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Andrew Rawnsley
Rawnsley in 2017
Born
Andrew Nicholas James Rawnsley

(1962-01-05) 5 January 1962 (age 62)
Leeds, United Kingdom
Alma materSidney Sussex College, Cambridge
Occupation(s)Journalist, broadcaster
SpouseJane Hall
Children3

Andrew Nicholas James Rawnsley (born 5 January 1962) is a British

political journalist and broadcaster. A columnist and chief political commentator[1] for The Observer, he has written two books on New Labour
.

Early life

Rawnsley was born in

Cambridge University Social Democrats during 1982โ€“83.[2]
He was also editor of Stop Press, the Cambridge University newspaper of the day, and won the Guardian Student Journalist of the year award in 1984.

Career

Newspapers

Rawnsley began his career at the BBC, working there for two years from 1983, then joined The Guardian in 1985. From 1987 he was the newspaper's parliamentary sketch writer. In 1993 he moved to The Observer as chief political commentator and associate editor, a position he retains.

He has won several awards for his journalism, including: British Press Awards Young Journalist of the Year (1987); What The Papers Say Columnist of the Year (2000); Channel 4 Political Awards Book of the Year (2001); Channel 4 Political Awards Journalist of the Year (2003); House Magazine Awards Commentator of the Year (2008); and the Chair's Choice Award at the Editorial Intelligence Comment Awards (2015) for combining "excellent insight with an originality and power of expression which makes him sans pareil in his field".[3]

Radio and television

Rawnsley has also broadcast regularly; he was co-presenter of

Dispatches: Gordon Brown: Where Did It All Go Wrong? (2008), which was nominated for an award at Banff World Television Festival;[4] Crash Gordon: The Inside Story of the Financial Crisis (2009); Cameron Uncovered (2010); and A Year Inside Number Ten (2011).[5]

He was the founding and sole presenter of

BBC Radio Four
's "Leader Conference".

Books

Rawnsley's Servants of the People: The Inside Story of New Labour, published on 27 September 2000, is an account of the early years of New Labour in government. The book raised the profile of the feud between Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. An expanded paperback edition, including coverage of the 2001 general election, was published on 16 July 2001.

Rawnsley's The End of the Party: The Rise and Fall of New Labour was serialised in The Observer starting on 21 February 2010 and published in book form on 1 March 2010. An expanded paperback edition, taking the story up to the day of Gordon Brown's resignation after the 2010 general election, was published on 30 September 2010.

Personal life

In 1990 he married Jane Hall in Cambridge. They have three daughters: Olivia (born October 1991), Jessica (born January 1994) and Cordelia (born March 1997).[6]

Rawnsley became a Fellow of the

Royal Society of Arts
in 2001.

References

  1. ^ "Andrew Rawnsley". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
  2. ^ "About us | Keynes Society". Keynessociety.wordpress.com. 28 February 2009. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
  3. ^ "Winners of The Comment Awards 2015 announced by Jessie Sampson". newsworks.org.uk.
  4. ^ "Banff World Television Festival, Political Programs". banff2010.com. Retrieved 20 September 2011.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "Dispatches: A Year Inside Number Ten". tenalps.com. 1 May 2011. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
  6. ISBN 1857431790
    .

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