E!Sharp
About E!Sharp
'E!Sharp, a magazine on the European Union, was launched in December 2001...The aim of the magazine is to humanise the EU’s activities and demystify its work...focus on the people who wield the real power in Europe make understanding how the EU works a pleasure, not a chore – hence the magazine’s appeal to businessmen and policy-makers alike' This is according to E!Sharp website
Founder and Publisher
Contributors to E!Sharp
Matthew d’Ancona is deputy editor and political columnist of The Sunday Telegraph. He also writes a weekly column for The Daily Telegraph.
Lionel Barber is editor of the Financial Times...he was US managing editor of the US edition and FT.com.
Michael Bruter is lecturer in European politics at the London School of Economics...and recently published Citizens of Europe? The Emergence of a Mass European Identity (Palgrave MacMillan, 2005).
Stephen Castle has been the Brussels correspondent of The Independent since 1998. Before that, he was political editor of The Independent on Sunday and worked in Westminster for nine years.
David Gow [is The Guardian’s European business editor]
Robin McKie has been science editor of The Observer since 1982. He is also the author of a number of books on genetics and human palaeontology. His most recent, Apeman: The Story of Human Evolution, is published by the BBC.
Geoff Meade is the European editor of PA News and has been covering European Union affairs in Brussels for more than 20 years. He is also well-known in Brussels as a columnist and comedy writer.
Anand Menon is professor of European politics and director of the European Research Institute, University of Birmingham, Britain’s largest academic centre for European studies. From 1996 to 2001, he was university lecturer in European politics, Oxford University.
Wolfgang Münchau is associate editor and a commentator on European economic and political affairs for the Financial Times, based in Brussels. He was previously co-editor of the Financial Times Deutschland.
David Rennie is the Europe correspondent of The Daily Telegraph, covering EU news and politics. He is based in Brussels. His previous postings with The Daily Telegraph included Sydney, Beijing and Washington DC.
Stephen Sackur recently returned to London to present ‘Hardtalk’ on BBC World and News 24 after three years as the BBC’s Europe correspondent based in Brussels. Before that, he was Washington correspondent for five years. He is also the author of On the Basra Road.
Arun Sarin is CEO of Vodafone Group plc, the world’s largest telecoms company. An Indian-born American citizen, he has worked in Europe for many years, in his current job and as President & COO of AirTouch, the US-based mobile company acquired by Vodafone in 1999.
Sarah Schaefer is director of the European Programme at the Foreign Policy Centre. The focus of her current research is on European economic reform, labour market structures and competitiveness. She previously worked as a political adviser to former Europe Minister Denis MacShane.
Conor Sweeney is the European editor of the Irish Independent, the largest circulation newspaper in Ireland, and has been based in Brussels for six years. Apart from writing, he also contributes frequently to television and radio debates.
Jenny Watson is chair of the Equal Opportunities Commission. She has almost 20 years’ experience of leading campaigns in the not-for-profit sector and has held senior roles at Charter88, Victim Support and the Human Rights Act Research Unit at King’s College.
Nicholas Watt was appointed European editor of The Guardian in 2004. Before that, he worked as a political correspondent for The Guardian and The Times at the House of Commons, mainly covering the Conservative Party.
Shirin Wheeler is a BBC Europe correspondent who has been reporting both on EU issues and Europe-wide stories for TV and radio since 1996. She currently presents a weekly programme on the work of the European Parliament.
Craig Winneker is international editor of TechCentralStation.com and a freelance writer based in Brussels, where he was previously deputy editor of European Voice. Before that, he was senior editor of Capital Style and managing editor of Roll Call in Washington.
