He is currently a leader writer for The Times and occasional arts and books critic. Binyon studied at Cambridge University in 1963, where he was a direct contemporary of BBC foreign correspondent John Simpson, both reading English. Binyon later switched to Arabic, graduating in 1967. After teaching English in Minsk for a year, he began his career at the BBC Arabic Service and the Times Educational Supplement. He reported from Moscow in the 70s, and went on to cover the fall of the Berlin Wall and numerous Middle East conflicts. Other positions he has held at The Times include: diplomatic editor, Washington bureau chief and Brussels correspondent, where his opposite number at The Telegraph was one Boris Johnson, currently Mayor of London. Binyon was awarded an OBE in 2000 for services to international journalism.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780394533391 |
| ISBN 10 | 0394533399 |
| Title | Life in Russia |
| Author | Michael Binyon |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Pantheon Books |
| Year published | 1984-02-12 |
| Number of pages | 286 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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