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Appearing on television discussion programme After Dark in 1987

Charles Neal Ascherson (born October 5, 1932), is a Scottish journalist.

He was born in Edinburgh and educated at Eton and King's College, Cambridge, where he read history. He was described by the historian, Eric Hobsbawm, as "perhaps the most brilliant student I ever had. I didn't really teach him much, I just let him get on with it." ^[1]

After graduating with a starred First,^[2] he declined offers to pursue an academic career. Instead, he chose a career in journalism, first at the Manchester Guardian and then at The Scotsman (1959-1960), The Observer (1960-1990) and the Independent on Sunday (1990-1998). He contributed scripts for the 1974 documentary series World at War and the 1998 series The Cold War. In recent years, he has also been a regular contributor to the London Review of Books.

He has lectured and written extensively about Polish and Eastern Europe affairs.^[3]^[4]

As of 2008^[update] Ascherson is a Visiting Professor at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London.^[5] He has been editor of Public Archaeology, an academic journal associated with UCL devoted to CRM and public archaeology issues and developments, since its inception in 1999.^[6]

In 1991 Ascherson was awarded an honorary degree from the Open University as Doctor of the University.^{[citation needed]}

Neal Ascherson is married to fellow journalist, Isabel Hilton. They currently live in London with their two children, Iona and Alexander.

[edit] Bibliography

The King Incorporated. 1963. ISBN 1-86207-290-6.
The Polish August : the self-limiting revolution. 1981. ISBN 0-670-56305-6.
The Book of Lech Wałęsa. 1982. ISBN 0-671-45684-9.
(1983) The Spanish Civil War (Granada Television serial script)
The Nazi Legacy. 1984. ISBN 0-03-069303-9. with Magnus Linklater and Isabel Hilton
The Struggles For Poland. 1987. ISBN 0-7181-2812-5.
Games With Shadows. 1988. ISBN 0-09-173019-8.
Black Sea. 1995. ISBN 0-8090-3043-8.
Stone Voices: the search for Scotland. 2002. ISBN 0-8090-8491-0.