Simon Hattenstone
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Life
Hattenstone grew up in a Jewish family.[2][3] He was severely ill with encephalitis for three years as a child, and became an ambassador for The Encephalitis Society.[4] He reported lifelong changes as an aftermath of his illness.[5]
He studied English at Leeds University and trained to be a teacher, then moved to London to work as a journalist. On The Guardian, he wrote a sports column for three years, in which he described the vicissitudes of being a die-hard Manchester City supporter long before it was revived after being acquired by the wealthy ruling family of Abu Dhabi. He also became assistant arts editor and film editor.[6]
Works
Journalism
Hattenstone is among the few journalists to have interviewed the anonymous graffiti artist Banksy.[7] People he has interviewed include George Michael, Paul McCartney, Dolly Parton, Debbie McGee, Tom Jones, Stevie Wonder, Serena Williams, Katie Price, Desmond Tutu, and Penélope Cruz.[8] Hattenstone's phone interview of Judi Dench was deemed an example of entertaining feature writing, yielding "an unconventional but, ultimately, satisfying profile".[9] He also writes about crime and justice, and has covered many miscarriages of justice.[10] He was highly commended in the Interviewer of the Year category in The Press Awards for 2014.[11]
Other works
Books by Hattenstone include Out of It: The Story of a Boy who Went to Bed with a Headache and Woke Up Three Years Later, about his childhood illness,[12][6] and The Best of Times, about the lives of members of England's 1966 football world cup team.[13] He has ghost-written books for the snooker player Ronnie O'Sullivan[14] and for Duwayne Brooks, who was attacked with Stephen Lawrence on the night Lawrence was murdered.[15]
Film and television
Hattenstone co-wrote the television documentary series Brits Abroad (2000).[16]
References
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- ↑ Simon Hattenstone (profile), The Guardian. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
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- ↑ Simon Hattenstone, Wrongly Accused Person.
- ↑ The Press Awards, Society of Editors, 2014.
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- ↑ Hattenstone, Simon (2006), The Best of Times: what became of the heroes of '66?. Guardian Newspapers Limited. Template:ISBN.
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- ↑ Simon Hattenstone: Biography, IMDb.
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External links
- Simon Hattenstone, JournaListed, Media Standards Trust
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