Gaby Hinsliff

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Gabrielle Hinsliff
Born (1971-07-04) 4 July 1971 (age 53)
NationalityBritish
Alma materQueens' College, Cambridge
OccupationJournalist
Years active1994–present
SpouseJames Clark
Father Geoffrey Hinsliff

Gabrielle Seal Hinsliff (born 4 July 1971) [1] [2] is an English journalist and columnist for The Guardian . [3]

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Early life and career

Born in Chelmsford [4] she is one of the daughters of the actor Geoff Hinsliff. She attended Queens' College, Cambridge, graduating with a first-class degree in English. [5]

After two years at the Grimsby Evening Telegraph from 1994 to 1996, Hinsliff joined the Daily Mail , where she was successively a news reporter and health reporter, before becoming a political reporter in 1997, [5] and finally chief political correspondent the following year. She joined The Observer in March 2000, initially in the same post, following Andy McSmith, who had joined The Daily Telegraph . [6] Hinsliff was the youngest political editor of a national newspaper when she was promoted in December 2004, this time succeeding Kamal Ahmed, who had been her immediate superior at The Observer since her original appointment. [5] [6] [7]

Although Hinsliff loved the job, she resigned in late September 2009 "to get a life", to move "out of London to write, think, do some projects I never had time for" and "to spend more time with her husband and son". [2] [7]

Career since 2012

Hinsliff's book Half a Wife (Chatto & Windus) was published in 2012. Eleanor Mills in The Sunday Times wrote that it is elevated "from the normal middle-class whinge" by "the rigorous analysis she brings to the wider forces that have shaped modern family life and how they might be re-sliced so that families can live differently". Hinsliff, Mills writes, "calls for a non-gender-aligned sharing out of domestic tasks". [8]

Hinsliff spent a period at The Times until July 2014, before becoming a columnist on The Guardian the following September. [9]

In July 2012, she began as editor-at-large of Grazia magazine contributing interviews and columns. [10] Hinsliff contributes to BBC and Sky programmes.

Personal life

Hinsliff is married to James Clark, a public relations professional. [11]

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  2. 1 2 Hinsliff, Gaby (1 November 2009). "'I had it all, but I didn't have a life'". The Observer. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  3. ↑ "Gaby Hinsliff – Biography". Curtis Browen. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  4. ↑ "Hinsliff, Gabrielle Seal" . Who's Who (December 2023 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 31 March 2024.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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  6. 1 2 Garside, Juliette (17 March 2000). "Lusher Will Edit Guardian Guide". PR Week. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  7. 1 2 Busfield, Steve (29 September 2009). "Observer political editor Gaby Hinsliff resigns after five years in post". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  8. ↑ Mills, Eleanor (8 January 2012). "Half a Wife by Gaby Hinsliff". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 17 February 2017.[ dead link ](subscription required)
  9. ↑ "Gaby Hinsliff to join Guardian as writer and columnist". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media. 25 July 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  10. ↑ "Grazia recruits Gaby Hinsliff". PPA . 2 July 2012. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  11. ↑ "In the Firing Line". The Herald. Glasgow. 14 April 2007. Retrieved 17 February 2017.

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