Congratulations, Clive
13:22 UK time, Friday, 25 April 2008
Our own Clive James has won a prestigious journalism award for his body of work, including his weekly Point of View column for BBC Radio 4 and the Magazine.
James has received a special honour at the Orwell Prize for political journalism for his writing and broadcasting, a career which began in the UK in the early 1970s.
He has worked for the Listener, New Statesman, the Observer, the Spectator, the Times Literary Supplement, many BBC programmes on radio and television - and more recently, the news website.
As James explains in this interview with the Magazine, his love affair with the web began long ago and he has carved his own niche in cyberspace for his work.
Agree with his Point of View or not, Magazine readers seek out his column for its neat turns of phrase and vividly imagined scenarios.
"Clive James is a master, in the Orwell tradition, of the essay," says Jean Seaton, chair of the Orwell Prize. "Whether written or broadcast, his words are sharp but humane."
