gay marriage, brexit, the windrush scandal, and the black lives matter movement. gary left as a full time journalism at the guardian in 2020 to become professor of sociology at the university of manchester. although he continues to write articles for various publications and books. his new one is a collection of his journalism called dispatches from the diaspora. gary younge, welcome to the media show. let s go back to some of where it all began. you studied french and russian at heriot watt university in edinburgh, and then in your final year you received a scott trust bursary from the guardian to study journalism. and i think you were quite clear at that point that you wanted to be a columnist. why? because i had been very politically involved and my entry into writing was partly because i d studied languages and studied to be an interpreter and i like to manipulate words, but it was also because i had been very involved politically, almost precociously, and that i thought
by the european union intended to normalise relations with kosovo. you re watching bbc news. now its time for the media show: writing a first draught of history. my guest today has covered some of the most defining stories of our time. gary younge briefly became part of nelson mandela s entourage, joined revellers as president obama was elected, and has covered much else too gay marriage, brexit, the windrush scandal, and the black lives matter movement. gary left as a full time journalism at the guardian in 2020 to become professor of sociology at the university of manchester. although he continues to write articles for various publications and books. his new one is a collection of his journalism called dispatches from the diaspora. gary younge, welcome to the media show. let s go back to some of where it all began. you studied french and russian at heriot watt university in edinburgh, and then in yourfinal year you received a scott trust bursary from the guardian to study
too joined as soon as possible. president erdogan said sweden still hadn t handed over people he called terrorists. now on bbc news the media show: writing a first draft of history. my my guest today has covered some of the most defining stories of our time stop gary younge briefly became part of nelson mandela s entourage, joined revellers as president obama was elected, and has covered mock els two, gay marriage, brexit, the windrush scandal, and the black lives matter. he left as a full time journalist to become professor of sociology at the university managers. although he continues write articles for various publications and books. his new one is a collection of his journalism called dispatches from the diaspora. gary younge, welcome to the media show. let s go back to some of where it all began. you studied french and russian in edinburgh, then in yourfinal year you received a scott trust bursary from the guardian to studyjournalism. i think you were quite clear at th
turmoil at the scottish national party as the chief executive and husband of party leader nicola sturgeon peter murrell resigns in a row over party membership. a dedicated father who took a photo of his son every day for the first 21 years of his life, says it s been a joy to capture his child growing up. ian mcleod, from harrogate, wanted to make sure he didn t forget a moment of cory s childhood, so picked up his camera and started snapping. now cory, who s aged 30, has taken over photo duties and is continuing the project. what if i took his photo every day? it would be pretty cool to see birth until death, sol it would be pretty cool to see birth until death, so i think i m going to keep until death, so i think i m going to keep going until death, so i think i m going to keep going until the end. | until death, so i think i m going to keep going until the end. i had until death, so i think i m going to keep going until the end.- keep going until the end. i had to make