Annabel Heseltine
Annabel Heseltine | |
|---|---|
| Born | Annabel Mary Dibdin Heseltine London, England |
| Alma mater | St Mary's College, Durham [citation needed ] |
| Occupations |
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| Spouse |
Peter Butler
(m. 1998; div. 2018) |
| Children | 4 |
| Parent | Michael Heseltine |
Annabel Mary Dibdin Heseltine is an English journalist, columnist and TV and radio broadcaster. She was previously editor of the education magazine School House.
Early life
[edit ]Born in London, she is the elder daughter of the politician and former deputy Prime Minister Lord Heseltine and Lady Heseltine, née Anne Williams.[1] She was educated at Cobham Hall School, Tudor Hall and Stowe School. At Stowe she achieved a B in economics, a C in politics, and two Ds in history and geography in her A-levels, grades which she described as "atrocious by today's standards". She suspects that, like her children, she is dyslexic.[2] In 1985, Heseltine graduated from Durham University with a degree in economic history.[citation needed ]
Career
[edit ]Heseltine trained as a fashion buyer at Bloomingdales in New York.[citation needed ]
Aged 22, she became the Assistant-editor for the Hong Kong Tatler. From 1990 - 2006, Heseltine worked for broadsheets and tabloids including the Daily Mail 's YOU magazine, The Times , The Sunday Times and The Daily Telegraph .[3] and also magazines including Vogue, The Economist , the New Statesman ,[4] Earth Magazine, Harpers and Queen and Hi-Life.
Her own experiences as an older mother unable to conceive a live baby[5] and subsequent walk down the IVF route was well documented.[6] Her advocacy of the legalisation of drugs led her father, while deputy prime minister, to dissociate himself from her opinions on the issue.[7]
She was one of the founding editors for the upmarket concierge company, Quintessentially.[8]
Heseltine was previously the editor of School House Magazine, a triannual magazine published by Country & Town House, which seeks "to offer parents real insight into the world of independent education."[9] She left School House in September 2021.[10] [better source needed ]
Personal life
[edit ]Heseltine is divorced and lives between London and West Wiltshire[citation needed ] with her four children all of whom have been diagnosed with dyslexia.[11] She was previously married to Irish plastic surgeon Peter Butler.[12] [13] [14]
Heseltine has travelled extensively and has studied Buddhism, yoga and meditation; she is an accomplished triathlete.[8]
References
[edit ]- ^ "Annabel Heseltine - Editor of First Eleven - Favourite Websites - The Good Web Guide" . Retrieved 29 September 2018.
- ^ Julie Henry (20 November 2011). "Dyslexia may explain my school failure, says Annabel Heseltine". telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
- ^ Heseltine, Annabel (14 July 2006). "It's a workhorse – not a Chelsea tractor". The Daily Telegraph.
- ^ Conrtributor page, New Statesman
- ^ http://www.thefreelibrary.com/TWIN+MIRACLES;+Two+ectopic+pregnancies,+one+miscarriage,+years+of...-a091356708 [dead link ]
- ^ Annabel Heseltine (7 August 2002). "'I was wracked with guilt'". London Evening Standard. Archived from the original on 13 September 2012.
- ^ "Heseltine snubs daughter's views on drugs", The Independent, 30 March 1996
- ^ a b [1] Archived 31 October 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "About Us - School House Magazine" . Retrieved 29 September 2018.
- ^ "Annabel Heseltine - LinkedIn" . Retrieved 10 January 2025.
- ^ "Heseltine's girl: My distress at watching four dyslexic children struggle to read". The Standard. 30 November 2011.
- ^ "The Dubliner set to make history with the first UK face transplant - Independent.ie". 2 April 2011. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
- ^ "My husband the face swap surgeon". 13 April 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
- ^ times, John Elliott of the sunday (30 November 2003). "Moving On" . Retrieved 29 September 2018 – via www.thetimes.co.uk.