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Nigel Williamson (born 1954) is a British journalist.
Educated atUniversity College London, Williamson worked as a reporter onTribune (1982–84) and was then briefly its literary editor (1984) before becoming editor (1984–87) as successor toChris Mullin. Just before the1987 general election he was hired as the editor of theLabour Party's members' magazineLabour Party News (1987–89), to which he added the editorship of the party's monthlyNew Socialist (1987–89) replacingStuart Weir. He also served as a press officer to Labour leaderNeil Kinnock during the 1987 general election.
In 1989 Williamson joinedThe Times as a political correspondent with a twice weekly column on the op-ed page. He became diary editor (1990–92), then home news editor (1992–95) and Whitehall correspondent (1995–96). He went freelance in 1996 to become a music critic, celebrity interviewer and obituarist for The Times. He writes on pop and world music for a variety of publications and was a contributing editor to the magazinesUncut andBillboard. He is also a contributing editor ofSonglines magazine. He has written several books, includingJourney Through The Past: The Stories Behind The Classic Songs OfNeil Young,The Rough Guide toBob Dylan,The Rough Guide toLed Zeppelin,The Rough Guide to The Best Music You've Never Heard andThe Rough Guide to theBlues,[1]The Straight Ahead Guide to Bob Dylan andThe Straight Ahead Guide toLed Zeppelin.
Williamson is also a member ofKent County Cricket Club. He expressed his concern over Kent's logo rebrand in 2010, calling it "banal and meaningless".[2] In 2011, Williamson and fellow member Graham Holland started a campaign for more open and accountable management of Kent County Cricket Club and for the club's first contested committee election since 2008.[3]
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