Four years after the death of Sir Harry Evans we publish an extract from one of his final interviews.

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Investigative journalists will assemble for the Sir Harry Summit in May.

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Hundreds of journalists and others touched by the life of Sir Harold Evans gathered at Mansion House in London on Thursday night at a memorial event to celebrate his life – but it was left to a historian to explain why the job he did matters and what we all should do now he has …

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Sir Harold Evans was physically a diminutive figure – but through his journalism, books and comments about the trade he had a giant influence over generations of journalists. Many have shared their thoughts about the impact Sir Harry has had on them since his death from heart failure aged 92 was announced this morning. Former …

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Two photographs from news agency Reuters have been singled out by former Sunday Times editor Sir Harold Evans for “pushing the boundaries of photojournalism”. In an article for Columbia Journalism Review, Evans said: “Together they [the two photographs] rebut the idea that the still image deludes the mind and deadens the emotions.” The two photographs …

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Mark Zuckerberg and his key Facebook operatives should be called to a US Senate inquiry in the US and a Select Committee in the UK. Drip by drip come revelations about how Russian intelligence agents, pretending to be Americans,  bought ads on Facebook to pollute the 2016  presidential campaign. But we know only what very …

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A new guide to better writing produced by editor extraordinaire Sir Harold Evans should be required reading for all journalists, writes Dominic Ponsford. Do I Make Myself Clear is packed with gems culled from his 70-plus years as a wordsmith. It is a virtual boot camp for writers which should help them produce prose which is …

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It would be “dangerous” for ministers to tell the press what is acceptable to print, Lord Chancellor Liz Truss said today. Truss (pictured), who is also Justice Secretary, was responding to concerns that judges in the High Court case ruling on who had the final say on triggering Article 50 and the UK’s exit from …

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Former Sunday Times editor Sir Harold Evans has outlined in more detail why he supports Royal Charter-backed press regulator Impress. He has also said he supports Section 40 of the Crime and Courts Act, the law which says publishers who aren’t signed up to a Royal Charter-backed press regulator should pay both sides’ costs in …

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Former Sunday Times editor Sir Harold Evans has branded Facebook and Google “disgraceful” for their failure to tackle the spread of the fake news stories which have acted as political propaganda. And he has said he remains supportive of Section 40 of the Crime and Courts Act being enacted. This would impose punitive costs in …

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