Evelyn, Lady Lloyd, (''née'' Pollard, formerly Winkleman, born 25 December 1943) is an English author and journalist, and has been the editor of several tabloid newspapers.

Early life and education

Pollard was born in

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.BBC ''

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'' broadcast 16 December 2011 In her early years Pollard (then known as Pollak) lived in

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, London, with her Jewish parents Izzo and Martha; and younger twin brothers, Peter and Ralph Pollak, who now live in

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. Her mother had left Austria in 1938 and her Hungarian father arrived with the

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in 1940. She attended a girls' grammar school in London where she developed a love of journalism.

Career

Her career began at ''

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'' magazine, where she eventually became fashion editor in 1967. She moved to the ''

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'' the following year.

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(ed.) ''The Encyclopedia of the British Press 1422–1992'', London and Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1992, p.468 In 1985, she was launch editor-in-chief of ''

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'' magazine in the US and edited ''Sunday'' magazine for the '' News of the World'' and ''You'' magazine for the ''

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''. She has also worked in television as features editor of

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(1982–1983) and devised ''Frocks on the Box'', which ran for two 13-part series in the 1980s, for the ITV contractor TVS. She has often appeared on radio and TV and was a regular participant in ''

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''. In 2003 Pollard was a guest panellist on the talk show '' Loose Women''. In 1992, she founded Women in Journalism. She was the first Chair and is still the Honorary President of the organisation, which advises members on networking, campaigning and training. In 2003, she became the Vice-Chairman of Wellbeing of Women, a charity dedicated to improving the health of women and babies in the UK. She still holds that post. In 2016, she was appointed the first Chair of Reporters without Borders in the UK. In June 2019, she was awarded the prestigious Journalist Laureate prize by the London Press Club. She was given the accolade for being an inspirational editor and broadcaster. She has been a member, appointed in 1999, of the

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’s Newspaper Takeover Panel. Her publications include ''Jackie'', a biography of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (1971), and she has jointly written four novels: ''Splash'' (1995), ''Best of Enemies'' (1996), ''Double Trouble'' (1997) and ''Unfinished Business'' (1998). She was set up in the ''

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'' episode "Science" in 1997.

Honours

Pollard was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2008 Birthday Honours List for services to journalism.

Personal life

She married Barry Winkleman (born 1939) in Hendon, north London, in 1968. They have a daughter, TV presenter

Claudia Winkleman Claudia Anne Irena Winkleman (born 15 January 1972) is an English television presenter, radio personality, film critic and journalist. Between 2004 and 2010, she presented '' Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two'' on weeknights on BBC Two. Since ...

. Their marriage ended in divorce in 1975. In April 1979 in

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, Pollard married

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, a former editor of the '' Daily Express'' (1986–95); they have a son, Oliver.

Footnotes

External links

Official website
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