Annabel Heseltine

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Annabel Heseltine
Born
Annabel Mary Dibdin Heseltine

(1963-07-25) 25 July 1963 (age 61)[ citation needed ]
London, England
Alma mater St Mary's College, Durham
University of Reading
Occupations
  • Journalist
  • columnist
  • broadcaster
  • magazine editor
Spouse
Peter Butler
​
​
(m. 1998;div. 2018)​
[ citation needed ]
Children4
Parent Michael Heseltine

Annabel Mary Dibdin Heseltine (born 25 July 1963)[ citation needed ] is a journalist, columnist and TV and radio broadcaster. She was previously editor of the education magazine School House.

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Early life

Born in London, she is the elder daughter of the politician and former deputy Prime Minister Lord Heseltine and Lady Heseltine, née Anne Williams. [1] She was educated at Cobham Hall School, Tudor Hall and Stowe School. At Stowe she achieved a B in economics, a C in politics, and two Ds in history and geography in her A-levels, grades which she described as "atrocious by today's standards". She suspects that, like her children, she is dyslexic. [2] In 1985 Heseltine graduated from Durham University with a degree in economic history. In 2006 she obtained an MSc (distinction) in Wildlife Management and Conservation at University of Reading.[ citation needed ]

Career

Heseltine trained as a fashion buyer at Bloomingdales in New York and then worked in London for advertising agency, Darcy Masius, Benton and Bowles in London and Restaurant and Hotel PR agency, Alan Crompton-Batt Associates.[ citation needed ]

Aged 22, she became the Assistant-editor for the Hong Kong Tatler. From 1990 - 2006, Heseltine worked for broadsheets and tabloids including the Daily Mail 's YOU magazine, The Times , The Sunday Times and The Daily Telegraph . [3] and also magazines including Vogue, The Economist , the New Statesman , [4] Earth Magazine, Harpers and Queen and Hi-Life. Following her coverage of the outbreak of Rwandan civil war, she became a news reporter at The Sunday Times.[ citation needed ]

Later she talked about the sorrows of an ectopic pregnancy.[ citation needed ] Her own experiences as an older mother unable to conceive a live baby [5] and subsequent walk down the IVF route was well documented. [6] Her advocacy of the legalisation of drugs led her father, while deputy prime minister, to dissociate himself from her opinions on the issue. [7]

She was one of the founding editors for the upmarket concierge company, Quintessentially. [8]

As a commentator and TV and radio broadcaster she has appeared on news and chat shows including The World at One , Today , Panorama , BBC News 24, Woman's Hour , discussing current affairs and subjects as diverse as IVF, dyslexia, Single Women, Aids in Zambia, footballers, the fur industry and the 1997 Hong Kong hand over.[ citation needed ]

Heseltine was previously the editor of School House Magazine, a triannual magazine published by Country & Town House, which seeks "to offer parents real insight into the world of independent education." [9] She left School House in September 2021. [10] [ better source needed ]

Personal life

Heseltine is divorced and lives between London and West Wiltshire[ citation needed ] with her four children all of whom have been diagnosed with dyslexia. [11] She was previously married to Irish plastic surgeon Peter Butler. [12] [13] [14]

Heseltine has travelled extensively and has studied Buddhism, yoga and meditation; she is an accomplished triathlete. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "Annabel Heseltine - Editor of First Eleven - Favourite Websites - The Good Web Guide" . Retrieved 29 September 2018.
  2. ↑ Julie Henry (20 November 2011). "Dyslexia may explain my school failure, says Annabel Heseltine". telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  3. ↑ Heseltine, Annabel (14 July 2006). "It's a workhorse – not a Chelsea tractor". The Daily Telegraph.
  4. ↑ Conrtributor page, New Statesman
  5. ↑ http://www.thefreelibrary.com/TWIN+MIRACLES;+Two+ectopic+pregnancies,+one+miscarriage,+years+of...-a091356708 [ dead link ]
  6. ↑ Annabel Heseltine (7 August 2002). "'I was wracked with guilt'". London Evening Standard. Archived from the original on 13 September 2012.
  7. ↑ "Heseltine snubs daughter's views on drugs", The Independent, 30 March 1996
  8. 1 2 Archived 31 October 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ↑ "About Us - School House Magazine" . Retrieved 29 September 2018.
  10. ↑ "Annabel Heseltine - LinkedIn" . Retrieved 10 January 2025.
  11. ↑ "Heseltine's girl: My distress at watching four dyslexic children struggle to read". The Standard. 30 November 2011.
  12. ↑ "The Dubliner set to make history with the first UK face transplant - Independent.ie". 2 April 2011. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
  13. ↑ "My husband the face swap surgeon". 13 April 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
  14. ↑ times, John Elliott of the sunday (30 November 2003). "Moving On" . Retrieved 29 September 2018– via www.thetimes.co.uk.
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