rosie boycott

Rosel Marie Boycott (born 13 May 1951), better known as Rosie Boycott, is a British journalist. Boycott was educated at Cheltenham Ladies' College and read mathematics at the University of Kent. She was the first female editor of two national broadsheets, heading the Independent and its sister publication the Independent on Sunday. While editing the Independent in 1989, she campaigned for the decriminalisation of cannabis use by individuals. She was also editor of the Daily Express. She founded Virago Press in this 1970s, a publisher committed to women's writing. Boycott had made several appearances on Newsnight Review and other cultural and current affairs programmes. She presents the BBC Radio 4 programme A Good Read. She also sits on judging panels for literary contests, notably chairing the panel judging the 2001 Orange Prize for Fiction. Boycott has announced her support for the Liberal Democrats and has been rumoured to be wishing to become a Member of Parliament. Boycott, Rosel Marie Boycott, Rosel Marie

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