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Latest revision as of 21:26, 3 November 2025
English journalist and novelist
Jacob Timothy Wallis Simons[1] (born 1978 or 1979)[2] is an English columnist, broadcaster and foreign correspondent.
Born in London, he graduated with a first class degree in English from St Peter’s College, Oxford, before completing a PhD in creative writing at the University of East Anglia in 2009.[3]
Simons has been a freelance features writer for the Times and a broadcaster for BBC Radio 4, presenting documentaries[4] and appearing on From Our Own Correspondent.[5] He then joined the Sunday Telegraph, leaving to become Associate Global Editor at the Daily Mail.[6]
He was appointed editor of The Jewish Chronicle in December 2021, succeeding Stephen Pollard.[7] In January 2025, he stepped down from the role to focus on writing books.[8] He writes a regular column for The Telegraph[9] and his work also features frequently in the Spectator,[10] the New York Post,[11] and the The Jewish Chronicle. He maintains an online newsletter.[12]
He participated in the team which won a Webby award[13] and a European Newspapers Award[14] for the 2014 multimedia project for the Telegraph entitled Meet the Settlers about Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
His four novels[2] include The English German Girl about a 1930s Jewish refugee, which was included in the Fiction Uncovered promotion for writers ‘who deserve wider recognition’ in 2011.[15] His book Israelophobia, a work criticising anti-Zionism, was published in 2023.[16][17]
- ^ “Another route to Auschwitz : memory, writing, fiction”. E-Theses Online Service. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
- ^ a b Peled, Daniella (2014-05-17). “Yes, I Came to Israel: Why This British Writer Is Against the Boycott”. Haaretz. Archived from the original on 2022-11-22. Retrieved 2025-01-30.
- ^ “Just published: debut spy thriller ‘The Pure’ by UEA alumnus Jake Simons”. New Writing. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
- ^ “BBC Radio 4 – Crouching Low, Hidden Camera – Life as a P.I.” BBC. Retrieved 2025-03-06.
- ^ “BBC Radio 4 – From Our Own Correspondent, The Wilder Shores”. BBC. Retrieved 2025-03-06.
- ^ Pollard, Stephen (2023-09-07). “The editor’s story: Jake Wallis Simons on what Israelophobia means to him”. The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 2025-03-06.
- ^ “The editor’s story: Jake Wallis Simons on what Israelophobia means to him”. The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
- ^ “Jake Wallis Simons (@JakeWSimons) on X”. X (formerly Twitter). Archived from the original on 2025-01-29. Retrieved 2025-02-11.
- ^ “Jake Wallis Simons”. The Telegraph. 2025-02-08. Retrieved 2025-02-11.
- ^ “Jake Wallis Simons, Author at The Spectator”. The Spectator. 2025-02-10. Retrieved 2025-02-11.
- ^ “Jake Wallis Simons | New York Post”. Retrieved 2025-02-11.
- ^ Simons, Jake Wallis. “Jake Wallis Simons | Substack”. jakewallissimons.substack.com. Retrieved 2025-02-11.
- ^ “NEW Webby Gallery + Index”. NEW Webby Gallery + Index. Retrieved 2025-02-11.
- ^ “Media for Change Virtual Conference”. event.vconferenceonline.com. Retrieved 2025-02-11.
- ^ Flood, Alison (19 May 2011). “Turn up for the books: Fiction Uncovered boosts eight neglected authors”. The Guardian. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
- ^ Boyes, Roger (2023-09-09). “Israelophobia by Jake Wallis Simons review — is this the oldest hatred’s new face?”. The Times. Archived from the original on 2025-01-30. Retrieved 2025-01-30.
- ^ El-Eini, Roza I.M. (2024-01-02). “Israelophobia: the newest version of the oldest hatred & what to do about it: by Jake Wallis Simons, London, Constable, 2023, x + 211 pp., £12.99 (hardback), ISBN 978-1-40871-927-5”. Israel Affairs. 30 (1): 195–197. doi:10.1080/13537121.2024.2298042. ISSN 1353-7121.
