Simon Hoggart
Simon Hoggart, 55, chaired Radio 4's News Quiz full-time from1996 to 2006. The son of Professor Richard Hoggart, he was educated in Hull and Leicester and at King's College Cambridge. He began his journalistic career at The Guardian in 1968, working as a reporter in Northern Ireland and as political correspondent. He then moved to The Observer, becoming US correspondent, columnist and political editor. He was also a regular contributor to Punch. His books include Michael Foot: a Portrait, America: a User's Guide, Live Briefs (a collaboration with cartoonist Steve Bell) and Bizarre Beliefs. Married with two children, he has been The Guardian's parliamentary sketch writer since 1993.
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