The Spectator the ladder to high office in the Conservative Party in the United Kingdom. Past editors include Boris Johnson (1999–2005) and other former cabinet members Iain Macleod, Ian Gilmour, and Nigel Lawson. In late 2008, "Spectator Australia" was launched; the current editor is Rowan Dean. This offers 12 pages of "Unique Australian Content" (including a separate editorial page) in addition to the full UK contents. Readership of "The Spectator Australia" was revealed through a court case as being 3,000. "The Spectator"s founding editor, the Dundonian reformer Robert Stephen Rintoul, launched the paper in July 1828 with a first issue for the
David Rintoul Boggart and the Monster" (2013) written by Susan Cooper. In 2016 Rintoul narrated Philippe Sands' "East West Street - the Origins of "Genocide" and "Crimes Against Humanity"". Rintoul is married to actress Vivien Heilbron. A friend and University of Edinburgh classmate of Ian Charleson, Rintoul contributed a chapter to the 1990 book, "For Ian Charleson: A Tribute". His brother, Dougie Wilson, is stage manager and £250,000 winner on "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire". His sister Dorothy is married to the artist Alain Senez. David Rintoul David Rintoul (born David Wilson; 29 November 1948) is a Scottish stage and television