# Tim Stanley

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{{short description|British journalist and historian (born 1982)}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2014}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Tim Stanley
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| birth_name         = Timothy Randolph Stanley
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|1982|04|01|df=y}}
| birth_place        = [Sevenoaks](/source/Sevenoaks), Kent, England
| death_date         = 
| death_place        = 
| death_cause        = 
| education          = [The Judd School](/source/The_Judd_School)
| alma_mater         = [Trinity College, Cambridge](/source/Trinity_College%2C_Cambridge) <br>([BA](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts), [MPhil](/source/MPhil), [PhD](/source/PhD))
| occupation         = {{hlist|Writer|journalist|lecturer|broadcaster}}
| years_active       = 2006–present
| awards             = 
| website            = {{URL|http://www.timothystanley.co.uk}}
}}

'''Timothy Randolph Stanley''' (born 1 April 1982) is a British [journalist](/source/journalist), author and [historian](/source/historian).<ref>[https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/author/tim-stanley/ www.bloomsbury.com]</ref>

==Early life and education==
Educated at [The Judd School](/source/The_Judd_School), a [grammar school](/source/grammar_school) in [Tonbridge, Kent](/source/Tonbridge%2C_Kent),<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2016-10-11 |title=US political expert gives insight into election of next President |url=https://www.timeslocalnews.co.uk/tonbridge-news/us-political-expert-gives-insight-into-election-of-next-president/ |access-date=2024-10-28 |website=Times Local News {{!}} Times of Tunbridge Wells}}</ref> Stanley taught as a [gap student](/source/Gap_year) at [Solefield School, Sevenoaks](/source/List_of_schools_in_Kent),<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alumni {{!}} Solefield School |url=https://www.solefieldschool.org/alumni-old-boys |access-date=2024-10-28 |website=www.solefieldschool.org}}</ref> before reading [modern history](/source/modern_history) at [Trinity College, Cambridge](/source/Trinity_College%2C_Cambridge), where he graduated as [Bachelor of Arts](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts) (BA).<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Tim Stanley |url=https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/people/tim-stanley |access-date=2024-10-28 |website=podcasts.ox.ac.uk |date=28 September 2012 |language=en}}</ref>

Stanley then pursued [postgraduate studies](/source/postgraduate_studies) at the [Faculty of History](/source/Faculty_of_History%2C_University_of_Cambridge), [University of Cambridge](/source/University_of_Cambridge), completing a [Master of Philosophy](/source/Master_of_Philosophy) (MPhil) [degree](/source/Master's_degree), then taking a [doctorate of Philosophy](/source/doctorate_of_Philosophy) (PhD).<ref name=":0" /><ref name="thesis">{{cite thesis |last= Stanley |first= Timothy Randolph |date= |title= Jimmy Carter and the Democratic Party, 1977-1981 |degree= PhD |publisher= University of Cambridge |url= https://idiscover.lib.cam.ac.uk/permalink/44CAM_INST/1pu7bb6/alma99305914103606 |accessdate= 23 September 2025}}</ref>

Stanley was raised as a [Baptist](/source/Baptist).<ref name="tsromney">{{cite news|last=Stanley|first=Tim|title=Romney is finally ahead in national polls. Watch the liberals cry tears of unfathomable sadness|url=http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/timstanley/100184588/romney-is-finally-ahead-in-national-polls-watch-the-liberals-cry-tears-of-unfathomable-sadness|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012234532/http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/timstanley/100184588/romney-is-finally-ahead-in-national-polls-watch-the-liberals-cry-tears-of-unfathomable-sadness/|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 October 2012|access-date=30 October 2012|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=10 October 2012|location=London}}</ref> In 2002 he began to consider himself to be an [Anglican](/source/Anglican), and was [baptised as an Anglican](/source/Anglican_sacraments) at [Little St. Mary's, Cambridge](/source/Church_of_St_Mary_the_Less%2C_Cambridge), in New Year 2003. He subsequently aligned himself with the [Church of England](/source/Church_of_England)'s [Anglo-Catholic](/source/Anglo-Catholic) [wing](/source/High_church),<ref name=rowan>{{cite web |last=Stanley |first=Tim |title=Rowan Williams failed because his leadership was as schizophrenic as his church |url=http://timothystanley.co.uk/1/post/2012/03/rowan-williams-failed-because-his-leadership-was-a-schizophrenic-as-his-church.html |website=timstanley.co.uk |access-date=30 October 2012}}</ref> before being received into the [Catholic Church](/source/Catholic_Church), aged 23.<ref name=catholic>{{cite web |last=Stanley |first=Tim |title=The Catholic Church could do with a shot of Santorum's zeal |url=http://timothystanley.co.uk/1/post/2012/02/why-i-quite-like-rick-santorum-even-if-many-catholics-dont.html |website=timstanley.co.uk |access-date=30 October 2012}}</ref>

