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Sir Charles Wheeler was once described as "the reporters' reporter", someone who believed there was no substitute for being on the spot and talking to the people involved. Some critics accused him of editorialising, but he believed it was wrong to remain dispassionate about issues that were truly shocking. He was born Selwyn Charles Cornelius-Wheeler on 15 March, 1923 in Germany and educated at Cranbrook School in Kent. His father worked for a shipping company in Hamburg and the young Wheeler experienced life under the Nazi regime. 'I remember taking bread to Jews in the woods' He occasionally used to take bread to Jewish neighbours hiding out in the woods and his experience of totalitarian rule engendered a profound sympathy for the underdog. He began his career in journalism as a tape boy on the old Daily Sketch newspaper... [read full story]
