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Bennett began her career in journalism at ''[[Honey (magazine)|Honey]]'' magazine. Subsequently she worked at ''[[The Sunday Telegraph]]'', ''[[The Mail on Sunday]]'', ''[[The Sunday Times]]'', ''[[The Times]]'' and the short-lived ''[[Sunday Correspondent]]'' newspaper before joining ''[[The Guardian]]'' around 1990.<ref>Stephen Brook, [https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/nov/30/guardianbennett?gusrc=rss&feed=media "Observer hires Guardian columnist"], ''The Guardian'', 30 November 2007. Retrieved 6 April 2009.</ref> She joined ''[[The Observer]]'' at the beginning of 2008, where she continues to write columns on [[politics]] and [[culture]], and at least two articles criticizing the peerage system and what she considers the nobility still existing privileges.<ref>{{citation |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/may/19/inherited-titles-arent-feminist-issue |title=Aristocrats make bid for equality? That's a new one |accessdate=26 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{citation |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/oct/11/illiterate-criminal-record-hereditary-peers-election-house-of-lords |title=Illiterate? Criminal record? Welcome to the House of Lords |accessdate=26 January 2015}}</ref>
Bennett began her career in journalism at ''[[Honey (magazine)|Honey]]'' magazine. Subsequently she worked at ''[[The Sunday Telegraph]]'', ''[[The Mail on Sunday]]'', ''[[The Sunday Times]]'', ''[[The Times]]'' and the short-lived ''[[Sunday Correspondent]]'' newspaper before joining ''[[The Guardian]]'' around 1990.<ref>Stephen Brook, [https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/nov/30/guardianbennett?gusrc=rss&feed=media "Observer hires Guardian columnist"], ''The Guardian'', 30 November 2007. Retrieved 6 April 2009.</ref> She joined ''[[The Observer]]'' at the beginning of 2008, where she continues to write columns on [[politics]] and [[culture]], and at least two articles criticizing the peerage system and what she considers the nobility still existing privileges.<ref>{{citation |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/may/19/inherited-titles-arent-feminist-issue |title=Aristocrats make bid for equality? That's a new one |accessdate=26 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{citation |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/oct/11/illiterate-criminal-record-hereditary-peers-election-house-of-lords |title=Illiterate? Criminal record? Welcome to the House of Lords |accessdate=26 January 2015}}</ref>


Catherine Bennett was on the [[Orwell Prize]]'s Journalism shortlist for 2009.<ref>Owen Amos, [http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=43424&c=1 "Shortlists announced for Orwell Prize for political writing"], ''[[Press Gazette]]'', 26 March 2009.</ref>
Catherine Bennett was on the [[Orwell Prize]]'s Journalism shortlist for 2009.<ref>Owen Amos, [http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=43424&c=1 "Shortlists announced for Orwell Prize for political writing"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110428005352/http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=43424&c=1 |date=2011-04-28 }}, ''[[Press Gazette]]'', 26 March 2009.</ref>


She was formerly married to [[Robert Sackville-West, 7th Baron Sackville|Robert Sackville-West]]<ref name="Mail"/> (1985–92). She then married the books editor of the ''[[Evening Standard]]'', [[David Sexton]].<ref name="Married">{{cite news|title=Married to the Job|url=http://search.proquest.com/news/docview/310825736/fulltext/D1452067EF7E42D0PQ/4?accountid=10226|accessdate=15 January 2017|work=[[The Independent]]|date=19 September 2005}}</ref> She has also had a relationship with the broadcaster [[John Humphrys]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Gordon|first=Bryony|authorlink=Bryony Gordon|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/6215064/John-Humphrys-Ive-always-felt-like-a-bit-of-a-fraud.html|title=John Humphrys: 'I've always felt like a bit of a fraud'|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=22 September 2009|accessdate=14 March 2017}}</ref>
She was formerly married to [[Robert Sackville-West, 7th Baron Sackville|Robert Sackville-West]]<ref name="Mail"/> (1985–92). She then married the books editor of the ''[[Evening Standard]]'', [[David Sexton]].<ref name="Married">{{cite news|title=Married to the Job|url=http://search.proquest.com/news/docview/310825736/fulltext/D1452067EF7E42D0PQ/4?accountid=10226|accessdate=15 January 2017|work=[[The Independent]]|date=19 September 2005}}</ref> She has also had a relationship with the broadcaster [[John Humphrys]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Gordon|first=Bryony|authorlink=Bryony Gordon|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/6215064/John-Humphrys-Ive-always-felt-like-a-bit-of-a-fraud.html|title=John Humphrys: 'I've always felt like a bit of a fraud'|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=22 September 2009|accessdate=14 March 2017}}</ref>

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Catherine Bennett
Born1956
OccupationJournalist
SpouseRobert Sackville-West (1985–92)

Catherine Dorothea Bennett (born 1956[1]) is a British journalist.

Bennett was educated at Lawnswood High School, Leeds, and Hertford College, Oxford.

Bennett began her career in journalism at Honey magazine. Subsequently she worked at The Sunday Telegraph, The Mail on Sunday, The Sunday Times, The Times and the short-lived Sunday Correspondent newspaper before joining The Guardian around 1990.[2] She joined The Observer at the beginning of 2008, where she continues to write columns on politics and culture, and at least two articles criticizing the peerage system and what she considers the nobility still existing privileges.[3][4]

Catherine Bennett was on the Orwell Prize's Journalism shortlist for 2009.[5]

She was formerly married to Robert Sackville-West[1] (1985–92). She then married the books editor of the Evening Standard, David Sexton.[6] She has also had a relationship with the broadcaster John Humphrys.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b "BBC rottweiler John Humphrys is (almost) smiling over his new relationship with journalist", Daily Mail, 23 September 2010
  2. ^ Stephen Brook, "Observer hires Guardian columnist", The Guardian, 30 November 2007. Retrieved 6 April 2009.
  3. ^ Aristocrats make bid for equality? That's a new one, retrieved 26 January 2015
  4. ^ Illiterate? Criminal record? Welcome to the House of Lords, retrieved 26 January 2015
  5. ^ Owen Amos, "Shortlists announced for Orwell Prize for political writing" Archived 2011-04-28 at the Wayback Machine, Press Gazette, 26 March 2009.
  6. ^ "Married to the Job". The Independent. 19 September 2005. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
  7. ^ Gordon, Bryony (22 September 2009). "John Humphrys: 'I've always felt like a bit of a fraud'". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
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