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==Early life and education==
==Early life and education==
Higgins was born in [[Stoke-on-Trent]], the daughter of a doctor and a nurse, and received her secondary education at a local [[independent school]].<ref name=iris>{{cite web|last1=Kirby|first1=Graham|title=Iris chat with Charlotte Higgins|url=http://irisonline.org.uk/index.php/interviews/interview-archive/113-iris-chat-with-charlotte-higgins|website=Iris Online|publisher=The Iris Project|accessdate=14 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117015149/http://irisonline.org.uk/index.php/interviews/interview-archive/113-iris-chat-with-charlotte-higgins|archive-date=17 November 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> A family holiday in [[Crete]] and an influential schoolteacher awakened her interest in [[classical language]]s and culture,<ref name=iris/> and she studied [[Classics]] at [[Balliol College, Oxford]].
Higgins was born in [[Stoke-on-Trent]], England, the daughter of a doctor and a nurse, and received her secondary education at a local [[independent school]].<ref name=iris>{{cite web|last1=Kirby|first1=Graham|title=Iris chat with Charlotte Higgins|url=http://irisonline.org.uk/index.php/interviews/interview-archive/113-iris-chat-with-charlotte-higgins|website=Iris Online|publisher=The Iris Project|access-date=14 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117015149/http://irisonline.org.uk/index.php/interviews/interview-archive/113-iris-chat-with-charlotte-higgins|archive-date=17 November 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> A family holiday in [[Crete]] and an influential schoolteacher awakened her interest in [[classical language]]s and culture,<ref name=iris/> and she studied [[Classics]] (Literae Humaniores) at [[Balliol College, Oxford]].


==Career==
==Career==
Higgins is ''[[The Guardian]]''{{'}}s chief culture writer and a member of its editorial board.<ref>{{cite news|title=Charlotte Higgins|url=https://www.theguardian.com/profile/charlottehiggins|publisher=[[The Guardian]]|accessdate=11 December 2010|location=London|date=1 October 2007}}</ref> Formerly the paper's arts correspondent and classical music editor, she has a particular interest in contemporary music.<ref>{{cite book|last=Thornton|first=Sarah|title=Seven Days in the Art World|year=2009|publisher=Norton|isbn=978-0-393-33712-9|page=138|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=902d_FML-e8C&pg=PA138}}</ref> She began her journalism career at ''[[Vogue (British magazine)|Vogue]]''.<ref name="RCW">{{cite web |title=Higgins, Charlotte |url=https://www.rcwlitagency.com/authors/higgins-charlotte/ |website=Rogers, Coleridge & White}}</ref>
Higgins is ''[[The Guardian]]''{{'}}s chief culture writer and a member of its editorial board.<ref>{{cite news|title=Charlotte Higgins|url=https://www.theguardian.com/profile/charlottehiggins|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=11 December 2010|location=London|date=1 October 2007}}</ref> Formerly the paper's arts correspondent and classical music editor, she has a particular interest in contemporary music.<ref>{{cite book|last=Thornton|first=Sarah|title=Seven Days in the Art World|year=2009|publisher=Norton|isbn=978-0-393-33712-9|page=138|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=902d_FML-e8C&pg=PA138}}</ref> She began her journalism career at ''[[Vogue (British magazine)|Vogue]]''.<ref name="RCW">{{cite web |title=Higgins, Charlotte |url=https://www.rcwlitagency.com/authors/higgins-charlotte/ |website=Rogers, Coleridge & White}}</ref>


