Alice Miles
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Alice Miles is a British journalist. Since 1999, she has worked for The Times
, initially as a parliamentary sketch writer, but more recently as a columnist specialising in health and social policy.
After graduating from Southampton University
, Miles was adopted as a trainee on The Mail on Sunday
. She has also worked as a reporter for the Evening Standard
and as a leader writer on the Daily Express
, and qualified as a barrister.
Miles won the What the Papers Say
Columnist of the Year award in 2007.
Miles has a daughter, Ellie, whom she has written about in The Times.
The Times
The Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register . The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary since 1981 of News International...
, initially as a parliamentary sketch writer, but more recently as a columnist specialising in health and social policy.
After graduating from Southampton University
University of Southampton
The University of Southampton is a British public university located in the city of Southampton, England, a member of the Russell Group. The origins of the university can be dated back to the founding of the Hartley Institution in 1862 by Henry Robertson Hartley. In 1902, the Institution developed...
, Miles was adopted as a trainee on The Mail on Sunday
The Mail on Sunday
The Mail on Sunday is a British conservative newspaper, currently published in a tabloid format. First published in 1982 by Lord Rothermere, it became Britain's biggest-selling Sunday newspaper following the closing of The News of the World in July 2011...
. She has also worked as a reporter for the Evening Standard
Evening Standard
The Evening Standard, now styled the London Evening Standard, is a free local daily newspaper, published Monday–Friday in tabloid format in London. It is the dominant regional evening paper for London and the surrounding area, with coverage of national and international news and City of London...
and as a leader writer on the Daily Express
Daily Express
The Daily Express switched from broadsheet to tabloid in 1977 and was bought by the construction company Trafalgar House in the same year. Its publishing company, Beaverbrook Newspapers, was renamed Express Newspapers...
, and qualified as a barrister.
Miles won the What the Papers Say
What the Papers Say
What The Papers Say is a BBC radio programme that originally ran for many years on British television.Its first incarnation was the second longest-running programme on British television after Panorama...
Columnist of the Year award in 2007.
Miles has a daughter, Ellie, whom she has written about in The Times.