William Cash (author and journalist)

William Rupert Paul Cash (born 1 September 1966) is a journalist and author. He is the founder and Editor-at-Large of Spear's magazine.[1] Cash is also Chairman of The Catholic Herald (UK and USA) and is a columnist for the publication.[2][3]

William Cash
Born (1966-09-01) 1 September 1966
London, England
Alma materMagdalene College, Cambridge
SpouseLaura Cash née Cathcart
Children2

Career

Cash was educated at Westminster School[4] and Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he read English Literature.[5]

Between 1991 and 1999 he worked as US correspondent for The Times and Daily Telegraph. An account of his years spent in Los Angeles was written up in his first book, Educating William; Memoirs of a Hollywood Correspondent, Cash chronicled his adventures as a British journalist in America, and his encounters with such figures as David Hockney, Elizabeth Taylor, Hunter Thompson, Tom Wolfe, Jay McInerney, and Antony Haden-Guest. The book was published in 1994 by Simon & Schuster.[6]

In 1999 Cash returned to London to write a biography of the novelist Graham Greene, with the permission of the Greene literary estate. His biography focused on his affair with the American beauty Catherine Walston.[7][8] ''The Third Woman'' was published in 2000 by Little, Brown and Company in the UK and by Carrol and Graff in America.

In 2000, he wrote a play, The Green Room, about the life and hospital death of the English linguistic philosopher Sir A.J Ayer, which opened at the Cockpit theatre in London and was selected as a Critics' Choice of the Edinburgh Festival by The Observer.[9]  

Cash is a member of the Historic Houses Association. He is a heritage campaigner and his political interests have also focused on heritage protection campaigning and rural affairs. He has been a long-standing campaigner for promoting UK tourism and preserving the UK's national heritage. In October 2014 Cash was appointed as Heritage Spokesperson for UKIP.[10] Writing in the Daily Telegraph, Cash said his cause was about 'the preservation of and protection of England's heritage, architecture and green countryside'.[11] He publicly resigned to join the Conservative party after the Referendum of 2016.[12] He led the Spear's 'Save Our Historic Landscape' political campaign, which petitioned David Cameron as prime minister to increase protection for ‘historic environment' in the NPPF planning reforms. In 2014, Cash made a submission to planning minister Greg Clark arguing for stronger safeguards to protect heritage in the National Planning Policy Framework.[13]

He is the Chairman of the Addcounsel Advisory Board, private provider of individualised care for behavioural health.[14]

Cash's book, Restoration Heart, is a memoir about restoring his family home.[15]

Journalism

Cash is a journalist and writes for the Daily Telegraph, The Times, New Statesman, The Sunday Times and The Spectator.

He is the founder of Spear's business and culture magazine whose majority stake was sold to Mike Danson of Progressive Digital Media in 2010. Magazine. Cash remains a board member, director and 10% shareholder.[16] He is also the current editor-in-chief Spear's.

The international wealth management publication has been described as the 'bible of banking' by GQ magazine (UK) and is published in London and editions have also been published in Russia, the Far-East and Middle-East.[17]

Spear's is a sister title to the New Statesman for whom Cash also writes on politics.[18] The magazine was set up in 2006 as an invitation-only subscription publication for people who have more than £5m personal net worth.[19]

In 2014, he also launched the Spear's 500 series of guides ranking and rating key firms and individuals in the private client wealth management community. Spear's has also run annual book awards.[20]

Cash previously published Annabel's Magazine, Annabel's Wine and Cellar Magazine, Aspinalls Magazine, Historic Grand Prix Cars Association Magazine and Sudeley Castle 2006 Magazine.[21]

Personal life

Cash is the eldest son of Conservative politician Sir William Cash.[22]

Cash is married to his third wife, Lady Laura Cathcart, a society milliner and the daughter of the 7th Earl Cathcart. The couple have two children, Rex and Cosima.[23]

He lives at Upton Cressett Hall, Bridgnorth, Shropshire which he renovated in 2008–2010 using the artist Adam Dant for a series of six neo-Elizabethan murals that were described as 'daring and original' by John Goodall, architectural editor of Country Life.[24]

Cash has been a member of the fund raising committee of The Churches Conservation Trust and has raised money for various heritage organisations including English Heritage's Blue Plaque scheme.[25]

He was previously married to Venezuelan writer and philosopher Vanessa Neumann and Ilaria Bulgari.[26]

Publications, film and plays
  • The Third Woman: The Secret Passion that Inspired the End of the Affair
  • Educating William: Memoirs of a Hollywood Correspondent (1993)
  • The Green Room, a biography of the novelist Graham Greene
  • Restoration Heart: A Memoir, Constable (2019); ISBN 978-1472132185

Awards

2007: Winner, Editor of the Year, PPA Independent Publisher Awards

2008: Winner, Editor of the Year, PPA Independent Publisher Awards

2011: Hudson's Heritage Awards, Upton Cressett Hall, 'Best Hidden Gem' as tourist destination.[27]

References
  1. "About". Spear's Magazine. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  2. "Revista Catholic Herald lança edição nos EUA". Gaudium Press. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  3. "Diary: by William Cash". Catholic Herald. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  4. Cash, William. "Diary: Brexit, Boris and an embarrassing house tour". Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  5. "General Election 2015: Is William Cash the man to woo Warwickshire". The Independent. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  6. Cash, Sir William (1 June 1994). Educating William: Memoirs of a Hollywood Correspondent (New ed.). London: Simon & Schuster Ltd. ISBN 9780671712778. ASIN 0671712772.
  7. "Naughty maids of Greene". The Irish Times. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  8. "The Third Woman: The Secret Passion That Inspired The End Of The Affair by William Cash". The Guardian. 15 March 2000. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  9. "Edinburgh festival: Our critics' choice of what to see". The Guardian. 30 July 2000. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  10. "UKIP would cut listed building VAT". BBC News. 8 December 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  11. "William Cash: I’m fighting for what I believe in, Dad". The Telegraph. Retrieved 9 January 2019
  12. "Former Shropshire Ukip candidate William Cash defects to the Conservatives". Shropshire Star. Retrieved 9 January 2019
  13. Spencer, Clare. "BBC – See Also: Daily View: Fears over proposed planning overhaul". Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  14. Tyzack, Anna (18 November 2018). "Can this clinic cure high society of the 'family curse' of addiction?". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  15. "How giving up alcohol for Lent nearly killed me". The Times. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  16. "Opinion City Insider". Financial Times. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  17. "Cash to lead buy-out of Spear's magazine". Financial Times. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  18. "Why the government should restore the Ministry for Tourism and Heritage". New Statesman. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  19. Mason, Rowena (1 October 2014). "Defector William Cash joined Ukip because of solar park threat to his moated manor house". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  20. "Book Awards – Spear's Magazine". Spear's Magazine. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  21. "Magazines:'Spears wealth management survey'". The Independent. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  22. "European referendum: at home with Bill Cash". Channel 4 News. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  23. "Never mind the age gap: let's hope it's third time lucky for William". London Evening Standard. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  24. Andrews, Mark. "From 1066 to Brexit, mural captures British history". shropshirestar.com. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  25. "Elizabeth Hurley drops in for Shropshire carol concert". shropshirestar.com. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  26. "Laetitia, a political debutante with a difference". The Independent. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  27. "Restored Upton Cressett Hall wins hidden gem award". shropshirestar.com. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
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