Tim Heald
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Tim Heald is a British
author, biographer, journalist and public speaker.
Heald was born in Dorchester, Dorset, England, and educated at Sherborne School
, Dorset and Balliol College, Oxford
, receiving an MA in Modern History.
He has published over thirty books, including official biographies of HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
(The Duke - A Portrait of Prince Philip (1991), Hodder & Stoughton), and HRH Princess Margaret (Princess Margaret - A Life Unravelled (2007), Orion Books).
Heald is also known for his mystery novels featuring Simon Bognor, special investigator, (10 titles), serialised by Thames TV. More recently, creator of Dr Tudor Cornwall in a new crime trilogy published by Robert Hale Ltd - Death and the Visiting Fellow (2004), Death and the D'Urbervilles (2005), A Death on the Ocean Wave (2007). He recently returned to the newly knighted Simon Bognor and has published two new novels "Death in the Opening Chapter" and "Poison at the Pueblo" with Creme de la Crime/ Severn House. He is working on more.
As a journalist, Tim Heald has written for Punch
, The Spectator
, The Sunday Times
(Atticus column), Daily Express
(feature writer 1967-72), The Times
, The Daily Telegraph
, and is a freelance travel writer. In the autumn of 2009 he started writing a "Royal Blog" for the Daily Telegraph's web-site and was appointed Royal Correspondent by the new editor of "The Lady", Rachel Johnson.
As a speaker, he is a regular guest on the on Cunard
cruise ships QE2
, Caronia
.
He was the Author of Village Cricket (pub Little Brown, 2004), on which a Carlton TV series was based.
Tim Heald lived in Fowey
, Cornwall
. for fifteen years but recently moved to South Somerset where his mother was born and his father is buried.
United Kingdom
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author, biographer, journalist and public speaker.
Heald was born in Dorchester, Dorset, England, and educated at Sherborne School
Sherborne School
Sherborne School is a British independent school for boys, located in the town of Sherborne in north-west Dorset, England. It is one of the original member schools of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference....
, Dorset and Balliol College, Oxford
Balliol College, Oxford
Balliol College , founded in 1263, is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England but founded by a family with strong Scottish connections....
, receiving an MA in Modern History.
He has published over thirty books, including official biographies of HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh is the husband of Elizabeth II. He is the United Kingdom's longest-serving consort and the oldest serving spouse of a reigning British monarch....
(The Duke - A Portrait of Prince Philip (1991), Hodder & Stoughton), and HRH Princess Margaret (Princess Margaret - A Life Unravelled (2007), Orion Books).
Heald is also known for his mystery novels featuring Simon Bognor, special investigator, (10 titles), serialised by Thames TV. More recently, creator of Dr Tudor Cornwall in a new crime trilogy published by Robert Hale Ltd - Death and the Visiting Fellow (2004), Death and the D'Urbervilles (2005), A Death on the Ocean Wave (2007). He recently returned to the newly knighted Simon Bognor and has published two new novels "Death in the Opening Chapter" and "Poison at the Pueblo" with Creme de la Crime/ Severn House. He is working on more.
As a journalist, Tim Heald has written for Punch
Punch (magazine)
Punch, or the London Charivari was a British weekly magazine of humour and satire established in 1841 by Henry Mayhew and engraver Ebenezer Landells. Historically, it was most influential in the 1840s and 50s, when it helped to coin the term "cartoon" in its modern sense as a humorous illustration...
, The Spectator
The Spectator
The Spectator is a weekly British magazine first published on 6 July 1828. It is currently owned by David and Frederick Barclay, who also owns The Daily Telegraph. Its principal subject areas are politics and culture...
, The Sunday Times
The Sunday Times
The Sunday Times is a British Sunday newspaper.The Sunday Times may also refer to:*The Sunday Times *The Sunday Times *The Sunday Times *The Sunday Times...
(Atticus column), Daily Express
Daily Express
The Daily Express switched from broadsheet to tabloid in 1977 and was bought by the construction company Trafalgar House in the same year. Its publishing company, Beaverbrook Newspapers, was renamed Express Newspapers...
(feature writer 1967-72), The Times
The Times
The Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register . The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary since 1981 of News International...
, The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph is a daily morning broadsheet newspaper distributed throughout the United Kingdom and internationally. The newspaper was founded by Arthur B...
, and is a freelance travel writer. In the autumn of 2009 he started writing a "Royal Blog" for the Daily Telegraph's web-site and was appointed Royal Correspondent by the new editor of "The Lady", Rachel Johnson.
As a speaker, he is a regular guest on the on Cunard
Cunard Line
Cunard Line is a British-American owned shipping company based at Carnival House in Southampton, England and operated by Carnival UK. It has been a leading operator of passenger ships on the North Atlantic for over a century...
cruise ships QE2
RMS Queen Elizabeth 2
Queen Elizabeth 2, often referred to simply as the QE2, is an ocean liner that was operated by Cunard from 1969 to 2008. Following her retirement from cruising, she is now owned by Istithmar...
, Caronia
Caronia
Caronia is a town and comune on the north coast of Sicily, in the province of Messina, about half way between Tyndaris and Cephaloedium...
.
He was the Author of Village Cricket (pub Little Brown, 2004), on which a Carlton TV series was based.
Tim Heald lived in Fowey
Fowey
Fowey is a small town, civil parish and cargo port at the mouth of the River Fowey in south Cornwall, United Kingdom. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 2,273.-Early history:...
, Cornwall
Cornwall
Cornwall is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England, within the United Kingdom. It is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of , and covers an area of...
. for fifteen years but recently moved to South Somerset where his mother was born and his father is buried.