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| Born | 13 November 1969 |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | South Hampstead High School |
| Alma mater | Somerville College, Oxford |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Employer | The Times |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
Rachel Mynfreda Sylvester (born 13 November 1969) is a British political journalist who writes for The Times .
Sylvester was educated at South Hampstead High School, an independent school for girls in Hampstead in North West London, followed by Somerville College of the University of Oxford. [1]
Sylvester joined The Daily Telegraph newspaper in 1992. In 1998, she left for a one-year period as the political editor of the Independent on Sunday newspaper.[ citation needed ] She returned to the Telegraph in 1999 as assistant editor (politics), a position she held until 2008. [1]
Sylvester joined The Times newspaper in June 2008, where she writes a weekly political column and a weekly interview piece, often collaborating with Alice Thomson. [2] She was named 2015's Political Journalist of the Year at the British Press Awards. [3] Iain Martin has described her and Thomson's work as "highly skilled interviewers [with] a gift for getting people to burble on until they say something highly revealing." [4]
Sylvester wrote an interview with Conservative Party leadership candidate Andrea Leadsom during the 2016 leadership election in which Leadsom made comments with reference to her competitor Theresa May. Leadsom stood aside in the aftermath of the interview's release to allow May to become leader, which the Evening Standard said "confirmed Sylvester's status as one of the country's most influential political commentators". [5] She was named 2016 Journalist of the Year by the Political Studies Association. [6]
Sylvester presents the interview series Past Imperfect with Alice Thomson on Times Radio, which began in July 2020. Their first guests included Tony Blair and Sir Paul Nurse. [7]
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