The Sunday People is a British tabloid Sunday newspaper. It was founded as The People on 16 October 1881.[4]
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| Type | Sunday newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Red top |
| Owner(s) | Reach plc |
| Editor | Peter Willis[1] |
| Founded | 16 October 1881 |
| Political alignment | Centre-left, Labour Party[2] |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | London |
| Circulation | 54,150 (as of May 2024)[3] |
| ISSN | 0307-7292 |
| Website | mirror.co.uk/sunday-people |
At one point owned by Odhams Press, The People was acquired along with Odhams by the Mirror Group in 1961, along with the Daily Herald. It is now published by Reach plc,[5] and shares a website with the Mirror papers. In July 2011, when it benefited from the closure of the News of the World, it had an average Sunday circulation of 806,544.[6] By December 2016 the circulation had shrunk to 239,364[7] and by August 2020 to 125,216.[8]
Notable columnists
- Garry Bushell had a two-page television opinion column, "Bushell on the Box", but left in early 2007, later moving to the Daily Star Sunday.
- Jimmy Greaves, the former England footballer[9]
- Fred Trueman, former England cricketer and fast bowler
- Fred Harrison, an established economics author of 19 books
- Dean Dunham, consumer columnist and leading authority on consumer law.
Editors
- 1881: Sebastian Evans
- 1890: Harry Benjamin Vogel
- 1900: Joseph Hatton
- 1913: John Sansome
- 1922: Robert Donald
- 1924: Hannen Swaffer
- 1925: Harry Ainsworth
- 1957: Stuart Campbell
- 1966: Bob Edwards
- 1972: Geoffrey Pinnington
- 1982: Nicholas Lloyd
- 1984: Richard Stott
- 1985: Ernie Burrington
- 1988: John Blake
- 1989: Wendy Henry
- 1989: Ernie Burrington (acting)
- 1990: Richard Stott
- 1991: Bill Hagerty
- 1992: Bridget Rowe
- 1996: Brendon Parsons
- 1998: Neil Wallis
- 2003: Mark Thomas
- 2008: Lloyd Embley
- 2012: James Scott
- 2014: Alison Phillips
- 2016: Gary Jones
- 2018: Peter Willis
- 2020: Paul Henderson
- 2021: Gemma Aldridge