Cathy Newman

I remember agonising, the day before I had lunch with Tony Blair for the first time, over what my opening question to…

— Cathy Newman

For former Labour leaders, rousing a crowd was a superpower.

— Cathy Newman

It's often said that the only thing in the middle of a road is a white line and a squashed hedgehog. Perhaps…

— Cathy Newman

Many girls drop out of sport when they become body-conscious teenagers, so Sport England's 'This Girl Can' campaign, aimed at encouraging girls…

— Cathy Newman

I have a bit of a phobia of messy clusters of wires, so the idea of a photo frame you had to…

— Cathy Newman

I would never have seen myself as a gung-ho feminist growing up; my mum was quite scathing of bra-burners and things.

— Cathy Newman

What is it about politics, though, which makes people from the same tribe tear each other apart? Perhaps ego and ambition have…

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The exit poll is always the first big moment of the election night.

— Cathy Newman

Let's hear it for Waterstones, which has put its sizeable retail muscle behind a campaign to end the marketing of books as…

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In reality, when it comes to female frontbenchers, Labour are still starting the race well in the lead.

— Cathy Newman

Twitter feels like second nature to me because I've been doing it the longest.

— Cathy Newman

I'm really fortunate that my husband is a freelance writer and does the cooking, the shopping, takes the kids to school and…

— Cathy Newman

Meeting Gandalf would be quite out of this world, but encountering Gandalf side-by-side with 'Star Trek's' Jean-Luc Picard took me to a…

— Cathy Newman

Voters have long wearied of soundbites, so anything that forces an MP off the script is always going to be more interesting.

— Cathy Newman

People always ask if my hair is naturally curly and I say to them, do you think I would make it look…

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I remember aeons ago, when I was working for the Financial Times, I discovered that a male reporter the same age as…

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I read every national newspaper every day.

— Cathy Newman

The 14th-century poem 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight' wasn't my top read at university. In fact, I finished it under some…

— Cathy Newman

As a social being, I like to converse with people who want to converse with me.

— Cathy Newman

One reason why so many people voted for Ukip is because the party leader Nigel Farage - despite having a public school…

— Cathy Newman

LinkedIn is a rather staid professional network, not some kind of dating site.

— Cathy Newman

You can't do hectic, busy jobs without having back-up, which is something to think about when picking your partner.

— Cathy Newman

The Buried Giant' is exactly what you'd expect from a master-storyteller: engaging, surprising, and thought-provoking.

— Cathy Newman

Remember, your 40s are so much better than your 20s because you realise how strong you are.

— Cathy Newman

I was bullied at school and never really talked about it. I suppose that's given me a sense of solidarity with the…

— Cathy Newman