Education
Taylor attended the independent High School of Dundee and graduated from the University of Street Andrews in 1977 with an Master of Arts (Honours) degree in English.
Taylor attended the independent High School of Dundee and graduated from the University of Street Andrews in 1977 with an Master of Arts (Honours) degree in English.
Taylor – who joined the British Broadcasting Corporation in 1985 – originally co-presented Left, Right and Centre and was political correspondent prior to his current role. In 2009, he presented Holyrood and the Search for Scotland"s Soul, a documentary by British Broadcasting Corporation Scotland Investigates to mark the 10th Anniversary of the devolved Scottish Parliament. Following his graduation, Taylor was employed as a journalist by the Aberdeen-based Press & Journal before a six-year spell as a lobby correspondent at Westminster.
Taylor joined the British Broadcasting Corporation in 1985, co-presenting the British Broadcasting Corporation Scotland political programme Left, Right and Centre with Kirsty Wark, and presenting Good Morning Scotland.
Following this, he was appointed political correspondent and then political editors Taylor has written two books on Scotland"s new Parliament: The Scottish Parliament (Polygon, Edinburgh University Press, 1999), a definitive account of the road to devolution and its consequences.
And Scotland"s Parliament: Triumph and Disaster (Edinburgh University Press, November 2002), analysing the early years of the new Parliament.