Ariane Sherine
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 Ariane Sherine speaking at TAM London in October 2009 |
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| Born | 3 July 1980 London, UK |
| Occupation | Comedy writer, journalist |
| Nationality | British |
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www.arianesherine.com |
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Ariane Sherine (born 3 July 1980) is an English comedy writer and journalist. She created the UK version of the Atheist Bus Campaign, which ran in January 2009. She lives in London.
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[edit] Career
Sherine writes regularly for The Guardian's Comment & Debate section,[1] and has also written for The Sunday Times[2] and The Independent.[3] She started in journalism aged 21, reviewing albums for NME,[4] before coming runner-up in the BBC Talent New Sitcom Writers' Award 2002.[5] She then wrote comedy for mainstream British TV shows including the BBC sitcoms My Family[6] and Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps,[7] and links for the Channel 4 quiz show Countdown after appearing on the show in 2003.[8] In addition, Sherine wrote episodes of several CBBC and CITV shows, including The Story of Tracy Beaker,[9] The New Worst Witch[10] and Space Pirates,[11] before returning to journalism in early 2008.
[edit] Atheism
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Sherine started the Atheist Bus Campaign in response to an evangelical Christian bus advertisement which gave the URL of a website "telling non-Christians they would spend 'all eternity in torment in hell', burning in 'a lake of fire'".[12] She was brought up Christian; although her father is currently a Unitarian Universalist, while her mother's side of the family are Parsi Zoroastrians (though both parents are non-practising).[13] In 2009, Sherine was nominated for Secularist of the Year 2009 (The Irwin Prize),[14] a title awarded by the National Secular Society.
In January 2009, Sherine gave a non-religious equivalent of Thought for the Day on Radio 4's iPM programme.[15][16] She spoke about accepting the beliefs of others as long as they are expressed peacefully, and how the freedom to hold them is more important than the beliefs themselves. Sherine's broadcast follows a similar one made by Richard Dawkins in 2002.[17] Thought for the Day continues to be reserved for religious speakers in its usual slot on Radio 4's Today Programme, on weekday mornings.
In October 2009 the first atheist charity book, The Atheist's Guide to Christmas was released, which Sherine had been editing for six months prior. The full advance and royalties from the book were donated to the UK HIV charity, Terrence Higgins Trust.[18]
In late 2009, Sherine announced that she was ceasing atheist campaigning and returning to journalism and writing a novel.[19][20] She remains a distinguished supporter of the British Humanist Association.[21] Her website says she is "no longer involved in any atheist stuff".[22]
[edit] Personal life
Sherine gave birth to her daughter Lily Sherine Topham by caesarean section on 25 April 2011.[23] In June 2011, Sherine stated that she has "decided to be totally hands-off re Lily's beliefs".[24]
[edit] References
- ^ Ariane Sherine's Guardian profile
- ^ Ariane Sherine My Week Sunday Times 11 January 2008
- ^ The Independent The Trouble With Fairytales September 19, 2008
- ^ Early NME review May 31, 2002
- ^ Ariane Sherine interview June 1, 2007
- ^ Official Ariane Sherine website
- ^ Ariane Sherine Two Pints IMDB
- ^ Ariane Sherine Countdown appearance, YouTube
- ^ Ariane Sherine Tracy Beaker IMDB
- ^ Ariane Sherine Worst Witch IMDB
- ^ Ariane Sherine IMDB
- ^ Atheist Bus Campaign launch article, guardian.co.uk October 21, 2008
- ^ Ariane Sherine official website Atheist Bus Campaign page
- ^ Secularist of the Year 2009 Nominees November 21, 2008
- ^ BBC Radio 4's first Thought for the Afternoon, The Guardian January 9, 2009
- ^ First Humanist Thought For The Day, YouTube January 10, 2009
- ^ "Atheist gives Thought for the Day". BBC Radio 4. 14 August 2002. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2193321.stm. Retrieved 25 February 2009.
- ^ Sherine, Ariane (1 October 2009). The Atheist's Guide to Christmas. Harper Collins. ISBN 978-0007322619. http://www.atheistbus.org.uk/the-atheists-guide-to-christmas-aka-the-atheist-book-campaign/.
- ^ The final phase of the atheist campaign, The Guardian November 18, 2009
- ^ http://twitter.com/ArianeSherine/status/20017787199
- ^ British Humanist Association Distinguished Supporters List Accessed 17 June 2010
- ^ Ariane Sherine Homepage Accessed 17 June 2010
- ^ Ariane Sherine Tweet 25 April 2011
- ^ Ariane Sherine Tweet 28 June 2011
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