Michael Charles Burgess (born 8 December 1956) is a British actor, poet, activist and former editor of The Star-News who appeared in the films Friend of the World (2020), Hacksaw (2020), South of 8 (2016), and Twelve Views of Kensal House (1984). He helped assemble the Non-Stop Picket of South Africa House with the demand that Nelson Mandela be set free and is believed to be a descendant of Lord Byron .
10-447: Burgess was born to Geoffrey Burgess, an Oxford Times freelance writer and accountant at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford . He and his father became the topic of an article for The Daily Telegraph after Christina Hardyment read Byron's Children by Susan Normington. The Burgesses are presumed to be direct descendants of Lord Byron through Hannah Burgess, Byron's probable granddaughter and Geoffrey's great-great-grandmother. Hannah said she
20-641: A not-for-profit organization . Stannard was ousted on September 4. Burgess became the editor of The Star-News in California, United States on 29 March 2002. In 2003, he wrote a column about Steve Padilla , quoting him from a Mid-Bayfront speech at San Diego Country Club . Padilla claimed Burgess made wrong interpretations about his statement. In 2004, Burgess gathered lawsuit information from City Council candidate Steve Castaneda who wanted legal action on his opponent, Dan Hom. After Burgess received hard copies of liens and court cases, his publisher told him to kill
30-613: Is a Brixton bedsit poet and his verse, Blue Rhapsody , was published in Once I Was a Washing Machine in 1989. He talked about how difficult it is waiting for literature to be published for those that do not take up writing at a young age. Another verse, The Victims , was published in the 1990 book The Cream of the Troubadour Poets by David Stuart Ryan. Burgess and Steve Stannard were elected co-treasurers for OutRage! in May, 1990 when it became
40-520: Is a broadsheet -quality newspaper printed in a tabloid format, especially one in the United Kingdom . The term as used for this size came into use after The Independent began producing a smaller format edition in 2003 for London's commuters , designed to be easier to read when using mass transit . Readers from other parts of the country liked the new format, and The Independent introduced it nationally. The Times and The Scotsman copied
50-515: Is the daughter of William Marshall, who claimed he was the illegitimate son of Byron. In the 1980s, Burgess aided The Non-Stop Picket of South Africa House that called for Nelson Mandela 's release from prison. He described how the Picket became part of his daily routine and that he noticed early picketers lost their motivation and gave up. In 1988, Burgess interviewed several British black gay men and women in an article he wrote for The Voice . He
60-671: The "Oxford Text" of Seven Pillars . The Oxford Times has won a number of national awards including Regional Weekly Newspaper of the Year in 2004, 2005, and 2007. Originally a broadsheet, it switched to the compact format in 2008. Until 24 October 2008, the paper was published each Friday. Since then, it is published each Thursday. Over time, through the emergence of digitization and online news, print circulation gradually declined (from 26,262 in 2006 to 3,482 in 2023) while online circulation increased (30 million+, Oxford Times & Mail). Compact (newspaper) A compact newspaper
70-555: The World (2020). Oxford Times The Oxford Times is a weekly newspaper , published each Thursday in Oxford , England . The paper is published from a large production facility at Osney Mead , west Oxford, and is owned by Newsquest , the UK subsidiary of US -based Gannett Company . The Oxford Times has a number of colour supplements. Oxfordshire Limited Edition is included with
80-415: The first edition of each month. There is also a monthly In Business supplement. The Oxford Times has several sister publications: The Oxford Times was founded in 1862 as a weekly broadsheet . In 1922, T.E. Lawrence (known as Lawrence of Arabia) commissioned The Oxford Times to typeset and print an advance private edition of Seven Pillars of Wisdom . This is known as the "1922 Edition" or
90-476: The format as The Independent increased in sales. The Times and The Scotsman are now printed exclusively in compact format following trial periods during which both broadsheet and compact version were produced simultaneously. The Independent published its last paper edition on 20 March 2016 and now appears online only. This journalism -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This United Kingdom newspaper–related article
100-484: The story. The next day, Burgess was removed from his duties as Editor. From 2004 to 2011, Burgess performed in plays in San Diego County such as Arcadia , The Engagement of Marjorie and Hay Fever . In 2015, he was editor and publisher for Bailey Among The Angels and The Rican Eye Detective Agency by author Neil Raymond Ricco . He acted in the films South of 8 (2016), Hacksaw (2020) and Friend of
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