Max Hastings

Sir Max Hastings
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Hastings in 2013
Born
Max Hugh Macdonald Hastings

(1945-12-28) 28 December 1945 (age 78)
Lambeth, London, England
EducationUniversity College, Oxford
Occupation(s)Journalist, editor, author
Employers
Spouses
  • Patricia Edmondson
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    (m. 1972; div. 1994)​
  • Penelope Levinson
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    (m. 1999)​
Children3
Parents
RelativesClare Hastings (sister)

Sir Max Hugh Macdonald Hastings (/ˈheɪstɪŋz/; born 28 December 1945)[1] is a British journalist and military historian,[2] who has worked as a foreign correspondent for the BBC, editor-in-chief of The Daily Telegraph, and editor of the Evening Standard. He is also the author of thirty books, most significantly histories, which have won several major awards. Hastings currently writes a bimonthly column for Bloomberg Opinion and contributes to The Times and The Sunday Times.

  1. ^ "Hastings, Sir Max (Macdonald), (born 28 Dec. 1945), author and journalist". Who's Who. Oxford University Press. 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U19444. ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4. Retrieved 24 October 2021. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  2. ^ "Max Hastings", The Times