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English journalist (born 1958)

Martin Paul Ivens (born 29 August 1958)^{[citation needed]} is an English journalist and editor of The Times Literary Supplement.^[1][2] He is a former editor of The Sunday Times.^[3]

Early life

Ivens was born in Hampstead in North London in 1958.^[4] He is the son of Michael Ivens, a former director of the right wing pressure group Aims of Industry.^[5] Ivens was educated at Finchley Catholic High School in Finchley in north London,^[6] and St Peter's College, Oxford.^[7]

Career

Ivens worked for The Sunday Telegraph under Peregrine Worsthorne, then moved to News International and was appointed deputy editor of The Sunday Times in 1996.^{[8][9][failed verification]} His political column for the paper began in September 2007.^[10]

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