Simon Hoggart
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Simon David Hoggart (born 26 May 1946) is an English journalist and broadcaster. He is the son of the sociologist Richard Hoggart and Mary Holt Hoggart. His brother is The Times television critic Paul Hoggart.
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[edit] Life and career
Simon Hoggart was born in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire and educated at Hymers College in Hull, Wyggeston Boys' School in Leicester, and then King's College, Cambridge.
He joined The Guardian in 1968, later becoming the American correspondent for The Observer (and occasional guest commentator on National Public Radio's Weekend Edition Saturday). Simon then became the parliamentary sketch writer for The Guardian in 1993. He also writes a wine column for The Spectator.
Before his spell in North America in the early 1980s he chaired the radio comedy show The News Quiz, returning to the show in 1996 . He was also a contributor to the Grumpy Old Men and in the past has written for Punch magazine and an occasional column for New Humanist magazine (last entry May 2005). Hoggart was also an occasional celebrity panelist on BBC2's antiques quiz show Going, Going, Gone.
In December 2004 he confessed that he was the "third man" in the Kimberly Quinn affair[1] - the political sex scandal that contributed to David Blunkett's resignation.
In March 2006 Hoggart presented his last edition of The News Quiz commenting: "I'm getting a bit clapped out and jaded, and I think that's beginning to show."[2]
His published books to date form an eclectic list, including debunking the supernatural, anecdotes about Parliament, a biography, his thoughts about the United States, a serious political review, and collected Christmas round-robin letters.
Simon Hoggart lives in South London with his wife, Alyson, a Clinical Psychologist and their two children, Amy and Richard.
[edit] Works
- Books
- The Hands of History: Parliamentary Sketches 1997-2007 (2007) ISBN 1-84354-679-5
- Don't Tell Mum: Hair-raising Messages Home from Gap-year Travellers (2006) by Simon Hoggart and Emily Monk ISBN 1-84354-539-2
- The Hamster That Loved Puccini: The Seven Modern Sins of Christmas Round-Robin Letters (2005) ISBN 1-84354-474-1
- The Cat That Could Open the Fridge: A Curmudgeon's Guide to Christmas Round-Robin Letters (2004) ISBN 1-84354-357-5
- Punchlines: A Crash Course in English with John Prescott (2003) ISBN 0-7434-8397-9 – on Prescottese language
- Playing to the Gallery: Parliamentary Sketches from Blair Year Zero (2002) ISBN 1-903809-66-5 – parliamentary sketches
- Live Briefs: A Political Sketch Book by Simon Hoggart, Steve Bell (1996) ISBN 0-413-70970-1 – parliamentary sketches, with the Guardian political cartoonist
- House of Correction (1995) ISBN 0-86051-998-8 – parliamentary sketches
- Bizarre Beliefs by Simon Hoggart, Mike Hutchinson (1995) ISBN 1-86066-021-5 – on "the human desire to believe the unbelievable"
- America: A User's Guide (1991) ISBN 0-00-637602-9 – on his experiences living in the United States
- House of Cards: A Selection of Modern Political Humour edited by Simon Hoggart (1988) ISBN 0-241-12451-4
- House of Ill Fame (1985) ISBN 0-86051-350-5 – parliamentary sketches
- Back On the House (1982) ISBN 0-330-28148-8 – parliamentary sketches
- On the House: The Personalities and the Politics From the Irreverent "Punch" Column (1981) ISBN 0-330-26883-X – parliamentary sketches
- Michael Foot: A Portrait by Simon Hoggart, David Leigh (1981) ISBN 0-340-27600-2 – biography of politician Michael Foot
- The Pact: The Inside Story of the Lib-Lab Government, 1977-8 by Simon Hoggart, Alistair Michie (1978) ISBN 0-7043-3236-1
- Little Boxes: A Selection of Bryan McAllister Cartoons From "The Guardian" by Bryan McAllister, Simon Hoggart (1977) ISBN 0-85265-024-8
- Audiobooks
- The News Quiz: The First 25 Years (BBC Radio Collection) (2003) ISBN 0-563-49402-6
- Simon Hoggart's Pick of "The News Quiz": Vol 2 (2002) ISBN 0-563-52923-7
- Simon Hoggart's Pick of "The News Quiz": Vol 1 (2000) ISBN 0-563-47762-8
[edit] References
- ^ Third man confesses in the Quinn affair - Telegraph. telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved on 2008-06-12.
- ^ BBC (2006-01-30). "Simon Hoggart steps aside from The News Quiz". Press release. Retrieved on 2007-01-03.
[edit] External links
- Simon Hoggart's columns in The Guardian with archives
- Simon Hoggart's parliamentary sketches in The Guardian with archives
- Simon Hoggart's column in New Humanist with archives
- BBC - The News Quiz
- Open Directory Project - Simon Hoggart directory category
- Simon Hoggart at the Internet Movie Database
