Melanie Phillips

Melanie Phillips
Phillips in 2014
Born (1951-06-04) 4 June 1951 (age 73)
London, England
Alma materSt Anne's College, Oxford
Occupations
  • Journalist
  • author
  • publisher
Notable credits
SpouseJoshua Rozenberg
Children2

Melanie Phillips (born 4 June 1951) is a British public commentator. She began her career writing for The Guardian and New Statesman. During the 1990s, she came to identify with ideas more associated with right-wing politics and the far-right[1][2][3][4][5][6][dubious – discuss][better source needed][full citation needed] and currently writes for The Times, The Jerusalem Post, and The Jewish Chronicle, covering political and social issues from a socially conservative perspective. Phillips, quoting Irving Kristol, defines herself as a liberal who has "been mugged by reality".[7]

Phillips has appeared as a panellist on the BBC Radio 4 programme The Moral Maze and BBC One's Question Time. She was awarded the Orwell Prize for Journalism in 1996, while she was writing for The Observer.[8] Her books include the memoir Guardian Angel: My Story, My Britain.[9]

  1. ^ Kundnani, Arun (2012). Blind Spot? Security Narratives and Far-Right Violence in Europe (PDF) (Report). International Center for Counter-Terrorism - The Hague.
  2. ^ Fowles, Sam (24 May 2020). "Far-right conspiracy theories are now embedded in the UK mainstream". OpenDemocracy. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
  3. ^ Malik, Kenan (8 January 2023). "Racism rebranded: how far-right ideology feeds off identity politics". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
  4. ^ Othen, Christopher (2018). Soldiers of a Different God: How the Counter-Jihad Movement Created Mayhem, Murder and the Trump Presidency. Amberley. p. 63. ISBN 9781445678009.
  5. ^ Kuper, Simon. "The end of Eurabia". Financial Times. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  6. ^ Carr, Matt (2006). "You are now entering Eurabia". Race & Class. 48 (1): 1–22. doi:10.1177/0306396806066636.
  7. ^ Andy Beckett "The changing face of Melanie Phillips", The Guardian, 7 March 2003.
  8. ^ "Orwell Prize Melanie Phillips – Columnist, Daily Mail". The Orwell Prize. Retrieved 25 November 2011.
  9. ^ Hinsliff, Gaby (17 May 2013). "Guardian Angel: My Story, My Britain by Melanie Phillips – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 August 2013.