Background
Higgins was born in Stoke-on-Trent, the daughter of a doctor and a nurse, and received her secondary education at a local independent school.
Higgins was born in Stoke-on-Trent, the daughter of a doctor and a nurse, and received her secondary education at a local independent school.
Balliol College.
A family holiday in Crete and an influential schoolteacher awakened her interest in classical languages and culture, and she studied Classics at Balliol College, Oxford. Higgins is a blogger and The Guardian"s chief arts writer Formerly the paper"s arts correspondent and classical music editor, she has a particular interest in contemporary music