Simon Jenkins is the author of England's Thousand Best Churches and Thousand Best Houses, as well as books on politics and the buildings of London and Wales. His Short History of England remains a bestseller. Currently a columnist for the Guardian, he has edited The Times and the Evening Standard and also worked on The Economist and the Sunday Times. He was deputy chairman of England Heritage and chairman of the National Trust. He chaired the revision of the Pevsner guides from 1994 to 2011 and is now a trustee of the Churches Conservation Trust.
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