David Lipsey was awarded a Special Orwell Prize in 1997 for his work as ‘Bagehot’ in The Economist.[3]
Lipsey has held numerous senior posts in public life. As well as his economic and social interests, he chairs the All Party Parliamentary group on Classical Music (from 2011), is a patron of the Glasbury Arts Festival, a trustee of the Cambrian Orchestra Trust and chairman of the Sidney Nolan Trust (from 2011), as well as being a trustee of other arts organisations.[4] Lipsey was created a Life peer as Baron Lipsey, of Tooting Bec in the London Borough of Wandsworth, on 30 July 1999.[5] He sits on the Labour benches in the House of Lords.
His sporting interests have included harness racing and presidency of the British Harness Racing Club (2008 to 2016) as well as chairmanship of the British Greyhound Racing Board (now the Greyhound Board of Great Britain) from 2004 to 2009. [4]
Referencesedit
^. Archived from the original on 13 April 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
^Lipsey, David (2012). In the Corridors of Power: An Autobiography. London: Biteback Publishing. ISBN9781849544290. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
^"Lord Lipsey – The Orwell Prize". www.theorwellprize.co.uk. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
^ ab"Lord Lipsey". UK Parliament. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
david, lipsey, baron, lipsey, david, lawrence, lipsey, baron, lipsey, born, april, 1948, british, journalist, labour, party, politician, right, honourablethe, lord, lipseyofficial, portrait, lord, lipsey, 2023member, house, lordslord, temporalincumbentassumed,. David Lawrence Lipsey Baron Lipsey born 21 April 1948 is a British journalist and Labour Party politician The Right HonourableThe Lord LipseyOfficial Portrait of Lord Lipsey 2023Member of the House of LordsLord TemporalIncumbentAssumed office 30 July 1999Life PeeragePersonal detailsBornDavid Lawrence Lipsey 1948 04 21 21 April 1948 age 75 NationalityBritishPolitical partyLabourAlma materBryanston School Magdalen College OxfordAfter attending Bryanston School Dorset 1962 67 1 2 Lipsey won an Exhibition in Politics Philosophy and Economics PPE at Magdalen College Oxford in 1968 and graduated with a First Class degree winning the University Gibbs Prize in Politics in 1969 He went on to become a political adviser to Anthony Crosland in Opposition and an adviser to 10 Downing Street He has worked as a journalist for a variety of different publications including the Sunday Times Sunday Correspondent The Times The Guardian and The Economist From 1982 to 1983 he was Chairman of the Fabian Society and from 1970 to 1972 Secretary of the Streatham Labour Party David Lipsey was awarded a Special Orwell Prize in 1997 for his work as Bagehot in The Economist 3 Lipsey has held numerous senior posts in public life As well as his economic and social interests he chairs the All Party Parliamentary group on Classical Music from 2011 is a patron of the Glasbury Arts Festival a trustee of the Cambrian Orchestra Trust and chairman of the Sidney Nolan Trust from 2011 as well as being a trustee of other arts organisations 4 Lipsey was created a Life peer as Baron Lipsey of Tooting Bec in the London Borough of Wandsworth on 30 July 1999 5 He sits on the Labour benches in the House of Lords His sporting interests have included harness racing and presidency of the British Harness Racing Club 2008 to 2016 as well as chairmanship of the British Greyhound Racing Board now the Greyhound Board of Great Britain from 2004 to 2009 4 References edit Online autobiography Archived from the original on 13 April 2019 Retrieved 5 January 2019 Lipsey David 2012 In the Corridors of Power An Autobiography London Biteback Publishing ISBN 9781849544290 Retrieved 6 August 2019 Lord Lipsey The Orwell Prize www theorwellprize co uk Retrieved 1 February 2017 a b Lord Lipsey UK Parliament Retrieved 1 February 2017 No 55572 The London Gazette 4 August 1999 p 8409 Sources edithttp biographies parliament uk parliament default asp id 26939 1 http lordsoftheblog wordpress com the authors https www telegraph co uk news uknews 1351595 Life in the Lords is too tough says Labour peer html Catalogue of the Lipsey papers held at LSE ArchivesParty political officesPreceded byShirley Williams Chair of the Fabian Society1981 1982 Succeeded byStella MeldramOrders of precedence in the United KingdomPreceded byThe Lord Filkin GentlemenBaron Lipsey Followed byThe Lord Sharman nbsp This article about a British journalist is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This biography of a life peer is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title David Lipsey Baron Lipsey amp oldid 1176778563, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
