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


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. A family holiday in
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and an influential schoolteacher awakened her interest in
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s and culture, and she studied Classics (Literae Humaniores) at Balliol College, Oxford.


Career

Higgins is ''
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''s chief culture writer and a member of its editorial board. Formerly the paper's arts correspondent and classical music editor, she has a particular interest in contemporary music. She began her journalism career at '' Vogue''. She has published four books, three of which have focused on the ancient world. Her first book was concerned with
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, 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
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. ''This New Noise: The Extraordinary Birth and Troubled Life of the BBC'', a history of the
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, was published in 2015. Her book ''Red Thread: On Mazes and Labyrinths'' was published by Penguin in 2018, and was
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'' in August 2018. Higgins has served as a judge for the Art Fund Museums Prize, the Contemporary Art Society award, and the Royal Philharmonic Society awards. She is a frequent contributor to Radio 3 and 4 on the BBC, and she has written for ''
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'', the ''
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'' and '' Prospect''.


Honours

In 2010, she was the recipient of the
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Prize. Her book ''Under Another Sky'' (2013) was shortlisted for the
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, the
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, the Wainwright Prize and the Dolman Best Travel Book Award. In 2016, she was awarded an
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of Arts from
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in recognition of her distinguished career as a journalist and writer. On 8 December 2016, she was elected a
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(FSA). Higgins was the recipient of the 2019
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Prize for her book ''Red Thread: On Mazes and Labyrinths'' (2018).


References


External links


Charlotte Higgins on culture blog
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