Stanley was active in student journalism at [Cambridge](/source/Cambridge_University) and contributing to student newspaper ''[Varsity](/source/Varsity_(Cambridge))''.

==Academic career==
Stanley held [lectureship](/source/lectureship)s at the [University of Sussex](/source/University_of_Sussex) (2008–09) and [Royal Holloway College](/source/Royal_Holloway_College), [London](/source/University_of_London) (2009–11) and, from 2011 to 2012, he became an associate member of the [Rothermere American Institute](/source/Rothermere_American_Institute) at the [University of Oxford](/source/University_of_Oxford), receiving a [Leverhulme Trust](/source/Leverhulme_Trust) [Grant](/source/Grant_(money)).<ref name="ht">{{cite news |last=Stanley |first=Tim |date=October 2011 |title=The Contrarian: History Predicts A Riot |url=http://www.historytoday.com/tim-stanley/contrarian-history-predicts-riot |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190907105543/https://www.historytoday.com/archive/contrarian/contrarian-history-predicts-riot |archive-date=2019-09-07 |access-date=30 October 2012 |newspaper=HistoryToday.com}}</ref>

In November 2011, Stanley organised a conference called ''History: What is it good for?'',<ref>{{cite web |title=TheFutureofHistory.org |url=http://www.thefutureofhistory.org/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120103042217/http://www.thefutureofhistory.org/ |archive-date=3 January 2012}}</ref> which generated some controversy after one of the speakers, [David Starkey](/source/David_Starkey), said that the national curriculum in British schools overlooks British culture.<ref name=starkey>{{cite news |title=David Starkey in new row over 'mono-culture' comments |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/8890624/David-Starkey-in-new-row-over-mono-culture-comments.html |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |location=London |date=15 November 2011 |access-date=30 October 2012}}</ref>

==Media==
Stanley is a [columnist](/source/columnist) with ''[The Daily Telegraph](/source/The_Daily_Telegraph)'' and also co-hosts its podcast ''The Daily T'' with [Camilla Tominey](/source/Camilla_Tominey). He has also been a regular contributor to [CNN](/source/CNN),<ref name=tblogs>{{cite news|title=Tim Stanley at Telegraph Blogs|url=http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/author/timstanley/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110416084730/http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/author/timstanley/|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 April 2011|publisher=[The Daily Telegraph](/source/The_Daily_Telegraph)|access-date=30 October 2012|location=London}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=On tour abroad, Trump does what Obama should have|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2017/05/23/opinions/on-tour-abroad-trump-does-what-obama-should-have-stanley/index.html |first=Timothy |last=Stanley |date=23 May 2017 |publisher=[CNN](/source/CNN)}}</ref> reporting on American politics and culture, including the 2016 and subsequent election campaigns. He contributes to ''[History Today](/source/History_Today)''<ref name=tsht>{{cite web|title=Tim Stanley at History Today|url=http://www.historytoday.com/author/tim-stanley|access-date=30 October 2012}}</ref> and ''[Literary Review](/source/Literary_Review)'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://literaryreview.co.uk/contributors/tim-stanley|title=Literary Review – For People Who Devour Books|website=[Literary Review](/source/Literary_Review)}}</ref> and has written pieces for ''[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian)''<ref name=tsguardian>{{cite news|title=Tim Stanley at The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/profile/timothy-stanley|work=[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian)|access-date=30 October 2012|location=London|date=23 February 2011}}</ref> and ''[The Spectator](/source/The_Spectator)''.<ref name=tsts>{{cite web|title=Tim Stanley at The Spectator|url=http://www.spectator.co.uk/author/tim-stanley/|work=[The Spectator](/source/The_Spectator)|access-date=30 October 2012}}</ref>

