Judith Allison Pearson is a British columnist and author.
22 Facts About Allison Pearson
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Allison Pearson has worked as a presenter for Channel 4 and BBC Radio 4.
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Allison Pearson campaigned in favour of Brexit and in 2016 described Brussels as the jihadist capital of Europe.
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Allison Pearson has criticised the Gender Recognition Act 2004, and opposed transgender rights.
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Allison Pearson lived in Leicestershire, and attended Market Harborough Upper School.
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Allison Pearson's family moved to Washdyke Lane in Nettleham, and she attended Lincoln Christ's Hospital School, and won a prize for History in the sixth form; she gained A-levels in English, History and French.
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Allison Pearson's sister Kathryn, born in 1964, four years below at school, took A-levels in the same subjects.
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Allison Pearson studied English at Clare College, Cambridge, graduating with a lower second class degree.
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Allison Pearson began her career with the Financial Times, where she was a sub-editor, before moving to The Independent and then The Independent on Sunday in 1992.
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Allison Pearson was a columnist with London's Evening Standard and The Daily Telegraph, then took over from Lynda Lee-Potter at the Daily Mail.
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Allison Pearson ended her column for the Daily Mail in April 2010, when it was said that she was to join The Daily Telegraph.
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In September 2010, Allison Pearson resumed her role as a columnist with The Daily Telegraph.
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Allison Pearson has presented Channel 4's and BBC Radio 4's The Copysnatchers.
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Allison Pearson participated as a panellist on Late Review, the predecessor of Newsnight Review.
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Allison Pearson's first novel, I Don't Know How She Does It, is a "chick lit" examination of the pressures of modern motherhood.
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Allison Pearson was sued by Miramax for non-delivery of a second novel, I Think I Love You, for which she received a US$700,000 advance in 2003.
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Allison Pearson said during the COVID-19 pandemic that she would not wear a protective face mask because she considered it demeaning.
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In September 2020, Allison Pearson suggested purposely infecting young people with COVID-19 to create herd immunity within the population.
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In January 2021, Allison Pearson drew censure from Twitter users after outing a critic's employer on Twitter, following her claim that National Health Service bed occupancy during the pandemic was lower than suggested.
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Allison Pearson was married to fellow journalist Simon Allison Pearson, in May 1988 in Lincoln.
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Allison Pearson subsequently lived with Anthony Lane, film critic for The New Yorker.
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Allison Pearson was declared bankrupt following a personal insolvency order made by the High Court of Justice in London on 9 November 2015.