James Kinlay (17 October 1926 – 8 June 2010) was a Scottish journalist and assistant editor of the Sunday Express, where for thirty years he was the right-hand man of the late editor in chief John Junor.
As features editor he worked with celebrated cartoonists
Carl Giles and
Michael Cummings and interviewed many of the leading political figures of the day, including
Reginald Maudling,
Alec Douglas-Home and
Harold Wilson.
Born in
Glasgow, he studied classics at
Glasgow University before emigrating with his new wife, Elizabeth, to
Kenya in the early 1950s to begin his career in journalism on the Nairobi Times. His five children include hedge fund manager
Jonathan Kinlay and the actress
Antonia Kinlay is one of five grandchildren.
James Kinlay (17 October 1926 – 8 June 2010) was a Scottish journalist and assistant editor of the Sunday Express, where for thirty years he was the right-hand man of the late editor in chief John Junor.
As features editor he worked with celebrated cartoonists
Carl Giles and
Michael Cummings and interviewed many of the leading political figures of the day, including
Reginald Maudling,
Alec Douglas-Home and
Harold Wilson.
Born in
Glasgow, he studied classics at
Glasgow University before emigrating with his new wife, Elizabeth, to
Kenya in the early 1950s to begin his career in journalism on the Nairobi Times. His five children include hedge fund manager
Jonathan Kinlay and the actress
Antonia Kinlay is one of five grandchildren.