Stanley wrote and presented a documentary for the [BBC](/source/BBC) entitled ''Family Guys? What Sitcoms Say About America Now'', which was broadcast in October 2012.<ref name=cartoons>{{cite news |last=Stanley |first=Tim |title=What sitcoms say about American voters |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20067565 |publisher=[BBC News](/source/BBC_News_Online) |date=26 October 2012 |access-date=30 October 2012}}</ref> He is also an occasional pundit on [BBC News](/source/BBC_News_(British_TV_channel)), [CNBC](/source/CNBC), [Sky News](/source/Sky_News) and ''[Channel 4 News](/source/Channel_4_News)''.

He has presented BBC Radio 4's ''[Thought for the Day](/source/Thought_for_the_Day)'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p058dfly|title=BBC Radio 4 – Thought for the Day, Tim Stanley – 11/07/17|date=11 July 2017 |publisher=[BBC](/source/BBC)}}</ref> is a contributor on ''[The Moral Maze](/source/The_Moral_Maze)''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08yq2bn|title=BBC Radio 4 – Moral Maze, Morality and Gender Equality|publisher=BBC}}</ref> and has appeared several times on the panel of the BBC's ''[Question Time](/source/Question_Time_(TV_series))''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b073gmwl|title=BBC One – Question Time, 10/03/2016|publisher=BBC}}</ref> and ''[Politics Live](/source/Politics_Live)''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001906y|title=BBC Two – Politics Live, 05/07/2022|publisher=[BBC](/source/BBC)}}</ref>

==Politics==
Joining the [Labour Party](/source/Labour_Party_(UK)) at the age of 15,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://timothystanley.co.uk/|title=Home|website=timothystanley.co.uk}}</ref> Stanley was [chairman](/source/chairman) of [Cambridge University Labour Club](/source/Cambridge_University_Labour_Club) for 2003/04, and stood as the Labour candidate for his home [constituency](/source/constituency) of [Sevenoaks](/source/Sevenoaks_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) at the [2005 general election](/source/2005_United_Kingdom_general_election), coming third.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2006/jul/04/labour.uk |title=Gordon Brown take note |work=The Guardian |date=4 July 2006 |first=Tim |last=Stanley}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thetablet.co.uk/features/what-drew-tim-stanley-to-catholicism/ |title=What drew Tim Stanley to Catholicism |work=The Tablet |date=1 December 2021 |first=Peter |last=Stanford}}</ref> He has since distanced himself from [Labour](/source/Socialism),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timothystanley.co.uk/1/post/2012/09/ed-miliband-isnt-weird-hes-just-hollow.html|title=Tim Stanley, history and politics|last=Stanley|first=Timothy|date=|website=|publisher=|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160913221900/http://www.timothystanley.co.uk/1/post/2012/09/ed-miliband-isnt-weird-hes-just-hollow.html|archive-date=13 September 2016|access-date=2 February 2020}}</ref> and has argued in support of the [Republican Party](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)) in the United States.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/timstanley/100187943/dan-hodges-and-tim-stanley-debate-barack-obama-and-the-mendacity-of-hope/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109030209/http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/timstanley/100187943/dan-hodges-and-tim-stanley-debate-barack-obama-and-the-mendacity-of-hope/ | url-status=dead | archive-date=9 November 2012 | location=London | work=The Daily Telegraph | title=Dan Hodges and Tim Stanley debate: Barack Obama and the mendacity of hope | date=6 November 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/danhodges/100187919/dan-hodges-and-tim-stanley-debate-if-i-werent-a-godless-obamaniac-tim-might-have-got-me-backing-romney/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108144502/http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/danhodges/100187919/dan-hodges-and-tim-stanley-debate-if-i-werent-a-godless-obamaniac-tim-might-have-got-me-backing-romney/ | url-status=dead | archive-date=8 November 2012 | location=London | work=The Daily Telegraph | title=Dan Hodges and Tim Stanley debate: If I weren't a godless Obamaniac, Tim might have got me backing Romney | date=6 November 2012}}</ref> At the [2017 general election](/source/2017_United_Kingdom_general_election), Stanley allied himself with the [Conservative Party](/source/Conservative_Party_(UK)), voting for them again in [2019](/source/2019_United_Kingdom_general_election).<ref>{{cite news |last=Stanley |first=Tim |date=7 June 2017 |title=Why I'm voting Tory for the first time ever |url=https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/why-i-m-voting-tory-for-the-first-time-ever/ |access-date=9 April 2024 |work=The Spectator |location=London}}</ref> Stanley announced his voting preference in favour of the [Social Democratic Party](/source/Social_Democratic_Party_(UK%2C_1990%E2%80%93present)) (SDP) at the [2024 general election](/source/2024_United_Kingdom_general_election), preferring its emphasis on national solidarity to that of [Reform](/source/Reform_UK) whose focus was on British exceptionalism.<ref>{{cite news |last=Stanley |first=Tim |date=8 July 2023 |title= Farage doesn't want to crush our liberal order, he wants to save it |url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/07/08/farage-save-liberal-order-france-le-pen/ |access-date=8 July 2024 |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=London}}</ref>

