Hugo Rifkind
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| Hugo Rifkind | |
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| Born | 1977 Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Education | Loretto School, Musselburgh George Watson's College, Edinburgh Emmanuel College, Cambridge |
| Occupation | Columnist for The Times and The Spectator |
| Family | Malcolm Rifkind (father) Edith Rifkind (mother) |
Hugo Rifkind (born 1977 in Edinburgh) is a columnist for The Times and The Spectator and the son of MP and former Conservative and Unionist Cabinet Minister, Sir Malcolm Rifkind.
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[edit] Early life and education
Hugo Rifkind was born 1977 in Edinburgh, the son of Malcolm and Edith Rifkind. He is Jewish.[1]
Rifkind was educated at the independent Loretto School in Musselburgh, near Edinburgh.[2] He also attended George Watson's College in Edinburgh before attending Emmanuel College, Cambridge where he read Philosophy.[3]
[edit] Journalistic career
Rifkind started in journalism in as an editorial assistant for the showbiz website Peoplenews.com, before becoming a freelance writer for The Times and the Evening Standard, and a columnist for the Glasgow Herald. He joined The Times in 2005, taking over the gossip column ("People") from Andrew Pierce.
As of 2011 Rifkind writes a weekly opinion column for The Times on Fridays and a satirical diary ("My Week") on Saturdays, in the style of a public figure in the news. Additionally, he has appeared on BBC Radio Scotland and BBC London and BBC Radio 4's satirical quiz show The News Quiz.[4] His debut novel, Overexposure, a satirical farce set in the London media world, was published in 2006.
On 8 January 2011, Rifkind's full page essay on Wikipedia, titled "The website that turned the world wiki", was published. This was based on Rifkind's conversation with Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia, and included the admission that, in 2010, he (Rifkind) had inserted fictitious information about Queen Victoria in the Wikipedia entry for 29 April (the date in 2011 of the then-planned wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton) and had successfully fooled at least two journalists who had used the material in published stories. Rifkind claimed also that, over the years, his own entry had been "humorously vandalised" by colleagues of his wife.[5]
[edit] Bibliography
[edit] Books
- Overexposure (2006)
[edit] Articles
- Rifkind, Hugo (4 October 2008). "Shared Opinion: Was I wrong to turn down my chance to star on Tory TV?". The Spectator 308 (9397): 28. http://www.spectator.co.uk/the-magazine/columnists/2189386/shared-opinion.thtml. Retrieved 22 December 2008.
- Rifkind, Hugo (29 May 2010). "Don’t fear the RIPA: regulations have to be enforced, sometimes even covertly". The Spectator. http://www.spectator.co.uk/columnists/all/6025773/dont-fear-the-ripa-regulations-have-to-be-enforced-sometimes-even-covertly.thtml. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
[edit] References
- ^ Rifkind, Hugo (8 May 2009). "We Brits dont do free speech thank goodness". The Times (London). http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/hugo_rifkind/article6244460.ece.
- ^ Rifkind, Hugo (9 December 2009). "Shared Opinion: Climate change has become a proxy subject for people who just want to sound off". The Spectator 311 (9459): 28. http://www.spectator.co.uk/columnists/all/5618623/climate-change-has-become-a-proxy-subject-for-people-who-just-want-to-sound-off.thtml. Retrieved 17 December 2009.
- ^ "Hugo Rifkind". battleofideas.org. Institute of Ideas. 2009. http://www.battleofideas.org.uk/index.php/2009/speaker_detail/2729. Retrieved 17 December 2009.
- ^ "Hugo Rifkind's entry at the literary agency PFD". Archived from the original on 11 October 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20071011231951/http://www.pfd.co.uk/clients/rifkindh/b-aut.html. Retrieved 20 June 2007.
- ^ Hugo Rifkind. "The website that turned the world wiki" (Review). The Times (London). Saturday, 8 January 2011. p. 4.
