Christina Lamb

Christina Lamb
OBE
Lamb in 2022
Lamb in 2022
Born (1965-05-15) 15 May 1965 (age 59)
London, United Kingdom
OccupationJournalist, author
EducationUniversity College, Oxford
GenreJournalism
SpousePaulo Anunciação
Children1
Website
christinalamb.net

Christina Lamb OBE (born 15 May 1965) is a British journalist and author. She is the chief foreign correspondent of The Sunday Times.

Lamb has won eighteen major awards including five British Press Awards and the European Prix Bayeux-Calvados for war correspondents.[1] She is an Honorary Fellow of University College, Oxford, a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and a Global Fellow for the Wilson Centre for International Affairs in Washington D.C.[2] In 2013 she was appointed an OBE by Elizabeth II for services to journalism.[3] In November 2018, Lamb received an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws from the University of Dundee.[4][5]

She has written ten books including The Africa House and I Am Malala, co-written with Malala Yousafzai, which was named Popular Non-Fiction Book of the Year in the British National Book Awards 2013.[6][7][8]

  1. ^ "Prix Bayeux-Calvados, les reportages lauréats de 2009". Prix Bayeux-Calvados des correspondants de guerre. October 2009. Archived from the original on 18 October 2017. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
  2. ^ "Asia Program Welcomes Global Fellow Christina Lamb". Wilson Center. 12 November 2013. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  3. ^ "Our war reporter Christina Lamb is made an OBE". The Sunday Times. 30 December 2012. Archived from the original on 25 March 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  4. ^ "Winter Graduation to mark student success". University of Dundee. 12 November 2018. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  5. ^ "PICTURES: More than 1,000 Dundee students awarded degrees in graduation ceremony". Evening Telegraph (Dundee). 20 November 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  6. ^ "Malala Yousafzai wins at Specsavers National Book Awards". The Telegraph. 11 December 2013. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  7. ^ "My year with Malala". The Sunday Times. 13 October 2013. Archived from the original on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  8. ^ "Christina Lamb on Malala Yousafzai". Delayed Gratification 12. 2013. Archived from the original on 13 March 2017. Retrieved 13 March 2017.