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Freelance journalist. The Times (of London) Yemen correspondent. Living and learning in Yemen since 2010. Once upon a time I trained racehorses. © All views.
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The Sunday Times Tom Walker Trust Award
2009
Press Gazette Award, runner up
2008 - Scoop of the year
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@adammbaron They'll be a day early if they have them tomorrow.
@MaeveMCC @chrisjwoods @aliceross_ @carwinb Either way.The good news is there's a fair chance there will be another female winner this yr :)
@chrisjwoods @MaeveMCC @TBIJ @aliceross_ @carwinb Not sure that's quite accurate. I know two previous female winners off the top of my head.
RT @AleemMaqbool police now confirming 8 bombs in baghdad in less than an hour. all but 1 were car bombs. 4 close to markets. all shia areas
Richard Beeston, a man with journalism in his veins: thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/media…
Richard Beeston, a man with journalism in his veins
thetimes.co.uk — A Times correspondent and editor since 1986, Richard Beeston embodied the best of newspaper journalism: passionate but balanced, determined to see for himself, never foolhardy but spectacularly brave. He covered wars from Syria to Chechnya, from Iraq to the Balkans, but he never made a fetish of war-reporting.
@Rooj129 Ahhh. Perfect timing. I'll be back from trip to London by then.
RT @davidbyers26: Richard Beeston's obituary is essential reading for all foreign reporters. He was an inspiration and we will miss him htt…
The Times obituary: Richard Beeston
thetimes.co.uk — Indefatigable foreign correspondent for The Times who vividly documented the unfolding terror in Lebanon, Iraq and Chechnya Richard Beeston was one of the finest and most courageous foreign correspondents of his generation.
@hardoulstation Thank you very much.
@Rooj129 Thanks Rooj. When are you back?
Can't quite believe he's gone especially given enthusiastic email exchange we had in wee hrs yesterday.We'll miss him thetimes.co.uk/tto/public/art…
The Times obituary: Richard Beeston
thetimes.co.uk — Indefatigable foreign correspondent for The Times who vividly documented the unfolding terror in Lebanon, Iraq and Chechnya Richard Beeston was one of the finest and most courageous foreign correspondents of his generation.Have a Story?
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