Lesley Anne Riddoch is an English radio broadcaster and journalist who now lives in Perth.
Education
Born 1960 in Wolverhampton, England, Riddoch spent her childhood in Belfast then moved to Glasgow in 1975 where she attended Drewsteignton, a fee-paying private school then located in the affluent suburb of Bearsden. In 1978 she attended the University of Oxford and graduated with an honours degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics. After graduating she studied for a postgraduate diploma in journalism at Cardiff University.
Career
She was also elected president of the student union in 1981. She founded and directed a feminist magazine known as Harpies and Quines which launched in 1992. during its lifetime was sued by the publication Harpers & Queen. The magazine ceased trading in 1994, having been declared bankrupt after cashflow problems.
From 1993 to 1999 she was a contributing editor of the Sunday Herald and an assistant editor of The Scotsman.
She was editor of a special one-off edition of The Scotsman known as The Scotswoman produced by the paper"s female staff Writing columns for The Sunday Post, The Scotsman, and occasionally The Guardian, in 2006 she was shortlisted for the Orwell prize, an award given to those judged to be making political writing into an art form.
From 1989 to 1994 she presented the British Broadcasting Corporation Scotland programme Speaking Out and was one of the presenters of Four programme You and Yours. Between 1999 and 2005 she had her own daily radio programme the Lesley Riddoch on Scotland.
Membership
In 2008, Riddoch served as a member of the Scottish Prisons Commission.