She has published four books, three of which have focused on the ancient world.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://literature.britishcouncil.org/writer/charlotte-higgins|title=Charlotte Higgins - Literature|website=literature.britishcouncil.org|access-date=2019-07-05}}</ref> Her first book was concerned with [[Ovid]], and was entitled ''Latin Love Lessons'' (2009). Her second book was ''It's All Greek To Me'' (2010), and her third book was ''Under Another Sky'' (2013), which was about journeys in [[Roman Britain]]. ''This New Noise: The Extraordinary Birth and Troubled Life of the BBC'', a history of the [[BBC]], was published in 2015.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bragg |first1=Melvyn |title=This New Noise review – an excellent and insightful history of the BBC |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/jun/15/this-new-noise-review-charlotte-higgins-bbc-melvyn-bragg-extraordinary-birth-and-troubled-life |work=The Guardian |date=15 June 2015}}</ref> Her book ''Red Thread: On Mazes and Labyrinths'' was published by Penguin in 2018,<ref>{{cite web |title=Red Thread |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/1110297/red-thread/9781910702390.html |website=Penguin|language=en}}</ref> and was [[BBC Radio 4]]'s ''[[Book of the Week]]'' in August 2018.<ref>{{cite web |title=Red Thread: On Mazes and Labyrinths, Book of the Week - BBC Radio 4 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bdld2l |website=BBC}}</ref>
She has published four books, three of which have focused on the ancient world.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://literature.britishcouncil.org/writer/charlotte-higgins|title=Charlotte Higgins - Literature|website=literature.britishcouncil.org|access-date=2019-07-05}}</ref> Her first book was concerned with [[Ovid]], and was entitled ''Latin Love Lessons'' (2009). Her second book was ''It's All Greek To Me'' (2010), and her third book was ''Under Another Sky'' (2013), which was about journeys in [[Roman Britain]]. ''This New Noise: The Extraordinary Birth and Troubled Life of the BBC'', a history of the [[BBC]], was published in 2015.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bragg |first1=Melvyn |title=This New Noise review – an excellent and insightful history of the BBC |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/jun/15/this-new-noise-review-charlotte-higgins-bbc-melvyn-bragg-extraordinary-birth-and-troubled-life |work=The Guardian |date=15 June 2015}}</ref> Her book ''Red Thread: On Mazes and Labyrinths'' was published by Penguin in 2018,<ref>{{cite book |title=Red Thread |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/1110297/red-thread/9781910702390.html |website=Penguin|date=9 September 2021 |language=en}}</ref> and was [[BBC Radio 4]]'s ''[[Book of the Week]]'' in August 2018.<ref>{{cite web |title=Red Thread: On Mazes and Labyrinths, Book of the Week - BBC Radio 4 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bdld2l |website=BBC}}</ref>


Higgins has served as a judge for the Art Fund Museums Prize, the Contemporary Art Society award, and the Royal Philharmonic Society awards.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rcwlitagency.com/authors/higgins-charlotte/|title=Higgins, Charlotte|website=Rogers, Coleridge & White|language=en-GB|access-date=5 July 2019}}</ref> She is a frequent contributor to Radio 3 and 4 on the BBC, and she has written for ''[[The New Yorker]]'', the ''[[New Statesman]]'' and ''[[Prospect (magazine)|Prospect]]''.<ref name="RCW" />
Higgins has served as a judge for the Art Fund Museums Prize, the Contemporary Art Society award, and the Royal Philharmonic Society awards.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rcwlitagency.com/authors/higgins-charlotte/|title=Higgins, Charlotte|website=Rogers, Coleridge & White|language=en-GB|access-date=5 July 2019}}</ref> She is a frequent contributor to Radio 3 and 4 on the BBC, and she has written for ''[[The New Yorker]]'', the ''[[New Statesman]]'' and ''[[Prospect (magazine)|Prospect]]''.<ref name="RCW" />

== Publications ==

* ''Latin Love Lessons'' (2009)<ref name=":0" />
* ''It’s All Greek to Me'' (2010)<ref name=":0" />
* ''Under Another Sky: Journeys in Roman Britain'' (2013)<ref name=":0" />
* ''This New Noise: The Extraordinary Birth and Troubled Life of the BBC'' (2015)<ref name=":0" />


