Cristina Odone



Profile:


Full name: Cristina Patricia Odone

Area of interest: Society, Media, Poliics, Religion

Journals: The Observer | The Daily Telegraph

Email: [mailto:cristina@odone.freeserve.co.uk cristina@odone.freeserve.co.uk]

Website:

Blog: Comment is free | Telegraph.co

Agent: Capel & Land

Networks:



Biography:
Education: Marymount School (U.S.), National Cathedral School (U.S.); St Clare's, Oxford (U.K.) Worcester College, Oxford: French literature and history

Career: Began journalistic career at The Catholic Herald; worked for a time at the World Bank, Washington D.C., as an adviser to European companies; rejoined The Catholic Herald as editor, 1991/1996; T.V. critic for The Daily Telegraph, 1996/1998; deputy editor of the New Statesman, 1998/2004; The Daily Telegraph: Columnist, 2006/2007 (wrote an opinion column as well as the 'Posh but Poor' column); The Observer/The Guardian: Columnist 2002/2007

Current position/role: Columnist


 * also writes/has written for: The Times, as a guest columnist, 2004/2006

Other roles: Broadcaster

Other activities:

Disclosures:

Viewpoints/Insight:
 * The Guardian: Some may hate us, but here we stand, 2003
 * Interview by David Rowan, Evening Standard, 2004
 * The Guardian: 'Lorenzo's oil, which my father and stepmother invented, was vindicated', July 2005
 * The Guardian: How well they knew us, those old masters, March 2006
 * The Daily Telegraph: Why I wore a veil when I met John Paul II, October 2006
 * The Guardian: What a tangled web we are weaving, November 2006
 * The Daily Telegraph: Look before you leap into bed with Rome, February 2007

TV/Radio: Regular broadcaster on T.V. and radio: IMDb

Controversy/Criticism: Johann Hari.com: Johann accused of being part of a conspiracy by Cristina 'madwoman' Odone, 2004

Awards/Honours:

Other: Married to journalist Edward Lucas; daughter of economist Augusto Odone



Books & Debate:

 * The Shrine (1996) OCLC60310497
 * A Perfect Wife (1997) OCLC38875170
 * Why I am still a Catholic (Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd., Jun 2005) ISBN 0826485774 (Contributor)
 * The Dilemmas of Harriet Carew (2008) OCLC181422032, (based on the 'Posh but Poor' column in The Daily Telegraph, 2006/2007)

Latest work: [http://www.cps.org.uk/cps_catalog/What_women_want.html What women want... and how they can get it], Centre for Policy Studies, October 2009 (follow link for free download)

Speaking/Appearances:

Current debate: 

The Observer:

 * no regular column since December 2007

Column remit: Society, Media, Poliics, Religion

Section: Comment pages

Role: Columnist

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Commissioning editor:

Day published: Sunday

Regularity: Weekly

Column format:

Average length: 600 words



Articles:

 * bosses aren't the only hypocrites around'' - Miriam O'Reilly has shown up her liberal bosses as hypocrites, and should be applauded - 12th January 2011
 * Coalition must protect the right to be true to our Christian faith'' - However mild, intolerance of Christians by non-believers is unacceptable - 29th December 2010
 * schools are a beacon of excellence'' - There's no need to go to Sweden or Iceland for inspiration – the answer's on our doorstep - 16th December 2010
 * refused to help my father die'' - The chattering classes must not be allowed to drive us to suicide - 18th October 2010
 * Desert Island Discs, everyone reveals their human side - Cristina Odone is overjoyed that Radio 4 is to broadcast some classic episodes of Desert Island Discs - 2nd April 2010 *working mothers what they really need - Labour's child-care policies are formulated by women who are out of touch with reality - 12th March 2010
 * does Labour hate faith schools?'' - Government ministers are playing politics with a valuable national asset - 12th January 2010
 * Pope had a chance to calm fears. Instead, he promoted them'' - Without gay men, the hierarchy of the Catholic church would collapse, a fact Benedict XVI wilfully ignores - 28th December 2008
 * What would Evelyn Waugh and George Orwell think? - They stood on opposite sides of the political divide, but both would have loathed British culture today - 5th August 2008
 * schools: a force for good'' - Ed Balls' onslaught against faith schools is entirely unjustified and designed to appeal to old Labour sensibilities - 30th June 2008
 * Talk about hot stuff: There is still virtue in being virgo intacta - 30th December 2007
 * Why faces are better than Facebook - 16th December 2007
 * Why was I banned from speaking about religion in St Martin's? - 2nd December 2007
 * Women and the guilt of 'me' time - 18th November 2007
 * The truth is not out there... it's in here - 4th November 2007
 * It's time to play the crying game, Kate - 21st October 2007
 * OK, yah? Sadly not, at today's prices - 7th October 2007
 * It takes art, not TV, to show us reality - 30th September 2007
 * Bring on Cherie's poison pen - 23rd September 2007



Links:

 * Wikipedia bio
 * New Statsman articles (archive)
 * Introducing the Press Gang: 'Need someone to pass judgement on the various goings-on within the world of the media? Then call on one of the following grand old men and women of the press commentariat' - The Independent, 28th August 2006