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'''Simon Hew Dalrymple Fanshawe''' [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] (born 26 December 1956, in [[Devizes]], England) is a writer and broadcaster. He contributes frequently to British newspapers, TV and radio. He is also now a consultant and non-executive director of public and private organisations. Fanshawe was one of the founders of the LGBT charity [[Stonewall (charity)|Stonewall]]. He won the [[Perrier Comedy Award]] in 1989.▼
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▲'''Simon Hew Dalrymple Fanshawe''' [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] (born 26 December 1956
==Career==
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Alongside working in comedy, Fanshawe has been a frequent contributor on a variety of subjects from arts to politics in newspapers and on many BBC radio and TV programmes. His BBC Radio 4 profile light-heartedly describes him as a "media tart".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.simonfanshawe.com/wp/?page_id=12 |title=Simon Fanshawe |publisher=Simonfanshawe.com |accessdate=14 January 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070513175825/http://www.simonfanshawe.com/wp/?page_id=12 |archivedate=13 May 2007}}</ref>
Fanshawe has been involved in many community and campaigning groups and public bodies – often as a board member. He led the successful campaign to make Brighton and Hove a city in 2000. He was the chairman of the board for the [[Brighton Festival Fringe]] and is on the board of the [[Edinburgh Fringe]]. He founded and chaired the economic strategy body of his home town, The Brighton & Hove Economic Partnership.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.brightonbusiness.co.uk/htm/ni20070420.952910.htm |title=Simon Fanshawe re-elected as Chair of BHEP Brighton & Hove Economic Partnership |publisher=Brightonbusiness.co.uk |accessdate=15 January 2010 |archive-date=12 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100612110706/http://www.brightonbusiness.co.uk/htm/ni20070420.952910.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was chairman of Brighton & Hove Local Radio Ltd from 1996 to 2000, when the company was acquired by Forever Broadcasting.
In 2006, Fanshawe made the documentary ''The Trouble with Gay Men'', shown on [[BBC Three]].<ref name=Guardian2006>{{cite news |title=Society now accepts gay men as equals. So why on earth do so many continue to behave like teenagers? |last=Fanshawe |first=Simon |date=21 April 2006 |newspaper=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2006/apr/21/gayrights.comment}}</ref><ref name=Pink2006>{{cite news |title=The trouble with a documentary on gay men |date=25 April 2006 |newspaper=Pink News |accessdate=15 January 2010 |url=http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-1257.html}}</ref>
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In 2007, Fanshawe presented the first programme in the [[BBC]]'s ''Building Britain'' series, concentrating his attentions on the key role of developers in making cities over the last two centuries.
In 2017, Fanshawe presented the BBC documentary ''Brighton: 50 Years of Gay'' in which he examined the landmark [[Sexual Offences Act 1967]], which
In 2019, he publicly broke with Stonewall due to
On 13 February 2024 Fanshawe was confirmed as [[Rector of the University of Edinburgh]]. Only one valid nomination was received for an election to this position, resulting in Fanshawe being named as Rector uncontested.<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 January 2024 |title=New Rector confirmed |url=https://www.ed.ac.uk/news/staff/2024/new-rector-confirmed}}</ref><ref name="BBC 13 Feb 2024" /> Fanshawe's appointment has been criticised by the University's Staff Pride Network, a network of LGBT+ staff and post-graduate research students and allies, who have called for his removal from the position and for a new election to be called. Edinburgh Academics for Academic Freedom supported his appointment, saying he was appointed "following due process and according to rules that are clearly set out on the University's website" and was "the perfect person for the role".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hunter |first1=Ross |title=Edinburgh University LGBT+ staff network demands removal of Simon Fanshawe |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/24120207.edinburgh-university-lgbt-staff-network-demands-removal-rector/ |access-date=15 February 2024 |work=The National |date=14 February 2024}}</ref> On 21 February the Trans and Non-Binary Liberation Officer at the University’s Student Association, Robyn Woof, resigned from her positions within the Association and on the University's Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee, citing Fanshawe's appointment as one of several reasons for her resignation.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bots |first1=Maryse |title=Trans and Non-Binary Liberation Officer Robyn Woof resigns in protest of transphobia at university |url=https://studentnewspaper.org/breaking-trans-and-non-binary-liberation-officer-robyn-woof-resigns-in-protest-of-transphobia-at-university/ |access-date=21 February 2024 |work=The Student |date=21 February 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Clover |first=Jack |date=23 February 2024 |title=Edinburgh students angry over trans critic's appointment as rector |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/edinburgh-students-angry-over-trans-critics-appointment-as-rector-xk2g6qjfv |access-date=23 February 2024 |work=The Times}}</ref>
▲In 2019, he publicly broke with Stonewall due to their "intolerance of disagreement and discussion"<ref>{{cite journal |title=Letters to the Editor |journal=The Times |date=22 September 2019 |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0d4b19f0-dc80-11e9-b3b4-45ac47bac696}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=Stonewall now represents intolerance |journal=Spiked |date=4 June 2021 |url=https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/06/04/stonewall-now-represents-intolerance/}}</ref> and helped found the [[LGB Alliance]] later that year.<ref name=":5">{{Cite news|last=Gluck|first=Genevieve|date=23 October 2019|title=What's Current: Dispute over gender identity splits Stonewall, creating LGB faction|work=Feminist Current|url=https://www.feministcurrent.com/2019/10/23/whats-current-dispute-over-gender-identity-splits-stonewall-creating-lgb-faction/|access-date=13 February 2021}}</ref>
==Personal life==
Fanshawe was educated at two independent boarding schools: [[Chafyn Grove School]] in [[Salisbury]] in Wiltshire, and [[Marlborough College]] in Wiltshire, followed by the [[University of Sussex]] near [[Brighton]], where he studied law.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110606065802/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/passedfailed-an-education-in-the-life-of-simon-fanshawe-writer-and-broadcaster-477606.html "Passed/Failed: An education in the life of Simon Fanshawe, writer and broadcaster".] ''The Independent''. London. 11 May 2006. Retrieved 18 August 2013.</ref> He
Fanshawe lives in the [[Kemptown, Brighton|Kemp Town]] area of Brighton with his husband, who is from Nigeria.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sussex.ac.uk/governance/1-4-4-4-2.html |title=Mr Simon Fanshawe : Governance |publisher=University of Sussex |accessdate=15 January 2010}}</ref><ref name=Sale2006>{{cite news |title=PassedFailed: An education in the life of Simon Fanshawe writer and broadcaster |last=Sale |first=Jonathan |date=11 May 2006 |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/passedfailed-an-education-in-the-life-of-simon-fanshawe-writer-and-broadcaster-477606.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606065802/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/passedfailed-an-education-in-the-life-of-simon-fanshawe-writer-and-broadcaster-477606.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 June 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Fanshawe |first=Simon |date=2024-06-12 |title=Simon Fanshawe: I'm proud to be a politically correct comedian, but I'm not woke |url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/comedy/article/simon-fanshawe-im-proud-to-be-a-politically-correct-comedian-but-im-not-woke-2z3kmmtl7 |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=www.thetimes.com |language=en}}</ref>
==Newspapers and magazines==
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==Bibliography==
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*{{citation |last=Fanshawe |first=Simon |year=2007 |title=Manners: Moral authority |publisher=New Statesman Ltd |journal=New Statesman |page=50 |issn=1364-7431 |oclc=133449672}}
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