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- Birth nameRoderick Edwin Liddle
- Height6′ 2¾″ (1.90 m)
- Rod Liddle was born on April 1, 1960 in South London, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Some of My Best Friends Are Anglican (2003), Have I Got News for You (1990) and Never Mind the Full Stops (2006). He was married to Alicia Monckton and Rachel Royce. He died on August 2, 2026 in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England, UK.
- SpousesAlicia Monckton(September 2008 - August 2, 2026) (his death, 1 child)Rachel Royce(January 6, 2004 - 2007) (divorced, 2 children)
- ChildrenTylerWilderEmmeline
- Educated at the London School of Economics.
- In 2010, he had become the first blogger to be censured by the Press Complaints Commission, for incorrectly stating in a Spectator piece that the "overwhelming majority" of violent crime in London was carried out by young African-Caribbean men.
- Also wrote for the Spectator magazine and earlier in his career edited BBC Radio 4's Today programme.
- There are plenty of very stupid women at the BBC.
- When King (Jonathan King) was sentenced to seven years in prison for sex crimes I wrote to him sympathising with the harshness of the tariff and the unfairness of the court case, but added that I thought he deserved at least seven years for 'Una Paloma Blanca'. I got a remarkably cheerful letter back from his cell which vaguely agreed on the last point.
- Gary Glitter, from what little I know of him, strikes me as a thick and unpleasant monkey. But they shouldn't cut his songs on grounds of his later behaviour. Even if they are truly fucking awful.
- Islam is masochistic, homophobic and a totalitarian regime. It is a fascistic, bigoted and medieval religion.
- [on BBC coverage of the death of Nelson Mandela] For Christ's sake BBC, give it a bloody break for five minutes, will you? It's as if the poor bugger now has to bear your entire self-flagellating white post-colonial bien pensant guilt; look! Famous nice black man dies! Let's re-run the entire history of South Africa. That's better than watching the country we're in being flattened by a storm.
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