12 Facts About Andrew Pierce

Andrew Pierce was born on Patrick J Connolly; March 1961 and is a British journalist, editor, author, broadcaster and political commentator.

Andrew Pierce spent the first two years of his life in Nazareth House, a Catholic orphanage in Cheltenham, and was adopted by a family from Swindon and brought up on a council estate there.

Andrew Pierce was educated at St Joseph's Roman Catholic School, now known as St Joseph's Catholic College, a state comprehensive school in Swindon.

Andrew Pierce is a former assistant editor of both The Daily Telegraph and The Times newspapers, and the former political editor of the latter.

Andrew Pierce is a columnist and consultant editor for the Daily Mail, which he joined in 2009.

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Andrew Pierce presented a Sunday morning political radio show on the commercial radio station LBC 97.

Andrew Pierce started presenting a Saturday Breakfast show on LBC Radio from 22 March 2014.

In 2014, the Daily Mail had to pay damages to Kirsten Farage after Andrew Pierce falsely claimed in a column that she had been a mistress of Nigel Farage, then the leader of UKIP, while he was still married to his first wife.

Andrew Pierce has an active and controversial presence on Twitter.

Andrew Pierce is gay and was chosen by The Observer in 2005 as one of the "gays who shape our new Britain".

Andrew Pierce became Patron of the Iris Prize in 2007, and in 2013 became its first Chair.

In 2014 at a launch reception Andrew Pierce announced a new strand at the Iris Prize Festival, Best British Short, and helped secure a sponsorship deal with Pinewood Studios Group totalling £14,000 in post-production sound for the winning filmmaker.