Liz Jones
Summary
Liz Jones (born 5 September 1958) is an English journalist and writer. Born in Essex, England to Robert (died 1998) and Edna Jones, she is the youngest of seven children. She attended Brentwood County High School for girls. She currently writes columns for the Daily Mail and the Mail on Sunday. She was previously the editor of British Marie Claire (from which post she reportedly was sacked for referring to a model as "a bag of bones"), and has also been an editor at the Evening Standard. She also writes a weekly column for the Mail on Sunday called "Liz Jones' Diary" in which she has written at considerable length about her life with and divorce from the author Nirpal Singh Dhaliwal.
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Tim Dowling: me and Ms Jones
I'm living in a parallel universe where everything is exactly thesame, except I'm in Liz Jones's column.
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Google, Skoda and Boden sponsor Mumsnet blogger conference
Google, Skoda and Boden have signed up to sponsor Mumsnet's inaugural BlogFest event that will feature speakers including the high-profile columnists Caitlin Moran and Liz Jones.
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The Mail simply threw Samantha Brick to the wolves | Hadley Freeman
Clearly Brick's piece was absurd – but what's disgusting is the Mail's history of using and abusing female writers in this way.
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The Daily Mail: a very, very brief guide
The New Yorker has published a long and detailed profile of the paper. Here's the digested version.
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Has confessional journalism gone too far?
Rachel Cusk published a memoir of the failure of her marriage, to a wave of controversy last week. Yvonne Roberts and Lucy Cavendish – who has often written about her family life – debate whether the rise of the 'confessional' narrative debases or enhances journalism.
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Celebrity Big Brother: who will be in this year's house?
Michael Madsen, former EastEnder Natalie Cassidy, and Loose Women's Denise Welch among names rumoured for C5 show.
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Media predictions for 2012: TV and radio
Olympics, Euro 2012 and anniversaries set to dominate schedules overshadowed by BBC cuts and wrangling over policy.
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X Factor faces investigation into claims of unpaid interns
The X Factor is to be examined by tax officials over claims unpaid interns are being employed behind the scenes.
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X Factor relies on unpaid interns
The X Factor is regarded as the biggest TV talent show in Europe. It is hugely popular and hugely profitable, both for its makers and its broadcaster, ITV.
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How does Twitter drive the mainstream news agenda?
There’ve been several round-ups of the year in Twitter, but here’s another piece of research looking at how much Twitter drove the mainstream news agenda in 2011.
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