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Kelvin Calder MacKenzie (born 22 October 1946) is an English media executive and a former newspaper editor.He became editor of The Sun in 1981, by which time the publication had been established as Britain's largest circulation newspaper.
Free Lunch is a Junior Library Guild selection [2] and was generally well-received, including starred reviews from Kirkus Reviews, [3] Publishers Weekly, [4] and School Library Journal. [5] Kirkus Reviews called the book "A mighty portrait of poverty amid cruelty and optimism."
When it became clear that the tide of public opinion had turned against the paper's line, MacKenzie would burst from his office shouting "Reverse ferret!" [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The phrase moved into general usage after it became a catchphrase in Private Eye magazine, initially in its 'Street of Shame' section but which quickly spread throughout its ...
MacKenzie claimed the same critics were people who, if they ever had a "popular idea", would have to "go and lie down in a dark room for half an hour". Both have pointed to the huge commercial success of the Sun during that period, and its establishment as Britain's top-selling newspaper, claiming that they are "giving the public what they want".
Journalist and academic Chris Horrie argued that The Sun gave less attention to the Merseyside teams Everton and Liverpool than other football teams, giving as an example its coverage of the 1986 FA Cup Final between the pair, which it nicknamed "The Giro Cup" (in reference to a slang term for welfare), and its relatively scanty mention of a 9–0 win by Liverpool against Crystal Palace.
First edition (publ. Tor Books) Cover art by Stephan Martiniere. The Free Lunch is a 2001 novel by Spider Robinson. The title is a reference to the adage "There ain't no such thing as a free lunch", popularized by science fiction writer Robert A. Heinlein in his 1966 novel The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress. [1] [2]
That Evening Sun" is a short story by the American author William Faulkner, published in 1931 in the collection These 13, which included Faulkner's most anthologized story, "A Rose for Emily". The story was originally published, in a slightly different form, as "That Evening Sun Go Down" in The American Mercury in March of the same year.
Ashley MacKenzie is the son of Kelvin MacKenzie. [1] Ashley worked as sales director at Talksport when Kelvin was in charge of the station. In July 2014 it was announced that Base79 was being sold to Rightster , with Ashley MacKenzie earning £7 million from the deal.