Katharine Whitehorn
Katharine Elizabeth Whitehorn CBE (born March 2, 1928 in Hendon , London Borough of Barnet , † January 8, 2021 ) was a British journalist and writer .
Life
Whitehorn attended Roedean School , a private school in Brighton , and later moved to Glasgow High School for Girls . At Newnham College of Cambridge University , she completed her studies.
1956 was Whitehorn co-editor of a women's magazine when she the photographer of Picture Post , Bert Hardy (1913-1995), met. He hired her as a model and through his photos she became known very quickly. In 1958 she married in Marlborough ( county Wilshire ) the writer Gavin Lyall and had with him two sons.
She later started writing for Picture Post as well. When their publication was discontinued in 1957, she got a job as a columnist with the Observer and wrote there until 1996. At the same time, the University of St Andrews ( County Fife ) entrusted her with teaching positions. From 1982 to 1985 she was the rector of this university.
From 1997, drew Whitehorn for the monthly column in Saga Magazine responsible and from 2009 she hosted every Friday the philosophical mission of the Points of View on Radio 4 of the BBC .
Works (selection)
- Cooking in a bedsitter . Penguin Books, Harmondsworth 1974, ISBN 0-14-046086-1 (former title: Kitchen in the corner. A complete guide to bedsitter cookery , 1961).
- Selective memory . Virago Press, London 2007, ISBN 978-1-8440-8240-7 .
- How to survive children . Methuen, London 1979, ISBN 0-417-03200-5 .
- Sunday Best . Methuen, London 1976, ISBN 0-413-36810-6 .
literature
- Rachel Cooke: Her Brilliant Career. Ten Extraordinary Women of the Fifties. Virago, London 2013, ISBN 978-1-8440-8740-2 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Janet Watts: Katharine Whitehorn - Obituary. In: The Guardian . January 10, 2021, accessed January 10, 2021 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Whitehorn, Katharine |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Whitehorn, Katharine Elizabeth |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British journalist and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 2, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hendon , London Borough of Barnet |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 8, 2021 |