Jeremy Paxman is joining the Financial Times as a contributing editor to its weekend issue.
He is expected to write regularly for FT Weekend and will focus, evidently, on "long-form writing", diaries and carrying out lunch-with-the-FT interviews.
He makes his debut this coming weekend with an account of the mysterious death of Lord Kitchener, the war hero and British military commander in the first world war.
The FT's editor, Lionel Barber, said: "I am delighted to welcome Jeremy into the FT family. He is a wonderful writer, an acerbic interviewer, and a charming luncheon companion. He will make a great addition to the long list of distinguished FT Weekend writers."
Paxman said he was flattered to be joining the FT, saying: "At last someone takes me seriously."
He recently stepped down after a 25-year stint as the lead presenter of BBC2's Newsnight.
Source: FT
