Barrie Penrose

Barrie Penrose (26 January 1942 – 5 July 2020) was a British investigative journalist, interviewer and trainer.

Life and career

Born in Croydon, Penrose was educated at John Ruskin Grammar School, followed by the London School of Economics.

He worked for the New York Herald Tribune in Paris, The Observer and The Sunday Times and BBC Television.

Penrose wrote The Pencourt File (with BBC colleague Roger Courtiour) based on information recounted by Harold Wilson, shortly after he had resigned as prime minister. Wilson requested contact with the journalists about conspiracies during his period in government.[1][2]

Penrose died on 5 July 2020 due to complications of Parkinson's disease.[3]

Bibliography
  • Penrose, Barrie (1969). The Art Scene. Littlehampton Book Services Ltd. ISBN 978-0600000532.
  • Penrose, Barrie; Courtiour, Roger (1978). The Pencourt File. Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd. ISBN 978-0436366406.
  • Penrose, Barrie (1983). Stalin's Gold: The Story of HMS Edinburgh and Its Treasure. Little Brown & Co. ISBN 978-0316698771.
  • Penrose, Barrie; Freeman, Simon (1996). Rinkagate: The Rise and Fall of Jeremy Thorpe. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-0747533399.

References
  1. "Barrie Penrose, reporter who probed Harold Wilson's worries and named the 'Fifth Man' – obituary". The Daily Telegraph. 8 July 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  2. BBC NEWS | Politics | Wilson 'plot': The secret tapes
  3. "Barrie Penrose obituary". The Times. London. 7 July 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2020. (subscription required)
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