Stephen F. Kelly is an English author and broadcaster, born in Liverpool, England in June 1946 and educated at Park High Grammar School for Boys Birkenhead.
His trade union activities at Cammell Laird where he led an apprentices' strike honed an interest in left-wing politics.
As a result, he was awarded the David Kitson scholarship from his union DATA to study at Ruskin College, Oxford.
After Ruskin he spent three years studying government at the London School of Economics, where he received a B.SC(econ) degree.
[3] Has written for many newspapers and journals including The Guardian, The Times, The Independent, The Scotsman, Scotland On Sunday, Private Eye.
He has been a judge for the Royal Television Society and is a former Visiting Professor in History at Manchester Metropolitan University.