Amol Rajan He was state school educated at Graveney School, then a comprehensive, and read English at Downing College, Cambridge, where he contributed to "Varsity". He was Editor of the student newspaper for a term in 2005. At the age of 18, Rajan worked in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) for one year during his gap year. Rajan was the secondary presenter on "The Wright Stuff", the daytime talk show on the Five network, during its 2006-7 series. He was also a researcher on the programme. He joined "The Independent" newspaper in August 2007, where he was over the next few
The Sportsman (2006 newspaper) The Sportsman (2006 newspaper) The Sportsman was a daily published in the United Kingdom for seven months during 2006. It was launched on 22 March and intended to complement Dennis Publishing's gambling magazine, "Total Gambler". It was the brainchild of editor-in-chief Charlie Methven, and the UK's first new national daily newspaper since the launch of the "Daily Sport" in 1991. It claimed to be a one-stop shop for the modern punter, offering news, views and tips on sport, racing and anything else bookmakers give odds on. Sales reached 22,333 in May, some way short of its target break-even figure of