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Peter Wallis was co-founder of management consultancy [[SRU]] with [[Dennis Stevenson]]<ref>Peter York, [http://www.friezefoundation.org/biography/profile/peter_york/ Biography], ''The Frieze Foundation'', Accessed 07-August-2009</ref>. Wallis was appointed Chairman of the [[Department of Trade and Industry]] Committee in 1994. The committee was set up to examine the future of leisure in the UK as part of the [[British Government]]'s 'Foresight' initiative. [[Peter Mandelson]] worked as a consultant to SRU between 1990 and 1992.
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Peter Wallis aka [[Peter York]] is a “Style Guru, Author, Presenter, Management Consultant”<ref>Peter York (Wallis), [http://www.capelland.com/pages/broadcasters/index.asp?CID=156 Broadcasters], ''Capel & Land'', Accessed 08-August-2009</ref> with links to government and major corporations. Alongside businessman and political networker [[Dennis Stevenson]] Wallis was co-founder of management consultancy [[SRU]] where [[Peter Mandelson]] worked as a consultant between 1990 and 1992<ref>Peter York, [http://www.friezefoundation.org/biography/profile/peter_york/ Biography], ''The Frieze Foundation'', Accessed 07-August-2009</ref>.  
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He was appointed Chairman of the [[Department of Trade and Industry]] Committee examining the future of leisure in the UK as part of the British Government’s ‘Foresight’ initiative in 1994.<ref>Peter York (Wallis), [http://www.capelland.com/pages/broadcasters/index.asp?CID=156 Broadcasters], ''Capel & Land'', Accessed 08-August-2009</ref>. Wallis was also chairman of media consultants [[Hydra Associates]] between 1987 and 1999<ref>Peter York (Wallis), [http://www.capelland.com/pages/broadcasters/index.asp?CID=156 Broadcasters], ''Capel & Land'', Accessed 08-August-2009</ref>. Blairite politician [[James Purnell]] worked as a strategy consultant for [[Hydra Associates]] between 1992 and 1994<ref>Politics, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/jamespurnell James Purnell], ''The Guardian'', Accessed 13-August-2009</ref>.
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According to his biography on Broadcasting firm Capel & Land:
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:"He has very considerable experience of ‘elite’ and up-market products and their branding communication strategies, from Dunhill to Waterford and including [[Harpers & Queen]], World of Interiors, [[The Economist]], [[The Financial Times]], Jaegar, Tiffany, Mont Blanc, Liberty and private banker Coutts & Co".
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He is also listed by Capel & Land as having a range of experince in the financial services sector<ref>Peter York (Wallis), [http://www.capelland.com/pages/broadcasters/index.asp?CID=156 Broadcasters], ''Capel & Land'', Accessed 08-August-2009</ref>.
  
  
 
==Peter York==
 
==Peter York==
  
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Wallis is also well-known as Peter York, the writer, author and broadcaster on social styles and trends. He is a columnist for [[The Independent on Sunday]], [[Management Today]] and [[GQ]].  
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Peter Wallis has featured more in the public eye under his pseudonym Peter York. York achieved fame in 1982 by co-writing the Official Sloane Ranger Handbook with Ann Barr. He was the style editor of [[Harpers & Queen]] for 10 years and financed [[The Modern Review]]. He is also a columnist for [[The Independent on Sunday]], [[GQ]] magazine and [[Management Today]].
  
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==Peter York==
 
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It is under his pseudonym Peter York that Wallis has made his most high-profile offerings, from writing the ''Sloane Ranger Handbook'' and being Style Editor of ''Harpers & Queen'' for 10 years, to financing ''[[Modern Review (London)|The Modern Review]]''.
 
  
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Emulating his hero, the American journalist  [[Tom Wolfe]], Peter published a series of essays in social and cultural observation in the magazine ''[[Harpers & Queen]]'' during the late 1970s. Written in the style of Wolfe's [[new journalism]], these were collected in the book ''Style Wars'' (1980). Following the enormous success of [[The Official Sloane Ranger Handbook]] (1982), itself an extension of such social observation, Peter became a sought-after media commentator on English social trends and traits. A further collection of essays, ''Modern Times'', was published in 1984. ''Peter York's Eighties'' (1995), co-authored with Charles Jennings, was both a book and a BBC television series.
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York is often found in the media providing social commentary on a range of issues. On the banking crisis he commented:
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:"People once thought just a few toffs and celebs earned this kind of money. They didn't realise it was a large class of previously invisible people, rich for no good reason."<ref>Polly Toynbee (Peter York quotation), [http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/mar/28/fred-goodwin-bonuses-protests A furious public demands political anger management], ''The Guardian'', 28-March-2009</ref>.
  
