The Freethinker

Editor: Daniel James Sharp

Publisher: GW Foote & Co Ltd

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List of editors, 1881 – present

  • George William Foote, May 1881 – October 1915 (Edward Aveling edited the paper during Foote’s imprisonment, 1883)
  • Chapman Cohen, October 1915 – June 1951
  • Frank Ridley, June 1951 – April 1954
  • A Committee consisting of F. A. Hornibrook, Bayard Simmons, G. H. Taylor May 1954 – August 1959.
  • Colin McCall replaced Simmons in 1957, his name appearing alongside Hornibrook and Taylor from December that year. He became sole editor from August 1959 until December 1965
  • David Tribe, January 1966 – May 1966
  • Kit Mouat, June 1966 – January 1967
  • David Collis, January 1967 – October 1967
  • Karl Hyde, November 1967 – August 1968
  • David Reynolds, September 1968 – July 1970
  • William McIlroy, August 1970 – December 1971
  • Nigel Sinnott, January 1972 – September 1973
  • Christopher Morey, October 1973 – December 1974
  • William McIlroy, January 1975 – December 1976
  • Jim Herrick, January 1977 – August 1981
  • William McIlroy, September 1981 – December 1992
  • Peter Brearey, January 1993 – May 1998
  • Barry Duke, June 1998 – January 2022
  • Dr Emma Park, January 2022 – March 2024
  • Daniel James Sharp, April 2024 –