==Honours==
==Honours==
In 2010, she was the recipient of the [[Classical Association]] Prize.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Higgins |first1=Charlotte |title=And the winner of the 2010 Classical Association prize is... |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/charlottehigginsblog/2010/apr/12/classics-awards-and-prizes |website=The Guardian |date=12 April 2010}}</ref> Her book ''Under Another Sky'' (2013) was shortlisted for the [[Samuel Johnson Prize]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction 2013 shortlist|url=http://www.thesamueljohnsonprize.co.uk/sjnav/books/62/15|accessdate=2013-11-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150822171601/http://www.thesamueljohnsonprize.co.uk/sjnav/books/62/15|archive-date=22 August 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> the [[Hessell-Tiltman Prize]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/style-blog/wp/2014/04/09/david-reynolds-wins-pen-hessell-tiltman-prize/ |title=David Reynolds wins PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize |work=[[The Washington Post]] |author=Timothy R. Smith |date=9 April 2014 |accessdate=7 June 2014}}</ref> the [[Wainwright Prize]]<ref>{{cite web |title=2014 winner and shortlist {{!}} The Wainwright Prize Golden Beer Prize |url=https://wainwrightprize.com/2014-shortlist/}}</ref> and the [[Dolman Best Travel Book Award]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Dolman Book Award 2014: the best of the world... in words |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/books/Dolman-Book-Award-2014-the-best-of-the-world-in-words/ |website=The Telegraph |date=5 February 2016}}</ref>
In 2010, she was the recipient of the [[Classical Association]] Prize.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Higgins |first1=Charlotte |title=And the winner of the 2010 Classical Association prize is... |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/charlottehigginsblog/2010/apr/12/classics-awards-and-prizes |website=The Guardian |date=12 April 2010}}</ref> Her book ''Under Another Sky'' (2013) was shortlisted for the [[Samuel Johnson Prize]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction 2013 shortlist|url=http://www.thesamueljohnsonprize.co.uk/sjnav/books/62/15|access-date=2013-11-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150822171601/http://www.thesamueljohnsonprize.co.uk/sjnav/books/62/15|archive-date=22 August 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> the [[Hessell-Tiltman Prize]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/style-blog/wp/2014/04/09/david-reynolds-wins-pen-hessell-tiltman-prize/ |title=David Reynolds wins PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |author=Timothy R. Smith |date=9 April 2014 |access-date=7 June 2014}}</ref> the [[Wainwright Prize]]<ref>{{cite web |title=2014 winner and shortlist {{!}} The Wainwright Prize Golden Beer Prize |url=https://wainwrightprize.com/2014-shortlist/}}</ref> and the [[Dolman Best Travel Book Award]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Dolman Book Award 2014: the best of the world... in words |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/books/Dolman-Book-Award-2014-the-best-of-the-world-in-words/ |website=The Telegraph |date=5 February 2016}}</ref>


In 2016, she was awarded an [[Honorary Doctorate]] of Arts from [[Staffordshire University]] in recognition of her distinguished career as a journalist and writer.<ref>{{cite web |title=Charlotte Higgins |url=http://www.staffs.ac.uk/events/graduation/2016/honoraries/charlotte-higgins.jsp |website=Staffordshire University |language=en}}</ref> On 8 December 2016, she was elected a [[Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London]] (FSA).<ref>{{cite web|title=8 Dec Ballot Results|url=https://www.sal.org.uk/news/2016/12/8-dec-ballot-results/|website=sal.org.uk|publisher=Society of Antiquaries of London|accessdate=13 January 2017|date=8 December 2016}}</ref>
In 2016, she was awarded an [[Honorary Doctorate]] of Arts from [[Staffordshire University]] in recognition of her distinguished career as a journalist and writer.<ref>{{cite web |title=Charlotte Higgins |url=http://www.staffs.ac.uk/events/graduation/2016/honoraries/charlotte-higgins.jsp |website=Staffordshire University |language=en |access-date=8 May 2019 |archive-date=8 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190508141604/http://www.staffs.ac.uk/events/graduation/2016/honoraries/charlotte-higgins.jsp |url-status=dead }}</ref> On 8 December 2016, she was elected a [[Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London]] (FSA).<ref>{{cite web|title=8 Dec Ballot Results|url=https://www.sal.org.uk/news/2016/12/8-dec-ballot-results/|website=sal.org.uk|publisher=Society of Antiquaries of London|access-date=13 January 2017|date=8 December 2016|archive-date=13 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170113171614/https://www.sal.org.uk/news/2016/12/8-dec-ballot-results/|url-status=dead}}</ref>


Higgins was the recipient of the 2019 [[Arnold Bennett]] Prize for her book ''Red Thread: On Mazes and Labyrinths'' (2018).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.penguin.com.au/books/red-thread-9781910702390|title=Red Thread by Charlotte Higgins|website=www.penguin.com.au|language=en|access-date=2019-07-05}}</ref>
Higgins was the recipient of the 2019 [[Arnold Bennett]] Prize for her book ''Red Thread: On Mazes and Labyrinths'' (2018).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.penguin.com.au/books/red-thread-9781910702390|title=Red Thread by Charlotte Higgins|website=www.penguin.com.au|language=en|access-date=2019-07-05}}</ref>
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Revision as of 07:00, 23 January 2024

Charlotte Higgins
FSA
Born (1972-09-06) 6 September 1972 (age 52)
NationalityBritish
Occupation(s)Writer and journalist
Academic background
EducationBalliol College, Oxford
Academic work
DisciplineClassics

Charlotte Higgins, FSA (born 6 September 1972) is a British writer and journalist.

