Lisa Markwell

Lisa Markwell (born 23 April 1965)^[1] is a British journalist. She was the editor of The Independent On Sunday for three years, from April 2013 until its closure in March 2016. She was appointed by proprietor Evgeny Lebedev as the first of three new editors for his ESI Media portfolio; he announced the appointment in a tweet.^[2] From 2018 to 2021 she was the food editor of The Sunday Times.^[3] She is now the editor of The Telegraph Magazine.

Markwell was born and raised in

In April 2013, Markwell replaced John Mullin as editor of The Independent on Sunday when the paper embarked on an integration programme.^[7] During her editorship, Markwell highlighted the awareness of the plight of the Arctic 30 when her close friend Frank Hewetson, a Greenpeace activist, was imprisoned in Russia for attempting to occupy a drilling platform.^[8] Her decision in 2014 not to publish images or names relating to the murder of British aid worker Alan Henning led to the newspaper winning the British Press Award for Front Page of the Year.^[9] At the presentation of the award, Markwell commented that the newspaper had a full-time staff of 12.^[10] During her editorship, Markwell joined the committee of Women in Journalism, speaking publicly and taking part in panel debates about the difficulties facing women in the media.^[11][12]

In February 2016, it was announced that Independent Print Ltd had sold the

After the closure of The Independent on Sunday, Markwell took a year out to train as a chef at Leiths School of Food and Wine 2017-2018, gaining a distinction level diploma.[15] She worked as editor for a restaurant platform CODE Hospitality, and has been the food editor of both The Sunday Times and The Daily Telegraph.

Markwell lives in London and is married with two children. She has written about the adoption process^[16] and about the challenges facing children with special needs and their families.^[17] In 2009 she underwent treatment for breast cancer.^[18]