Paul Hoggart is an English television

Television

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 critic

Critic

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 and columnist

Columnist

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. He is the youngest son of Richard Hoggart

Richard Hoggart

Herbert Richard Hoggart is a British academic and public figure, whose career has covered the fields of sociology, English literature and cultural studies, with a special concern for British popular culture.-Career:...

 and brother of political journalist Simon Hoggart

Simon Hoggart

Simon David Hoggart is an English journalist and broadcaster. He writes on politics for The Guardian, and on wine for The Spectator. Until 2006 he presented The News Quiz on Radio 4...

. His sister, Nicola, is a teacher.

Early life and Career

He spent some years as a further education lecturer at Kingsway College

Westminster Kingsway College

Westminster Kingsway College is a further education college in central London with Centres in King's Cross and Victoria . The College has about 14,000 students across all age ranges and provides further, adult and higher education programmes including full-time and part-time vocational,...

 and then Woolwich College in London

London

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, before he started as a book reviewer. He currently writes for The Times

The Times

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.

Personal life

He married Elizabeth Knight in Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas, Nevada

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in August 2001, although they had been together for over twenty years prior to that. They have three children: Rose, Edward, and Matthew.