Allegra Stratton
Encyclopedia
Allegra Stratton is a political correspondent for The Guardian
in London. She was appointed the political editor of BBC2's Newsnight
programme on 21 November 2011.
She attended Emmanuel College, Cambridge
, where she read archaeology and anthropology. She has worked as a producer for the BBC
, on the foreign desk at The Times
and written for The Independent
and The New Statesman
.
She is also the author of the novel Muhajababes, which explores the youth culture of the Middle East. While Stratton did not coin the term "muhajababe" herself, she did penetrate the contradictions of modern life of young adults in Muslim societies. (The term arises from "muhajabe," itself a term for "veil.")
She has co-presents The Guardians 'Politics Weekly' podcast with Tom Clark.
The Guardian
The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
in London. She was appointed the political editor of BBC2's Newsnight
Newsnight
Newsnight is a BBC Television current affairs programme noted for its in-depth analysis and often robust cross-examination of senior politicians. Jeremy Paxman has been its main presenter for over two decades....
programme on 21 November 2011.
She attended Emmanuel College, Cambridge
Emmanuel College, Cambridge
Emmanuel College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge.The college was founded in 1584 by Sir Walter Mildmay on the site of a Dominican friary...
, where she read archaeology and anthropology. She has worked as a producer for the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
, on the foreign desk at 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...
and written for The Independent
The Independent
The Independent is a British national morning newspaper published in London by Independent Print Limited, owned by Alexander Lebedev since 2010. It is nicknamed the Indy, while the Sunday edition, The Independent on Sunday, is the Sindy. Launched in 1986, it is one of the youngest UK national daily...
and The New Statesman
The New Statesman
The New Statesman is an award-winning British sitcom of the late 1980s and early 1990s satirising the Conservative government of the time...
.
She is also the author of the novel Muhajababes, which explores the youth culture of the Middle East. While Stratton did not coin the term "muhajababe" herself, she did penetrate the contradictions of modern life of young adults in Muslim societies. (The term arises from "muhajabe," itself a term for "veil.")
She has co-presents The Guardians 'Politics Weekly' podcast with Tom Clark.
Articles and interviews
- http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/news/authors/allegra_stratton/index.html
- http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/allegrastratton
Book
- Muhajababes New York, Melville House PublishingMelville House PublishingMelville House Publishing is an independent publisher of literary fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. The company was founded in 2001 by the husband and wife team of Dennis Loy Johnson and Valerie Merians in Hoboken, New Jersey, a location Johnson jokingly called "the Left Bank" of New York City...
, 2008. ISBN 1-933633-50-6