Charlotte Ivers

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Charlotte Ivers
Born1 March 1995 (1995-03) (age 29)
England
Alma mater Pembroke College, Cambridge
OccupationJournalist
Years active2013–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]

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Early life

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]

Career

Ivers worked as a special adviser 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]

Personal life

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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References

  1. ↑ Ivers, Charlotte (1 March 2020). "It's my birthday, and I'm 'not yet grown up enough to own vases' years old". Twitter.
  2. ↑ Ivers, Charlotte (28 February 2021). "Last day of being 25 for this small creature. (Not sure about the pig - we've lost touch)". Twitter.
  3. ↑ "Charlotte IVERS personal appointments - Find and update company information - GOV.UK". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk.
  4. 1 2 Ivers, Charlotte (26 December 2021). "My sacrifice to save the old? Don't mention it" – via www.thetimes.co.uk.
  5. ↑ Ivers, Charlotte (28 March 2021). "Political reporter Charlotte Ivers on looking 'too young' for her job" – via www.thetimes.co.uk.
  6. ↑ Ivers, Charlotte (18 September 2014). "Am I Scottish? A story from Cambridge". Varsity Online.
  7. ↑ "Always Worth Saying's Question Time Review – Going Postal". 6 May 2022.
  8. ↑ "Cambridge students resent Prince William's 'free pass'". The Economic Times. 4 January 2014.
  9. ↑ Ivers, Charlotte (30 October 2022). "Bypass Cambridge for the road to No 10" – via www.thetimes.co.uk.
  10. ↑ Ivers, Charlotte (25 April 2014). "Somebody Else's Cambridge". Varsity Online.
  11. ↑ "State of the Union: Charlotte Ivers wins presidential election". University of Cambridge. 27 November 2015.
  12. ↑ "Charlotte Ivers, Author at The Tab". The Tab.
  13. 1 2 Harrison, Ellie (15 April 2023). "Have I Got News For You guest hits back at 'blinking' criticism from viewer". The Independent.
  14. ↑ Tetzlaff-Deas, Benedict (25 November 2022). "Fiona Bruce intervenes as Andy Burnham and minister clash on Question Time". mirror.
  15. ↑ "Top secret files on ex-aide of Defence Secretary who was cleared of groping were leaked to CPS | Express Digest". 3 June 2018.
  16. ↑ Ivers, Charlotte (15 January 2023). "Young, free and (very) single: my year without relationships" – via www.thetimes.co.uk.
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