A ‘Liddle’ Piece of Despatch History Sebastian Hoo and William Beresford spoke to OA author and journalist Andrew Liddle , who founded the Dulwich Despatch in 2001, when he was in Year 7. Q: How many writers were there for the Despatch when it first started? A: Three of us to begin with, but we expanded to about twelve people getting in- volved at one point.
Q: Was any bribery involved in the club? A: I think there was a bit of bribery involved!
Q: Did you have a club tie when you first started the club? A: I don ’ t think so, I believe it is a new innovation and we had to wear a standard tie until we got to the Remove. Q: Was the Despatch your first experience in journalism? A: In my primary school, we did a History project where we had to design a front page of a newspaper, but other than that, not really.
Q: So what was your first proper article? A: Well, I was in the Richard III play, and I did an article of self - promotion.
Q: Are you still in touch with Robert (the other editor at the time of founding) A: Yes, we are but we haven ’ t actually met up for a while.
Q: What was your first job in journalism?
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