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Morgan’s Bizarre column. The London Daily News was a short-lived paper owned by Robert Maxwell that had been set up to rival The London Evening Standard, and John – who once had the experience of sharing a lift with Maxwell – learnt that the paper had folded from a hoarding at a London news stand. John never sought the spotlight,


John Mulcock


John Mulcock was committed to the craft he loved for almost 40 years. Over a career that spanned hot metal and digital publishing, he covered such significant events as the fall of Ceaușescu in Romania, the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, as well as the 9/11 and 7/7 attacks, bringing clarity, accuracy and humanity to the reporting. John held senior roles at a


number of local and national newspapers. These included positions at the Southern Evening Echo, the Brighton Evening Argus, the Daily Star and The Telegraph. At the Sunday Express, where he worked under editor John Junor, he was NUJ father of chapel. He was chief sub-editor at the London Daily News. While at The Sun, he worked with Kelvin Mackenzie and edited Piers


believing instead that a journalist’s greatest reward was a story well told and faithfully reported. Having moved to Salisbury when


he was 12, John went to Salisbury Art College to do a foundation art course, forming a rock band with artist Bill Toop. However, it was journalism that


caught his attention, and he completed his training at Highbury College in Portsmouth. The early part of John’s career


was also memorable – he interviewed Françoise Hardy and The Rolling Stones ‘before they were famous’. On one occasion


when reporting on a story, he remembered approaching a farm near Salisbury where he was ‘greeted’ by the farmer with a loaded shotgun… John was a man of boundless


curiosity and quiet passion. He walked everywhere, loved the theatre and music, and had a fascination for all things Scandinavian and for his cat Boudica. He enjoyed rhythm and blues, and played the guitar ‘without much skill’ but liked going to local music gigs with friends. John leaves behind son Jason, his wife Vicki, their son Julian and his beloved grand-daughter Artemis. His final appearance was in June at Artemis’ christening. John will be remembered by


family and colleagues alike for his incisive wit, his devotion to truth and his unwavering belief in the power of the written word – a journalist to the end.


Vicki Lywood Last


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