Jeremy Taylor

Who is Jeremy Taylor?

Jeremy Taylor is a writer, editor and publisher who was born in England and has lived and worked in Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean since 1971. He attended The King's School, Ely. He received his Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Cambridge, and then a Master of Arts and Diploma in Education from Makerere University in Uganda. In Trinidad, he taught at Fatima College before starting as a freelance journalist with several local international publications. He established his own publishing company Media and Editorial Projects Limited in 1991.

For several years, Taylor was a regular Caribbean Correspondent for the BBC and The Times, a radio commentator at Radio Trinidad and Radio 95.1FM in Trinidad, a writer and presenter at the now defunct AVM Television and Trinidad & Tobago Television, and a regular columnist for the Trinidad and Tobago Express, Trinidad Guardian, Catholic News, and Nealco News. Canada-based journalist Jai Parasram, referring to Taylor's days as a regular newspaper and television critic, called Taylor as "the number one television critic of the time". Additionally, Taylor contributed to a number of international print and radio organisations, including The Observer, The Sunday Times, The New York Times, Encyclopædia Britannica, World Book Encyclopaedia, the CBC, National Public Radio, CANA, and The New Internationalist.