Hugh Arthur Stephenson (born 18 July 1938[1]) is a British journalist on The Times from 1968 to 1981, and the editor of the New Statesman from 1982 to 1986.
[2] The family returned to England in 1946, and his father joined the Foreign Office.
[2] Hugh Stephenson was educated at Winchester College, where he became joint-head boy.
For Patrick Hutber of The Sunday Telegraph, it was "as memorable a piece of television as is ever likely to be shown".
[6] Stephenson served as The Guardian's crossword editor for 27 years, until his retirement in February 2024.