Barbara Hosking
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Contents
Country
Great Britain
Birth - Death
1926 -
Occupation
Politics, Journalist
Notable Achievements
CBE, FRSA, FRTS
Description
Former aide to Prime Minister’s Harold Wilson and Edward Heath as press officer, and member of the Labour Party. Author of her memoir 'Exceeding My Brief: Memoirs of a Disobedient Civil Servant' (2017). Journalist with BBC (1945-1947). Political Consultant with Yorkshire Television, then as a Non-Executive Director (19972-1997) and as Deputy Chairman (1997-1999). Appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (1999). Fellow of the Royal Television Society (1988) and of the Royal Society of Arts (1998).
