Isabel Hardman
Isabel Hardman | |
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.jpg) Hardman chairing a Policy Exchange debate, September 2014 | |
| Born | May 1986 (age 38) |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Known for | Assistant editor The Spectator |
Isabel Hardman (born May 1986) is a political journalist and the assistant editor of The Spectator. In 2015, she was named "Journalist of the Year" at the Political Studies Association's annual awards.
Early life and education
Isabel Hardman was born in May 1986. She is the daughter of Michael Hardman, the first chairman and one of the four founders of the Campaign for Real Ale.[1] She attended St Catherine's School, Bramley, and Godalming College, before graduating from the University of Exeter with a first class degree in English Literature in 2007.[2][3] While at university, Hardman worked as a freelance journalist for The Observer.[4] She completed a National Council for the Training of Journalists course at Highbury College in 2009.[3]
Career
Hardman began her career in journalism as a senior reporter for Inside Housing magazine. She then became assistant news editor at PoliticsHome. In September 2014, GQ magazine named her as one of their 100 most connected women in Britain,[2] and in December 2015, she was named "Journalist of the Year" at the Political Studies Association's annual awards.[5] She is currently the assistant editor of The Spectator,[6] and writes a weekly column for The Daily Telegraph.[7]
She has appeared on television, in programmes such as Question Time, This Week[8] and The Andrew Marr Show, and is a presenter of the BBC Radio 4 programme Week in Westminster.[2]
In April 2016, Hardman tweeted that a male member of Parliament had referred to her as "the totty", a term generally regarded as sexist and demeaning, and that she had reported him to the whips but that she was not intending to name the man.[9] The member in question was subsequently reported to be the Conservative MP Bob Stewart.[10]
In July that year, Hardman was caught up in a terrorist attack in the French city of Nice. Interviewed afterwards, she said she had been walking back from watching a seaside fireworks display when the attack on the Promenade des Anglais occurred. "Suddenly there was sort of shouts and people started running away from the main square and there was screaming and then suddenly lots of sirens started up and there were police cars and ambulances whizzing past".[11]
Hardman has written about suffering from depression, and in October 2016 wrote that she had decided to stop working temporarily due to anxiety and depression problems.[12]
References
- ^ Hardman, Isabel (31 December 2015). "The honours system is entrenching elitism in British society by rewarding political work". The Independent. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
- ^ a b c "GQ and Editorial Intelligence's 100 Most Connected Women 2014". GQ.
- ^ a b "Isabel Hardman". National Council for the Training of Journalists.
- ^ Hardman, Isabel (17 September 2006). "Are students getting value for their £9,000 ?". The Observer. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
- ^ Nelson, Fraser (1 December 2015). "The Spectator's Isabel Hardman named Journalist of the Year". The Spectator. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
- ^ "Isabel Hardman". Spectator Blogs.
- ^ "Isabel Hardman". The Daily Telegraph.
- ^ "Westminster political week round up with Isabel Hardman". BBC News. 13 December 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
- ^ MP apologises for calling female political journalist 'totty'. The Daily Telegraph, 13 April 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
- ^ Allegretti, Aubrey (14 April 2016). "Bob Stewart MP Dismisses Row Over 'Totty' Slur As 'Political Correctness'". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
- ^ "08:03". The Guardian. 15 July 2016.
- ^ Hardman, Isabel. "How we do (and don't but should) treat depression". Medium. Retrieved 31 October 2016.