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''Dictators' Homes'' (2005), published in the US under the title ''Dictator Style: Lifestyles of the World's Most Colorful Despots'', explored the interior design favoured by dictators as a reflection of their despotic characters.
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==Affiliations==
  
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York wrote that "Rock and roll is the hamburger that ate the world." (The quote is from his essay 'Grey Hopes' (''Harpers and Queen'', 1978), collected in ''Style Wars'' (London, Sidwick and Jackson, 1980: p. 194)
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[[Department of Trade and Industry]] | [[Britain Abroad Task Force]] | [[Hydra Associates]] | [[SRU]] | [[Tate Gallery]] | [[MFI Plc]] | [[St. Marylebone Society]] | [[Dunhill]] | [[Waterford]] | [[Harpers & Queen]] | [[World of Interiors]] | [[The Economist]] | [[The Financial Times]] | [[Jaegar]] | [[Tiffany]] | [[Mont Blanc]] | [[Liberty]] | [[Coutts & Co]]
  
 
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* ''Dictators' Homes'' (2005)
 
* ''Dictators' Homes'' (2005)
 
* ''Cooler, Faster, More Expensive: the Return of the Sloane Ranger'' (2007), with Olivia Stewart-Liberty.
 
* ''Cooler, Faster, More Expensive: the Return of the Sloane Ranger'' (2007), with Olivia Stewart-Liberty.
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==Notes==
 
==Notes==
 
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Latest revision as of 14:48, 19 August 2009

Peter Wallis, AKA Peter York

Peter Wallis aka Peter York is a “Style Guru, Author, Presenter, Management Consultant”[1] with links to government and major corporations. Alongside businessman and political networker Dennis Stevenson Wallis was co-founder of management consultancy SRU where Peter Mandelson worked as a consultant between 1990 and 1992[2].

He was appointed Chairman of the Department of Trade and Industry Committee examining the future of leisure in the UK as part of the British Government’s ‘Foresight’ initiative in 1994.[3]. Wallis was also chairman of media consultants Hydra Associates between 1987 and 1999[4]. Blairite politician James Purnell worked as a strategy consultant for Hydra Associates between 1992 and 1994[5].

According to his biography on Broadcasting firm Capel & Land:

"He has very considerable experience of ‘elite’ and up-market products and their branding communication strategies, from Dunhill to Waterford and including Harpers & Queen, World of Interiors, The Economist, The Financial Times, Jaegar, Tiffany, Mont Blanc, Liberty and private banker Coutts & Co".

He is also listed by Capel & Land as having a range of experince in the financial services sector[6].


Peter York

Peter Wallis has featured more in the public eye under his pseudonym Peter York. York achieved fame in 1982 by co-writing the Official Sloane Ranger Handbook with Ann Barr. He was the style editor of Harpers & Queen for 10 years and financed The Modern Review. He is also a columnist for The Independent on Sunday, GQ magazine and Management Today.


York is often found in the media providing social commentary on a range of issues. On the banking crisis he commented:

"People once thought just a few toffs and celebs earned this kind of money. They didn't realise it was a large class of previously invisible people, rich for no good reason."[7].

Affiliations

Department of Trade and Industry | Britain Abroad Task Force | Hydra Associates | SRU | Tate Gallery | MFI Plc | St. Marylebone Society | Dunhill | Waterford | Harpers & Queen | World of Interiors | The Economist | The Financial Times | Jaegar | Tiffany | Mont Blanc | Liberty | Coutts & Co

Publications

  • Style Wars (1980)
  • The Official Sloane Ranger Handbook (1982)
  • Peter York's Eighties (1995), co-authored with Charles Jennings
  • Dictators' Homes (2005)
  • Cooler, Faster, More Expensive: the Return of the Sloane Ranger (2007), with Olivia Stewart-Liberty.

Notes

  1. ↑ Peter York (Wallis), Broadcasters, Capel & Land, Accessed 08-August-2009
  2. ↑ Peter York, Biography, The Frieze Foundation, Accessed 07-August-2009
  3. ↑ Peter York (Wallis), Broadcasters, Capel & Land, Accessed 08-August-2009
  4. ↑ Peter York (Wallis), Broadcasters, Capel & Land, Accessed 08-August-2009
  5. ↑ Politics, James Purnell, The Guardian, Accessed 13-August-2009
  6. ↑ Peter York (Wallis), Broadcasters, Capel & Land, Accessed 08-August-2009
  7. ↑ Polly Toynbee (Peter York quotation), A furious public demands political anger management, The Guardian, 28-March-2009
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