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Which school?

Which St. Paul's School did Mr. Simpson attend? The current link points to a disambiguation page. Is it St Paul's School (London) or St. Paul's School, Winchmore Hill? — ERcheck (talk) 01:04, 21 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It seems to be St Paul's School (London), because that is a famous independent school, whereas St. Paul's School, Winchmore Hill is neither famous nor independent. Coyets 13:28, 19 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

High points

What about the story about when he met Osama bin Laden? Fainites ^barley 23:48, 18 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sources

The article lacks them. Jayen 466 15:23, 24 September 2008 (UTC) Much of the article seems to have been written by Simpson himself. I have removed some spamming. Simpson is the main person who would know about the exploits of his ancestors. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.170.47.200 (talk) 11:16, 1 September 2009 (UTC) We even get a great grandfather. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.170.47.200 (talk) 11:24, 1 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The great-grand-father is still in the links. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.150.246.90 (talk) 10:58, 6 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Irish citizenshp

He appears to have Irish citizenship by descent ie from grandmother, but has the category for Irish citizenship by naturalisation not descent Hugo999 (talk) 03:55, 22 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Reverting 2 ancient edits

On 1 Sep 06 Simpson's birthplace was changed from London to Lancs by an anonymous editor, and on 19 Oct 08, the Buffalo Bill stuff that follows was added by another. Neither was sourced so I'm reverting both. Rothorpe (talk) 02:05, 1 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Simpson in The Sun

The front page story today attempts to drag Simpson into the Jimmy Savile controversy.[1]--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 06:45, 17 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Nationality (Nationalities)

He holds an Irish passport, which makes him a dual citizen. Ought this be stated in the lead, rather than further down? Hanoi Road (talk) 23:56, 5 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Gay father and bad boss

Throughout his life, the journalist had believed his father had enjoyed a string of girlfriends — and even suspected a one-night stand with Zsa Zsa Gabor, The story of Simpson’s life with his father Roy, an eccentric property dealer supposedly appeared in Like an Evening Gone, Simpson’s first personal memoir? source: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/john-simpson-reveals-his-shock-over-gay-father- I could not find book but there is this: https://www.lovereading.co.uk/book/744/Days-From-A-Different-World-by-John-Simpson.html Also the James Harding affair could be mentioned: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/londoners-diary/the-londoner-john-simpson-s-novel-revenge-on-bbc-a3992066.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5669971/John-Simpson-claims-nearly-forced-BBC-boss-tried-slash-pay.html--Wool Bridge (talk) 18:33, 13 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

"He has spent all his working life with the BBC"

Surely not his whole life? Blackjackrobo (talk) 08:54, 6 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

As far as I can see, this is correct. He joined the BBC as a trainee straight after Cambridge University and has worked there ever since.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 10:24, 6 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]