Iain Hollingshead (born 1980) is a British

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. Iain writes feature articles for a range of publications, ''

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'' in particular. Until recently, he also wrote a regular column called Loose Ends in Saturday's ''

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''. He has taken part in a number of radio shows, including

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's ''Today'' programme and '' You and Yours''. His father is a GP and his mother is a teacher. He has one elder brother. Iain graduated from

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in 2003 with a first class degree in History. He worked for a year in

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- at Vote 2004 and the private office of

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- before pursuing a full-time career as a journalist. Vote 2004 was described in the ''

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'' as the "most successful political campaign of all time". Iain was runner-up in the Guardian Student Media Awards as Columnist of the Year. While at university he also founded and edited The Cambridge Slapper - a popular satirical magazine. Iain is currently working as a History and Politics teacher at

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. Iain has written a musical called 'The End of History' which is showing at the Tristan Bates Theatre in Covent Garden in Novembe
2017

Works

His first novel, ''Twenty Something: The Quarter-life Crisis of Jack Lancaster'' was published in 2006 by

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, which he accepted in person announcing "I hope to win it every year". He is the youngest author to have won the somewhat dubious honour. This book has also been translated into Vietnamese by Le Thu Thuy, under the title "Tung qua tuoi hai muoi tong mui shacs sli now", and was well received by young Vietnamese readers. Overall the novel was well received, drawing critics' comparison with

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and Tony Parsons. Iain wrote the

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and

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for the

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Blair on Broadway ''Blair on Broadway'' is a satirical musical based on the political career (from 1997 to 2007) of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair. The words and lyrics were written by journalist and novelist Iain Hollingshead, with music by journalist T ...

'', first performed in October 1946 at the

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. He is currently working on his second novel, and has a three-book deal to write fictionalised spin-offs of the TV series '' Spooks''.

Awards

Iain was listed as one of the E.S. Magazine's top '50 Brit Young Things' of 2006.

References

External links

Official Site
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