Paul Routledge (/ˈraʊtlɛdʒ/ ROWT-lej; born 11 December 1943)[1] is an English political journalist.
[3] Born in Yorkshire, he is the son of a railway clerk, although most of his male relatives were miners.
[4] After an education at Normanton Grammar School and Nottingham University, where he read English, Routledge began his career in journalism on graduation.
In 1985, Routledge was the subject of much controversy in the British media after he engaged in a discussion on the miners' strike with Queen Elizabeth II, which is against convention of Royal visits.
[6] He gives an account of the conversation of 28 February 1985: He has written biographies of Gordon Brown, Peter Mandelson, Arthur Scargill and Airey Neave.