Revel Barker, TMI regular contributor, passes away

Revel Barker, a regular contributor to The Malta Independent, has passed away. He was 79.After working for the Yorkshire Evening Post, he joined the Daily Mirror and later Sunday Mirror, where he was first foreign news editor and later became managin

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Sep 27 2024
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Revel Barker, TMI regular cont

Revel Barker, a regular contributor to The Malta Independent, has passed away. He was 79.

After working for the Yorkshire Evening Post, he joined the Daily Mirror and later Sunday Mirror, where he was first foreign news editor and later became managing editor to the Mirror Group.

After fully retiring from the UK and settling in Gozo, Revel wrote online, with regular articles in the Times of Malta and The Malta Independent, as well as articles for his website Gentlemen Ranters.

He also wrote fiction and factual books which he published himself and published books for his fellow retired journalist pals. In his later years, he completed his thesis on the life and works of Robert Louis Stevenson - who was his childhood hero after reading Treasure Island - within 18 months.

A memorial service for Revel Barker will be held at Our Lady of Loreto parish church in Għajnsielem, followed by a drink at Gleneagles Bar in Mġarr, Gozo, tomorrow, Saturday, September 28, at 4.30pm. There will also be a memorial service in St Brides Church, Fleet Street, London, later this year.