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Gaby Hinsliff

English journalist (born )

Gabrielle Hinsliff

Born () 4 July (age&#;53)
NationalityBritish
Alma&#;materQueens' College, Cambridge
OccupationJournalist
Years&#;active–present
SpouseJames Clark
FatherGeoffrey Hinsliff

Gabrielle Seal Hinsliff (born 4 July )[1][2] is an English journalist and columnist for The Guardian.[3]

Early life and career

Born in Chelmsford[4] she is one of the daughters of the actor Geoff Hinsliff.

She attended Queens' College, Cambridge, graduating with a first-class degree in English.[5]

After two years at the Grimsby Evening Telegraph from to , Hinsliff joined the Daily Mail, where she was successively a news reporter and health reporter, before becoming a political reporter in ,[5] and finally chief political correspondent the following year.

Gaby hinsliff biography of martin Toggle the table of contents. Add languages Add topic. She is a prolific blogger and tweets about politics, family life and everything in between via gabyhinsliff. Although Hinsliff loved the job, she resigned in late September "to get a life", to move "out of London to write, think, do some projects I never had time for" and "to spend more time with her husband and son".

She joined The Observer in March , initially in the same post, following Andy McSmith, who had joined The Daily Telegraph. Hinsliff was the youngest political editor of a national newspaper when she was promoted in December , this time succeeding Kamal Ahmed, who had been her immediate superior at The Observer since her original appointment.[5][7]

Although Hinsliff loved the job, she resigned in late September "to get a life", to move "out of London to write, think, do some projects I never had time for" and "to spend more time with her husband and son".[2][7]

Career since

Hinsliff's book Half a Wife (Chatto & Windus) was published in Eleanor Mills in The Sunday Times wrote that it is elevated "from the normal middle-class whinge" by "the rigorous analysis she brings to the wider forces that have shaped modern family life and how they might be re-sliced so that families can live differently".

Hinsliff, Mills writes, "calls for a non-gender-aligned sharing out of domestic tasks".[8]

Hinsliff spent a period at The Times until July , before becoming a columnist on The Guardian the following September.[9]

In July , she began as editor-at-large of Grazia magazine contributing interviews and columns.[10] Hinsliff contributes to BBC and Sky programmes.

Personal life

Hinsliff is married to James Clark, a public relations professional.[11]

References

Works

  • Half a Wife: The Working Family's Guide to Getting a Life Back (Vintage, ) ISBN&#;

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