Yvonne Roberts
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Yvonne Roberts is an English journalist.
Born in Newport Pagnall, Buckinghamshire, Roberts was educated at Warwick University
between 1967 and 1969, being taught by historian E. P. Thompson
. Her career in journalism began at the Chronicle and Echo in 1969, remaining with the publication until 1971
Roberts was employed on the Weekend World
(1972–77), The London Programme (1977–79) and worked on This Week
from 1988. She worked on the short-lived tabloid the News on Sunday, and has contributed to The Times
, Evening Standard
, New Statesman and The Independent. She first joined the staff of The Observer in 1990 where she has since been a leader writer.
Roberts has been an Associate at the Young Foundation
.
Born in Newport Pagnall, Buckinghamshire, Roberts was educated at Warwick University
University of Warwick
The University of Warwick is a public research university located in Coventry, United Kingdom...
between 1967 and 1969, being taught by historian E. P. Thompson
E. P. Thompson
Edward Palmer Thompson was a British historian, writer, socialist and peace campaigner. He is probably best known today for his historical work on the British radical movements in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, in particular The Making of the English Working Class...
. Her career in journalism began at the Chronicle and Echo in 1969, remaining with the publication until 1971
Roberts was employed on the Weekend World
Weekend World
Weekend World is a British television political series, made by London Weekend Television and broadcast from 1972 to 1988.Created by John Birt not long after he moved to LWT, the series was broadcast on the ITV network at lunchtimes on Sundays...
(1972–77), The London Programme (1977–79) and worked on This Week
This Week (ITV TV series)
This Week was a weekly current affairs series first produced for ITV in January 1956 by Associated-Rediffusion , running until 1978, when it was replaced by TV Eye...
from 1988. She worked on the short-lived tabloid the News on Sunday, and has contributed to 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...
, 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...
, New Statesman and The Independent. She first joined the staff of The Observer in 1990 where she has since been a leader writer.
Roberts has been an Associate at the Young Foundation
Young Foundation
The Young Foundation was launched in the spring of 2006 following the merger of the Institute of Community Studies and the Mutual Aid Centre. It is named after Michael Young, the British sociologist and social activist who created over 60 organisations including the Open University, Which? and...
.