Charlotte Ivers | |
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Born | 1 March 1995 29) England | (age
Alma mater | Pembroke College, Cambridge |
Occupation | Journalist |
Years active | 2013–present |
Employer | The Sunday Times |
Charlotte Ivers (born 1 March 1995 [1] [2] [3] ) is a British journalist. She is currently the restaurant critic for The Sunday Times having previously been a political correspondent at Times Radio. [4] [5]
Born in 1995, Ivers sees herself as both English and Scottish: [6]
I was born in England. I was educated in England. I have an English accent. To any impartial observer, I am English. However, my family live in a small town just outside of Glasgow. I have four sisters and a stepmother who are all indisputably Scottish. My father has an English accent, but has lived on the west coast of Scotland for as long as I can remember. When I talk about visiting them, I talk about going home.
She attended Dean Close School, a private boarding school in Gloucestershire. She was head of school and commanded the RAF section of the school's Combined Cadet Force. [7] [ better source needed ]
She studied philosophy at Pembroke College, Cambridge. [8] [9] While there, she wrote for Varsity and The Tab , and was elected president of the Cambridge Union. [10] [11] [12]
Ivers worked as a special advisor for Theresa May's government. [13]
She is currently political correspondent at Times Radio and a columnist for The Sunday Times . [4]
Ivers has made television appearances on Question Time and Have I Got News for You . [13] [14]
She was formerly in a relationship with Conservative MP Richard Holden; they started dating in November 2016 when both were working as special advisers. [15] [16]
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