David Aaronovitch

David Aaronovitch
David Aaronovitch at Guildford Skeptics in the Pub in July 2012
Born
David Morris Aaronovitch

(1954-07-08) 8 July 1954 (age 70)
Hampstead, London, England
Alma mater
Occupation(s)Journalist, broadcaster, author
Children3
Parent(s)Sam Aaronovitch
Lavender Aaronovitch
RelativesOwen Aaronovitch (brother)
Ben Aaronovitch (brother)
Awards

David Morris Aaronovitch (born 8 July 1954)[1] is an English journalist, television presenter and author. He was a regular columnist for The Times[2] and the author of Paddling to Jerusalem: An Aquatic Tour of Our Small Country (2000), Voodoo Histories: the role of Conspiracy Theory in Modern History (2009) and Party Animals: My Family and Other Communists (2016). He won the Orwell Prize for political journalism in 2001, and the What the Papers Say "Columnist of the Year" award for 2003. He previously wrote for The Independent and The Guardian.

  1. ^ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  2. ^ Tobitt, Charlotte (27 April 2023). "David Aaronovitch on Substack launch, Times exit and freedom to write about Murdoch". Press Gazette. Retrieved 3 July 2024.