ABC January–June 2012). Circulation had grown steadily to over 127,000 in the two decades before 2012, but has declined since and currently stands at 60,352 (January to June 2018). The paper is heavily editionalised, with extensive Irish coverage of politics, general news, business, personal finance, sport, culture and lifestyle. The office employs 25 people. The paper also has a number of well-known freelance columnists including Brenda Power, Liam Fay, Matt Cooper, Damien Kiberd, Jill Kerby and Stephen Price. However, it ended collaboration with Kevin Myers after he had published a controversial column. The Irish edition has had four editors since it was set up: Alan Ruddock from 1993 until 1996, Rory Godson from 1996 until 2000, Fiona McHugh from 2000 to 2005, and from 2005 until 2020 Frank Fitzgibbon. John Burns is acting editor of the Irish Edition from 2020. Scottish edition For more than 20 years the paper has published a separate Scottish edition, which has been edited since January 2012 by Jason Allardyce. While most of the articles that run in the English edition appear in the Scottish edition, its staff also produces about a dozen Scottish news stories, including a front-page article, most weeks. The edition also contains a weekly "Scottish Focus" feature and Scottish commentary, and covers Scottish sport in addition to providing Scottish television schedules. The Scottish issue is the biggest-selling quality newspaper in the market, outselling both Scotland on Sunday and the Sunday Herald. Online edition A digital edition will be free on Christmas day in 2022 like 2005, 2011 and 2016. Editors 1821: Henry White 1822: Daniel Whittle Harvey 1828: Thomas Gaspey 1854: William Carpenter 1856: E. T. Smith 1858: Henry M. Barnett 1864: Joseph Knight and Ashby Sterry (acting editors) 1874: Joseph Hatton 1881: H. W. Oliphant 1887: Phil Robinson 1890: Arthur William à Beckett 1893: Rachel Beer 1901: Leonard Rees 1932: William W. Hadley 1950: Harry Hodson 1961: Denis Hamilton 1967: Harold Evans 1981: Frank Giles 1983: Andrew Neil 1995: John Witherow 2013: Martin Ivens 2020: Emma Tucker See also Mrs Mills Solves all Your Problems The Sunday Times Motorshow Live References External links 1821 establishments in the United Kingdom Conservative media in the United Kingdom National newspapers published in the United Kingdom News Corporation subsidiaries Publications established in 1821 Sunday newspapers published in the United Kingdom Ian Charleson Awards