Early life and education

Higgins was born in Stoke-on-Trent, England, the daughter of a doctor and a nurse, and received her secondary education at a local independent school.[1] A family holiday in Crete and an influential schoolteacher awakened her interest in classical languages and culture,[1] and she studied Classics (Literae Humaniores) at Balliol College, Oxford.

Career

Higgins is The Guardian's chief culture writer and a member of its editorial board.[2] Formerly the paper's arts correspondent and classical music editor, she has a particular interest in contemporary music.[3] She began her journalism career at Vogue.[4]

She has published four books, three of which have focused on the ancient world.[5] Her first book was concerned with Ovid, and was entitled Latin Love Lessons (2009). Her second book was It's All Greek To Me (2010), and her third book was Under Another Sky (2013), which was about journeys in Roman Britain. This New Noise: The Extraordinary Birth and Troubled Life of the BBC, a history of the BBC, was published in 2015.[6] Her book Red Thread: On Mazes and Labyrinths was published by Penguin in 2018,[7] and was BBC Radio 4's Book of the Week in August 2018.[8]

Higgins has served as a judge for the Art Fund Museums Prize, the Contemporary Art Society award, and the Royal Philharmonic Society awards.[9] She is a frequent contributor to Radio 3 and 4 on the BBC, and she has written for The New Yorker, the New Statesman and Prospect.[4]

Publications

  • Latin Love Lessons (2009)[5]
  • It’s All Greek to Me (2010)[5]
  • Under Another Sky: Journeys in Roman Britain (2013)[5]
  • This New Noise: The Extraordinary Birth and Troubled Life of the BBC (2015)[5]

Honours

In 2010, she was the recipient of the Classical Association Prize.[10] Her book Under Another Sky (2013) was shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize,[11] the Hessell-Tiltman Prize,[12] the Wainwright Prize[13] and the Dolman Best Travel Book Award.[14]

In 2016, she was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Arts from Staffordshire University in recognition of her distinguished career as a journalist and writer.[15] On 8 December 2016, she was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London (FSA).[16]

Higgins was the recipient of the 2019 Arnold Bennett Prize for her book Red Thread: On Mazes and Labyrinths (2018).[17]

References

  1. ^ a b Kirby, Graham. "Iris chat with Charlotte Higgins". Iris Online. The Iris Project. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
  2. ^ "Charlotte Higgins". The Guardian. London. 1 October 2007. Retrieved 11 December 2010.
  3. ^ Thornton, Sarah (2009). Seven Days in the Art World. Norton. p. 138. ISBN 978-0-393-33712-9.
  4. ^ a b "Higgins, Charlotte". Rogers, Coleridge & White.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Charlotte Higgins - Literature". literature.britishcouncil.org. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  6. ^ Bragg, Melvyn (15 June 2015). "This New Noise review – an excellent and insightful history of the BBC". The Guardian.
  7. ^ Red Thread. 9 September 2021. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  8. ^ "Red Thread: On Mazes and Labyrinths, Book of the Week - BBC Radio 4". BBC.
  9. ^ "Higgins, Charlotte". Rogers, Coleridge & White. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  10. ^ Higgins, Charlotte (12 April 2010). "And the winner of the 2010 Classical Association prize is..." The Guardian.
  11. ^ "Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction 2013 shortlist". Archived from the original on 22 August 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  12. ^ Timothy R. Smith (9 April 2014). "David Reynolds wins PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize". The Washington Post. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
  13. ^ "2014 winner and shortlist | The Wainwright Prize Golden Beer Prize".
  14. ^ "Dolman Book Award 2014: the best of the world... in words". The Telegraph. 5 February 2016.
  15. ^ "Charlotte Higgins". Staffordshire University. Archived from the original on 8 May 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  16. ^ "8 Dec Ballot Results". sal.org.uk. Society of Antiquaries of London. 8 December 2016. Archived from the original on 13 January 2017. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
  17. ^ "Red Thread by Charlotte Higgins". www.penguin.com.au. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
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