Julia Hartley-Brewer
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Julia Hartley-Brewer is a British
broadcaster and columnist. She presents the weekday afternoon radio show from 1pm to 4pm on LBC 97.3FM, the talk radio station.
She worked at the Sunday Express newspaper for 10 years until February 2011, most recently as a columnist and the Assistant Editor (Politics).
Prior to that role, she was Political Editor of the Sunday Express for seven years until 2007 and previously worked on The Guardian
and the London Evening Standard as both a news reporter and political correspondent. She began her journalism career on the East London Advertiser in Bethnal Green. Hartley-Brewer is a graduate in PPE of Magdalen College, Oxford
(where she was a contemporary of Louis Theroux
and George Osborne
) and the Centre for Journalism Studies, Cardiff.
She has appeared as a panellist on the comedy quiz show Have I Got News For You
seven times (most recently on 13 May 2010) as well as being a regular panellist on BBC1's Question Time (most recently on 2 June 2011) and Radio 4's Any Questions (most recently on 27 May 2011). She is a regular pundit and commentator on TV and radio, including Sky News
, the BBC News Channel, BBC1's The One Show, ITV's Tonight show, Lorraine on ITV, Radio Five Live, and Radio 4's Today and PM programmes as well as Radio 4 comedy shows including Quote Unquote, The Now Show and, most recently, The News Quiz
.
Hartley-Brewer also works as an after-dinner speaker and awards ceremony host.
In 2006, she presented and narrated two political documentaries for BBC2/BBC4 about the history of British deputy prime ministers, called "Every Prime Minister Needs a Willie", and the history of the leader of the opposition, entitled "The Worst Job in Politics".
She was born in Birmingham
and was educated at Oldfield Girls' Comprehensive School, in Bath, and Woodhouse Sixth Form College, in North London. She is married with one daughter.
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broadcaster and columnist. She presents the weekday afternoon radio show from 1pm to 4pm on LBC 97.3FM, the talk radio station.
She worked at the Sunday Express newspaper for 10 years until February 2011, most recently as a columnist and the Assistant Editor (Politics).
Prior to that role, she was Political Editor of the Sunday Express for seven years until 2007 and previously worked on The Guardian
The Guardian
The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
and the London Evening Standard as both a news reporter and political correspondent. She began her journalism career on the East London Advertiser in Bethnal Green. Hartley-Brewer is a graduate in PPE of Magdalen College, Oxford
Magdalen College, Oxford
Magdalen College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. As of 2006 the college had an estimated financial endowment of £153 million. Magdalen is currently top of the Norrington Table after over half of its 2010 finalists received first-class degrees, a record...
(where she was a contemporary of Louis Theroux
Louis Theroux
Louis Sebastian Theroux is an English broadcaster best known for his Gonzo style journalism on the television series Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends and When Louis Met.... His career started off in journalism and bears influences of notable writers in his family such as his father, Paul Theroux and...
and George Osborne
George Osborne
George Gideon Oliver Osborne, MP is a British Conservative politician. He is the Chancellor of the Exchequer of the United Kingdom, a role to which he was appointed in May 2010, and has been the Member of Parliament for Tatton since 2001.Osborne is part of the old Anglo-Irish aristocracy, known in...
) and the Centre for Journalism Studies, Cardiff.
She has appeared as a panellist on the comedy quiz show Have I Got News For You
Have I Got News for You
Have I Got News for You is a British television panel show produced by Hat Trick Productions for the BBC. It is based loosely on the BBC Radio 4 show The News Quiz, and has been broadcast since 1990, currently the BBC's longest-ever running television panel show...
seven times (most recently on 13 May 2010) as well as being a regular panellist on BBC1's Question Time (most recently on 2 June 2011) and Radio 4's Any Questions (most recently on 27 May 2011). She is a regular pundit and commentator on TV and radio, including Sky News
Sky News
Sky News is a 24-hour British and international satellite television news broadcaster with an emphasis on UK and international news stories.The service places emphasis on rolling news, including the latest breaking news. Sky News also hosts localised versions of the channel in Australia and in New...
, the BBC News Channel, BBC1's The One Show, ITV's Tonight show, Lorraine on ITV, Radio Five Live, and Radio 4's Today and PM programmes as well as Radio 4 comedy shows including Quote Unquote, The Now Show and, most recently, The News Quiz
The News Quiz
The News Quiz is a topical panel game broadcast on British radio BBC Radio 4.-History:It was first broadcast in 1977 with Barry Norman as chairman. Subsequently it was chaired by Simon Hoggart, Barry Took , and then again by Simon Hoggart until March 2006. Hoggart was replaced by Sandi Toksvig in...
.
Hartley-Brewer also works as an after-dinner speaker and awards ceremony host.
In 2006, she presented and narrated two political documentaries for BBC2/BBC4 about the history of British deputy prime ministers, called "Every Prime Minister Needs a Willie", and the history of the leader of the opposition, entitled "The Worst Job in Politics".
She was born in Birmingham
Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...
and was educated at Oldfield Girls' Comprehensive School, in Bath, and Woodhouse Sixth Form College, in North London. She is married with one daughter.