We’ve got nothing against this respected journalist and writer, but when we heard that the fashion mag Grazia had a “Political Editor at Large” we thought it was April Fool’s Day. Hinsliff also blogs at usedtobesomebody.blogspot.com and states that she resigned as political editor of The Observer to go “in search of a life.” She’s based in Oxfordshire and published her first book, Half A Wife, in 2012. In it, she advises on “how to balance a happy, healthy family life with the demands and rewards of work.” There are plenty out there who ought to pay attention.

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Jessica Gibson
From the same Steeple territory

Jessica Gibson

A graduate of Newcastle University, Jessica Gibson blogs as The Travelista and is group editor for The Nth Degree Club.

Hugo Rifkind
From the same Steeple territory

Hugo Rifkind

This Scottish, Jewish journalist and author describes himself to his 48,000 followers on Twitter as a “tireless defender of the weak and watery middle”.