Magnus Linklater
columnist
Magnus Linklater is the former Scotland editor of The Times and has been a writer and editor for The Times in Scotland for the past 29 years. He was the editor of The Scotsman newspaper from 1988 to 1994, and the editor of The London Daily News from 1986 to 1987. He won a Lifetime Achievement Award from The Scottish Daily Newspaper Society. Magnus is the author of several books, and has honorary degrees from the universities of Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen. He's the former chairman of the Scottish Arts Council and a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. He was appointed CBE in 2013.