David McKie (born 1935) is a British journalist and historian .
He was deputy editor of The Guardian and continued to write a weekly column for that paper until 4 October 2007, called "Elsewhere" and with the byline Smallweed. Until 10 September 2005, he also wrote a second weekly column, under the pseudonym "Smallweed" (and occasionally under anagrams, such as "Dame Wells", and "Lee Laws MD"). He continues to contribute to the paper on an occasional basis, including a piece about his premature death being falsely reported in this article.[ 1]
His book Jabez: The Rise and Fall of a Victorian Scoundrel , a biography of the Victorian era politician and swindler Jabez Balfour , was shortlisted for the Saga Award for Wit, also known as the Silver Booker, as well as the Whitbread Book Award for biography .[ 2] Great British Bus Journeys was shortlisted for a Dolman Best Travel Book Award in 2007.
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Works Election '70 , Panther (1970) ISBN 0-586033890
Decade of Disillusion: Britain in the Sixties , Palgrave Macmillan (1972) ISBN 0-333130642
Sadly Mismanaged Affair: Politics of the Third London Airport , Croom Helm (1973) ISBN 0-856640964
The 'Guardian' - Quartet Election Guide , Quartet Books (1974) ISBN 0-704311895
The Election: A Voter's Guide , Fourth Estate (1992) ISBN 1-857020413
"Guardian" Political Almanac (1993) ISBN 1-857021576
"The Guardian" Political Almanac 1994/5 (1994) ISBN 1-857022408
Media Coverage of Parliament , Hansard Society for Parliamentary Government (1999) ISBN 0-900432500
The "Guardian" Year , Atlantic Books (2002) ISBN 1-843540150
Jabez: The Rise and Fall of a Victorian Scoundrel , Atlantic Books (2004) ISBN 978-1843541301
Great British Bus Journeys: Travels Through Unfamous Places , Atlantic Books (2006) ISBN 978-1843541325
McKie's Gazetteer: A Local History of Britain , Atlantic Books (2008) ISBN 978-1843546542
Bright Particular Stars: A Gallery of Glorious British Eccentrics , Atlantic Books (2011) ISBN 978-1848872486
What's in a Surname , Cornerstone (2013) ISBN 978-1847946942
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