Annabel Mary Dibdin Heseltine is an English journalist, columnist and TV and radio broadcaster. She was previously editor of the education magazine School House.

Early life

Born in London, she is the elder daughter of the politician and former deputy Prime Minister Lord Heseltine and Lady Heseltine, née Anne Williams.[1] She was educated at Cobham Hall School, Tudor Hall and Stowe School. At Stowe she achieved a B in economics, a C in politics, and two Ds in history and geography in her A-levels, grades which she described as "atrocious by today's standards". She suspects that, like her children, she is dyslexic.[2] In 1985, Heseltine graduated from Durham University with a degree in economic history.[citation needed]

Career

Heseltine trained as a fashion buyer at Bloomingdales in New York.[citation needed]

Aged 22, she became the Assistant-editor for the Hong Kong Tatler. From 1990 - 2006, Heseltine worked for broadsheets and tabloids including the Daily Mail's YOU magazine, The Times, The Sunday Times and The Daily Telegraph.[3] and also magazines including Vogue, The Economist, the New Statesman,[4] Earth Magazine, Harpers and Queen and Hi-Life.

Her own experiences as an older mother unable to conceive a live baby[5] and subsequent walk down the IVF route was well documented.[6] Her advocacy of the legalisation of drugs led her father, while deputy prime minister, to dissociate himself from her opinions on the issue.[7]

She was one of the founding editors for the upmarket concierge company, Quintessentially.[8]

Heseltine was previously the editor of School House Magazine, a triannual magazine published by Country & Town House, which seeks "to offer parents real insight into the world of independent education."[9] She left School House in September 2021.[10][better source needed]

Personal life

Heseltine is divorced and lives between London and West Wiltshire[citation needed] with her four children all of whom have been diagnosed with dyslexia.[11] She was previously married to Irish plastic surgeon Peter Butler.[12][13][14]

Heseltine has travelled extensively and has studied Buddhism, yoga and meditation; she is an accomplished triathlete.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Annabel Heseltine - Editor of First Eleven - Favourite Websites - The Good Web Guide". Retrieved 29 September 2018.
  2. ^ Julie Henry (20 November 2011). "Dyslexia may explain my school failure, says Annabel Heseltine". telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  3. ^ Heseltine, Annabel (14 July 2006). "It's a workhorse – not a Chelsea tractor". The Daily Telegraph.
  4. ^ Conrtributor page, New Statesman
  5. ^ http://www.thefreelibrary.com/TWIN+MIRACLES;+Two+ectopic+pregnancies,+one+miscarriage,+years+of...-a091356708 [dead link‍]
  6. ^ Annabel Heseltine (7 August 2002). "'I was wracked with guilt'". London Evening Standard. Archived from the original on 13 September 2012.
  7. ^ "Heseltine snubs daughter's views on drugs", The Independent, 30 March 1996
  8. ^ a b [1] Archived 31 October 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ "About Us - School House Magazine". Retrieved 29 September 2018.
  10. ^ "Annabel Heseltine - LinkedIn". Retrieved 10 January 2025.
  11. ^ "Heseltine's girl: My distress at watching four dyslexic children struggle to read". The Standard. 30 November 2011.
  12. ^ "The Dubliner set to make history with the first UK face transplant - Independent.ie". 2 April 2011. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
  13. ^ "My husband the face swap surgeon". 13 April 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
  14. ^ times, John Elliott of the sunday (30 November 2003). "Moving On". Retrieved 29 September 2018 – via www.thetimes.co.uk.
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