The Sunday Times editor, Tim Shipman is a leading political journalist, author, and correspondent. As an award-winning journalist, Shipman has been at the forefront of political current affairs for over twenty years. Called on to share his expertise, forecasts and insight, Shipman is highly in demand as a political speaker, utilised to educate audiences of business backgrounds, corporate clients or aspiring journalists. Best known for his current position as the political editor of The Sunday Times newspaper, Tim Shipman has fronted the political current affairs sector since 2014. As one of the most influential political journalists in the UK, Shipman is responsible for providing weekly analysis, updates and insight.
Having covered three wars, eight elections and two referendums in his career to date, Shipman is an unrivalled expert in his field and has been regularly featured on BBC’s Today Programme, Newsnight, Sky news and LBC Radio. In his early career as a journalist, Shipman worked as the Deputy Foreign Editor and Political Editor of the Sunday Express, after completing his degree and Masters at the University of Cambridge. Utilising his Masters degree in International Relations, Shipman expanded his political journalism and took on the position of Washington Bureau Chief for the Sunday Telegraph, responsible for reporting on the presidential election in the US and other transatlantic relations.
Shipman has authored two books in order to share his full perspective of history making political moments. Both delving into the mayhem of Brexit, the first book ‘All Out War: The Full Story of How Brexit Sank Britain’s Political Class’ was shortlisted for the prestigious Orwell Prize. Equally as pre-eminent, Shipman’s second book documented what followed the groundbreaking referendum in ‘Fall Out: A Year of Political Mayhem’. As a distinguished journalist, Shipman has been recognised as the Print Journalist of the Year, Political Reporter of the Year and Political Commentator of the Year at the British Press Awards. Unrivalled in his political perception, and career experience, Tim Shipman is a qualified and engaging political speaker, ideal as a political keynote speaker for events.
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"Tim went down an absolute storm and the feedback has been really positive. Please do pass on my thanks and let him know what a tour de force he was. He teed up the day perfectly and had a great balance of humour and insight." - Owen James
"He was a very good speaker - the guests enjoyed listening to him and he kindly stayed behind for a long time after he spoke to chat and answer questions with the guests." - Bain & Company
"The breakfast was excellent – Tim was superb and we have had great feedback." - Oakhill Communications
"We were delighted to have Tim Shipman as our guest at an event for key clients and prospects. Not only was he able to provide a funny, insightful and thought-provoking perspective on the current political landscape, but he also led a diverting roundtable conversation peppered with behind-the-scenes anecdotes from inside Westminster." - MSW Consults
"Tim was a really engaging and funny speaker – his Westminster anecdotes were extremely wry and insightful into the workings of modern politics. I would thoroughly recommend him." - Taylor Wessing
‘Tim Shipman was the keynote speaker at our corporate breakfast event “A Full English Brexit”. Tim had been recommended to me as someone with an unrivalled insight into the world of UK politics and indeed he gave us a truly informative and highly entertaining glimpse into Westminster and beyond. Feedback was unanimously positive and we have booked him again to explain exactly what happened in June and to help us make sense of the next two years. Can’t wait for the next instalment." - Axon Moore
"Thank you for a fantastic job last night as our guest speaker. It was a very interesting and insightful talk, and I hadn’t realised you have a sideline in Boris Johnson impressions! All the guests much enjoyed it, and it was great they were able to talk to you one to one afterwards." - Broadwalk Asset Management
