Lucy Mangan

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Lucy Mangan
Education Trinity Hall, Cambridge
Occupations
  • Writer
  • television critic
Employer The Guardian
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Website www.theguardian.com/profile/lucymangan

Lucy Mangan is a British journalist and author. She is a columnist, features writer and TV critic for The Guardian and an opinion writer for i news.

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Early life and education

Lucy Mangan grew up in Catford, southeast London, to parents originally from Lancashire. [1] Her father worked in theatre, and her mother was a doctor. [2]

She studied English at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, qualified as a solicitor, but worked in a bookshop until she found a work experience placement at The Guardian in 2003. [1] [3]

Career

Journalism

Mangan writes a regular column, TV reviews, and occasional features at The Guardian. [4] [5] and is an opinion writer for i news. [6] A major part of her writing is related to feminism. [7] [8]

Mangan also has a regular column for Stylist magazine [9]

Books

Mangan's book My Family and other Disasters (2009) is a collection of her newspaper columns. She has also written books about her childhood and her wedding. [1] [3]

Her debut novel, Are We Having Fun Yet?, was published in 2021. The Scotsman's Kirsty McLuckie gave the novel a glowing review, describing the book as "a work of genius". [10]

Other activities

Mangan has been a judge for the BookTrust Roald Dahl Funny Prize. [11]

Recognition and awards

Mangan won the columnist of the year award at the Professional Publishers Association Awards in 2013, [12] and was shortlisted for the critic of the year award at The British Press Awards in 2019. [13]

Personal life

Mangan and her husband have a son. [14] [3]

Works

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Feminist education has been the making of me Interview with The Daily Telegraph, 6 May 2013
  2. Mangan, Lucy (10 February 2016). "I'd never kissed a Tory - then I married one". The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 Biography at Blake Freidman Agent's page, accessed March 2016
  4. Lucy Mangan's page at the Guardian Last accessed March 2016
  5. Mangan, Lucy (25 July 2019). "Inside the Bruderhof review – is this a religious stirring I feel?". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  6. "Lucy Mangan".
  7. Mangan on her feminism, The Guardian, 19 September 2009
  8. "Lucy Mangan's weekend column + Feminism – Lifeandstyle". The Guardian.
  9. Lucy Mangan's page at Stylist magazine Accessed March 2016
  10. "Book review: Are We Having Fun Yet?, by Lucy Mangan". www.scotsman.com. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
  11. "Roald Dahl Funny Prize 2012". www.booktrust.org.uk. Book Trust. Retrieved 20 April 2016.[ dead link ]
  12. "Lucy Mangan wins Columnist of the Year at PPA Awards!". Blake Friedmann. 20 June 2013. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  13. "National Press Awards Shortlist – Society of Editors" . Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  14. Mangan, Lucy (18 March 2011). "Lucy Mangan is Outspoken: "I'll never take my husband's last name"". Stylist. Retrieved 11 January 2020.