автор: Desmond Hawkins

Desmond Hawkins (1908-1999) was an author, editor, and radio personality, and a member of original War Report production team at the BBC. A passionate naturalist, he also started the BBC department that became the world-famous Natural History Unit. John Simpson is the BBC»s World Affairs editor. In a career spanning 50 years, he has reported on major world events from all corners of the globe, and was made a CBE in the Gulf War honours list in 1991. He has twice been the Royal Television Society»s Journalist of the Year, and has won three BAFTAs and an Emmy for his reporting.