Amol Rajan Amol Rajan Amol Rajan (born 4 July 1983) is the BBC's Media Editor, having taken up the role in December 2016. Rajan was formerly editor of "The Independent" newspaper from June 2013. When "The Independent" announced it was dropping the print edition in February 2016, and continuing as only an online operation, Rajan was retained for a period as "editor-at-large". Rajan was born in Calcutta, India; he was three when his family moved to England, and he was raised in Tooting, south London. The son of Hindu parents, he has not believed in any god since the age of 15.
Larry Lamb (newspaper editor) Larry Lamb (newspaper editor) Sir Albert Lamb (15 July 1929 – 19 May 2000), commonly known as Larry Lamb, was a British newspaper editor. He introduced the "Page 3" feature to "The Sun" (for which he was editor from 1969 to 1972, and then again from 1975 to 1981), which saw a dramatic increase in sale in the 1970s. He also applied the term 'Winter of Discontent' to the series of strikes over the winter of 1978–79. In 1985, during his time as editor of the "Daily Express", Lamb declared that the unconditional release of Nelson Mandela, imprisoned ANC leader