The daughter of a film producer and born in Maidenhead, Tina Brown was considered “an extremely subversive influence” and expelled from three boarding schools as a child. Married to the former editor of The Sunday Times Sir Harold Evans, Tina Brown has two children and became a US citizen in 2005. Having held senior positions at Tatler, Vanity Fair and The New Yorker, she founded The Daily Beast in 2008 and set up Tina Brown Live Media in 2010 to produce “summits, salons, flash forums and debates”. She has over 80,000 followers on Twitter and of her style once stated: “I’m trying to be entertaining without being mean”.
Two stories to keep beside you
Petronella Wyatt
“Petsy” brilliantly combines life as a writer and journalist with being a social dynamo. When interviewing Janet Anderson, then Labour Minister for Women, she suggested that: “Under Labour, women will become more promiscuous.” Her own relationship with Boris Johnson was a very public affair but the daughter of Lord Wyatt of Weeford deserves to be […]
Ella Woodward
The daughter of the turncoat Tory turned Labour transplant Shaun Woodward and his Sainsbury’s heiress wife, Ella Woodward’s blog, Deliciously Ella, has become a firm favourite of foodies everywhere.
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4 comments
She is simply wonderful. I love her writing and I love her approach to life.
She better support Find Madeleine. Support Gerry and Kate McCann find their dearly beloved daughter.
Gillian
I thought I tended to be a bit of a bore….but you make me seem quite interesting. You need help
How dare you. Support the Find Madeleine campaign and I might forgive you.