Stanley supported the UK [leaving the European Union](/source/Brexit).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stanley |first=Tim |date=2019-03-28 |title=Brexit is a mess, but I have full confidence in the British spirit |url=https://thecatholicherald.com/brexit-is-a-mess-but-i-have-full-confidence-in-the-british-spirit/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250425184659/https://thecatholicherald.com/brexit-is-a-mess-but-i-have-full-confidence-in-the-british-spirit/ |archive-date=2025-04-25 |access-date=2025-09-01 |website=[Catholic Herald](/source/Catholic_Herald) |language=en-GB}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Stanley lives in [Kent](/source/Kent).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tim Stanley |url=https://www.battleofideas.org.uk/speaker/tim-stanley/ |access-date=2024-04-09 |website=Battle of Ideas |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Stanley |first=Tim |date=2021-06-09 |title=He's my happiest mistake – but what am I going to do with my lockdown puppy? |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/family/life/happiest-mistake-going-do-lockdown-puppy/ |access-date=2024-04-09 |work=The Daily Telegraph |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}</ref>

==Publications==
*Timothy Stanley and Alexander Lee, ''The End of Politics: Realignment and the Battle for the Centre Ground'' (London: Politico's, London, 2006) {{ISBN|9781842751749}}
*Timothy Stanley, ''Kennedy vs. Carter: The 1980 Battle for the Democratic Party's Soul'' (Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2010) {{ISBN|9780700617029}}
*Timothy Stanley, ''The Crusader: The Life and Tumultuous Times of Pat Buchanan'' (New York: Thomas Dunne, 2012) {{ISBN|9780312581749}}
*Jonathan Bell and Timothy Stanley (eds.), ''Making Sense of American Liberalism'' (Champaign: University of Illinois Press, 2012) {{ISBN|9780252036866}}
*Timothy Stanley, ''Citizen Hollywood: How the Collaboration between LA and DC Revolutionized American Politics'' (New York: [Thomas Dunne Books](/source/Thomas_Dunne_Books), 2014) {{ISBN|9781250032492}}
*Tim Stanley, ''Whatever Happened to Tradition?: History, Belonging and the Future of the West'' (Bloomsbury Continuum, 2021) {{ISBN|9781472974129}}

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