Peter Hitchens Bio | Wiki
Peter Hitchens is a Veteran English journalist and author. He writes for The Mail on Sunday and was a foreign correspondent in Moscow and Washington. Peter has also contributed to The American Conservative, The Guardian, First Things, Prospect, and the New Statesman as well as The Spectator. He was a former socialist and supporter of the Labour Party. In addition, he is the author of several books.
Peter Hitchens Age
He was born on October 28, 1951, in Sliema, Crown Colony of Malta. Peter is 70 years old.
Peter Hitchens Height
He is a man of average stature. Peter stands at a height of 5 ft 7 in ( Approx 1.7 m ).
Peter Hitchens Family
He was born to his supportive and hardworking parents in Sliema, the Crown Colony of Malta. Peter is the son of the late Eric Ernest, a naval officer, and Yvonne Jean. His parents met while his mother was serving in the Women’s Royal Naval Service during World War II. Peter discovered that he had a lazy eye that could not be corrected when he was 10 years old. He wished to be an officer in the Royal Navy, like his father.
Peter Hitchens Brother
He had a two years older brother Christopher Hitchens. Christopher is a popular British author, journalist, and also columnist. His brother believed in the existence of God as Petter does not. Christopher and Peter appeared as panelists on BBC TV’s Question Time in 2007. His brother died in 2011 and in his memorial, Peter read a passage from St Paul’s Epistle to the Philippians which Christopher had read at their father’s funeral.
Peter Hitchens Wife
He is happily hitched to his gorgeous wife Eve Ross in 1983. Eve is the daughter of David Ross, a journalist in 1983. The couple is proud parents of two all-grown children a daughter and a son Dan, who is an English journalist and former editor of the Catholic Herald. He currently resides in Oxford.
Peter Hitchens Education
He enrolled at Mount House School, Tavistock, and the Leys School where he graduated with his diploma. Peter later joined Oxford College of Further Education before he was accepted at the University of York. He graduated in 1973 with a bachelor’s degree in Philosophy and Politics and was also a member of Alcuin College.
Peter Hitchens Books
He has published several great books since 1999 they include:
- The Broken Compass in 2009
- A Brief History of Crime in 2003
- Monday Morning Blues in 2000
- The War We Never Fought in 2012
- The Phoney Victory in 2018
- Unconventional Wisdom in 2020
- The Rage Against God in 2010
- Short Breaks in Mordor in 2014
- The Abolition of Britain in 1999
Peter Hitchens The Mail
His journalism career kicked off in the local press in Swindon and then at the Coventry Evening Telegraph. Peter worked from 1977 to 2000 for the Daily Express. He joined the station as a reporter specializing in education and industrial and labor affairs. Peter was later reassigned as a political reporter, and subsequently as deputy political editor. Moreover, he reported on the decline and collapse of communist regimes in several Warsaw Pact countries.
Peter also worked as the Daily Express Washington correspondent and after his return from Britain in 1995, he became a commentator and columnist. He joined The Mail on Sunday in 2000, where he writes a weekly column and weblog. In 2010 he received the Orwell Prize in political journalism. Further, he has appeared on Question Time, Any Questions?, This Week, The Daily Politics, and also The Big Questions.
He was a co-presenter of a program on Talk Radio UK with Derek Draper and Austin Mitchell in the 1990s. Peter also serves as a foreign reporter in the 1980s for the Eastern Bloc. In addition, he describes himself as a Burkean conservative, a social democrat, and also a Gaullist.
Peter Hitchens Salary
His main source of income is working as a writer for The Mail on Sunday. Peter’s salary is $88,560 annually.
Peter Hitchens Net Worth
He has over four decades of experience as a professional journalist who has also worked as a foreign reporter and also correspondent. Peter has an estimated net worth of $2 Million.
Where Is Peter Hitchens
Peter writes for The Mail on Sunday and was a foreign correspondent in Moscow and Washington. He has also contributed to The American Conservative, The Guardian, First Things, Prospect, and the New Statesman as well as The Spectator
How Old Is Peter Hitchens
Peter is 70 years old born on October 28, 1951, in Sliema, Crown Colony of Malta.