Who writes in the opinion pages
A sample of the opinion pages of 18 major newspapers in the United Kingdom, France and Germany, from January 2023 to date: regular columnists and guest contributors. It feeds criterion G1 (written voice) for the experts of the directory: a regular columnist meets it, a guest piece counts as partial.
Newspapers188 UK, 5 France, 5 Germany
Contributors608650 newspaper bylines
Atrium experts81Name and profile checked
G1 met50Regular columnists; 31 partial
650 bylines
| Contributor | Newspaper | Type | Atrium · G1 | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lisa Windolph Bild commentator | Bild Germany | Regular columnist | · | Article ↗ To check by hand |
| Lizzy Buchan Political commentary | Daily Mirror United Kingdom | Regular columnist | · | Article ↗ To check by hand |
| Lola Lafon Novelist, columnist | Libération France | Regular columnist | · | Article ↗ To check by hand |
| Lord (David) Cameron Then Foreign Secretary | The Sun United Kingdom | Guest contributor | · | Article ↗ |
| Lord Ashcroft Peer and pollster | Daily Mail / Mail on Sunday United Kingdom | Guest contributor | · | Article ↗ To check by hand |
| Lord John Bird Big Issue founder | Daily Mirror United Kingdom | Guest contributor | · | Article ↗ To check by hand |
| Lord West Former First Sea Lord | Daily Mail / Mail on Sunday United Kingdom | Guest contributor | · | Article ↗ To check by hand |
| Louise Haigh Then shadow transport secretary | Daily Mirror United Kingdom | Guest contributor | · | Article ↗ To check by hand |
| Luc Gwiazdzinski Geographer | Libération France | Guest contributor | · | Article ↗ To check by hand |
| Luc Le Vaillant Columnist | Libération France | Regular columnist | · | Article ↗ To check by hand |
| Luca Di Blasi Philosopher | Die Zeit / Zeit Online Germany | Guest contributor | · | Article ↗ To check by hand |
| Lucas Wiegelmann Welt commentator | Die Welt / Welt am Sonntag Germany | Regular columnist | · | Article ↗ To check by hand |
| Lucy Powell Labour politician | Daily Mirror United Kingdom | Guest contributor | · | Article ↗ To check by hand |
| Luisa Volkhausen Bild commentator | Bild Germany | Regular columnist | · | Article ↗ To check by hand |
| Lydia Rosenfelder Bild commentator | Bild Germany | Regular columnist | · | Article ↗ To check by hand |
| Maël de Calan and Grégory Allione Local official and fire officer (gk) | Le Figaro France | Guest contributor | · | Article ↗ To check by hand |
| Majid Sattar Washington correspondent | Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Germany | Regular columnist | · | Article ↗ To check by hand |
| Malcolm Rifkind Former Foreign Secretary | The Independent United Kingdom | Guest contributor | · | Article ↗ |
| Mame-Fatou Niang Academic, contributor | Libération France | Regular columnist | · | Article ↗ To check by hand |
| Marcel Leubecher Welt commentator | Die Welt / Welt am Sonntag Germany | Regular columnist | · | Article ↗ To check by hand |
| Marci Shore, Eva Illouz, Alexander Kluge Historian, sociologist, filmmaker | Die Zeit / Zeit Online Germany | Guest contributor | · | Article ↗ To check by hand |
| Margaret Hodge Labour peer | The Guardian United Kingdom | Guest contributor | · | Article ↗ To check by hand |
| Margaret Sullivan US columnist (media) | The Guardian United Kingdom | Regular columnist | · | Article ↗ To check by hand |
| Margot Käßmann Theologian, former EKD council chair | Bild Germany | Guest contributor | · | Article ↗ To check by hand |
| Mariana Mazzucato Economist (UCL) | The Guardian United Kingdom | Guest contributor | · | Article ↗ To check by hand |
| Marine Collins Ragnet and Katerina Siira US academics | Le Monde France | Guest contributor | · | Article ↗ To check by hand |
| Mario Voigt Minister-President of Thuringia | Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Germany | Guest contributor | · | Article ↗ To check by hand |
| Mario Voigt and Sven Schulze CDU state premiers | Die Welt / Welt am Sonntag Germany | Guest contributor | · | Article ↗ |
| Marion Horn Chair of Bild editorial leadership since Mar 2023 | Bild Germany | Regular columnist | · | Article ↗ |
| Marion Horn Bild commentator | Bild Germany | Regular columnist | · | Article ↗ To check by hand |
| Marius Kiermeier Bild commentator | Bild Germany | Regular columnist | · | Article ↗ To check by hand |
| Mark Almond Historian, frequent contributor | Daily Mail / Mail on Sunday United Kingdom | Regular columnist | · | Article ↗ To check by hand |
| Mark Rowley Met Police commissioner | The Guardian United Kingdom | Guest contributor | · | Article ↗ To check by hand |
| Mark Steel Comedian | Daily Mirror United Kingdom | Guest contributor | · | Article ↗ To check by hand |
| Martha Gill Observer, then Guardian columnist | The Guardian United Kingdom | Regular columnist | · | Article ↗ To check by hand |
| Martin Kettle Columnist | The Guardian United Kingdom | Regular columnist | · | Article ↗ To check by hand |
| Martin Machowecz Deputy editor-in-chief, ZEITmagazin column | Die Zeit / Zeit Online Germany | Regular columnist | · | Article ↗ To check by hand |
| Martin Schulze Wessel Historian | Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Germany | Guest contributor | · | Article ↗ To check by hand |
| Mary Carr Columnist | Daily Mail / Mail on Sunday United Kingdom | Regular columnist | · | Article ↗ To check by hand |
| Mary Dejevsky Columnist (foreign affairs) | The Independent United Kingdom | Regular columnist | · | Article ↗ |
| Mathias Döpfner Axel Springer CEO, essayist | Die Welt / Welt am Sonntag Germany | Regular columnist | · | Article ↗ |
| Mathieu Bock-Côté Columnist (gk: sociologist) | Le Figaro France | Regular columnist | · | Article ↗ To check by hand |
| Mathieu Lindon Columnist | Libération France | Regular columnist | · | Article ↗ To check by hand |
| Mathilde Larrère Historian, contributor | Libération France | Regular columnist | · | Article ↗ To check by hand |
| Matthias Kamann Welt commentator | Die Welt / Welt am Sonntag Germany | Regular columnist | · | Article ↗ To check by hand |
| Matthias Naß International correspondent | Die Zeit / Zeit Online Germany | Regular columnist | · | Article ↗ To check by hand |
| Matthieu Caron, Juliette Lelieur, Antoine Vauchez Researchers | Libération France | Guest contributor | · | Article ↗ To check by hand |
| Maureen Callahan US columnist | Daily Mail / Mail on Sunday United Kingdom | Regular columnist | · | Article ↗ To check by hand |
| Max Schneider Bild commentator | Bild Germany | Regular columnist | · | Article ↗ To check by hand |
| Maxim Biller Columnist | Die Zeit / Zeit Online Germany | Regular columnist | · | Article ↗ To check by hand |