Giles Hattersley is a British

Great Britain

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 journalist

Journalism

Journalism is the practice of investigation and reporting of events, issues and trends to a broad audience in a timely fashion. Though there are many variations of journalism, the ideal is to inform the intended audience. Along with covering organizations and institutions such as government and...

 for The Sunday Times

The Sunday Times

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newspaper.

Career

Hattersley attended Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design

Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design

Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design is a constituent college of the University of the Arts London. The school has an outstanding international reputation, and is considered one of the world's leading art and design institutions...

, where he earned a Master of Arts

Master of Arts (postgraduate)

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 (MA) degree in fashion journalism. His first job after obtaining his degree was an internship with The Sunday Times in its "Style" supplement, after which he moved to the "News Review" section where he became a feature writer. He served as producer

Film producer

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 of the 2002 horror film

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 Nine Lives

Nine Lives (2002 film)

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, which starred Paris Hilton

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.

In 2005 Hattersley was short list

Short list

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ed in the Young Journalist of the Year category at the British Press Awards

British Press Awards

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, although in the end the award was given to Lucy Bannerman of The Herald

The Herald (Glasgow)

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. Later, Hattersley succeeded Jasper Gerard as chief interviewer at the Sunday Times, becoming the youngest person ever to hold that role.

In March 2007 Hattersley joined men's magazine Arena

Arena (magazine)

Arena was a British monthly men's magazine. The magazine was created in 1986 by Nick Logan, who had started The Face in 1980, to focus on trends in fashion and entertainment. British graphic designer Neville Brody, who had designed The Face, designed Arena's launch appearance.The magazine featured...

as its editor at a time when sales of the magazine were falling. The magazine underwent a well-received relaunch during his tenure that attracted praise from the industry for its fresh look, which aimed (in Hattersley's words) to make Arena "the authoritative monthly bible that arms its readers with the sharpest looks and opinions". However, sales continued to decline and in March 2008, it was announced that Hattersley would leave Arena and return to The Sunday Times.