Corinna Adam

Corinna Jane Adam (31 January 1937 – 8 March 2012), also known by her married name Corinna Ascherson, was a British journalist, particularly for the New Statesman, The Guardian, and The Observer. According to her obituary in The Times, Adam was "admired for her shrewd and well-observed reporting on a wide range of subjects, not least of court cases relating to questions of freedom of expression and human rights."[1]

Corinna Jane Adam
Corinna Adam
Born(1937-01-31)31 January 1937
Rosslyn Hill, Hampstead, London
Died8 March 2012(2012-03-08) (aged 75)
Rhyl Street, Kentish Town, London
NationalityEnglish
Other namesCorinna Ascherson
OccupationJournalist (New Statesman, The Guardian, The Observer)

Early life

Adam was born on 31 January 1937 at 40B Rosslyn Hill, Hampstead, London, the daughter of Kenneth Adam (1908–1978), a journalist and the first director of BBC Television, and his wife, Ruth Augusta Adam, nÊe King (1907–1977), a feminist writer.[2] Adam was educated at Ashford Girls' School, followed by a degree from Cambridge University in economics (having changed subject from French and Spanish) having studied at Girton College, Cambridge.[2]

Career

Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, Adam wrote on a wide range of subjects for the New Statesman rising to associate editor, The Guardian, and The Observer.[2][1]

Working for the New Statesman, her closest friends were "the three Marys", Mary Kenny, Mary Holland, and Mary Morgan.[3]

Personal life

On 20 November 1958, she married fellow journalist Neal Ascherson at St Bride's Church, Fleet Street, London.[2] They had two daughters, Marina, a musician (born 1960), and Isobel, a criminal barrister (born 1964).[2] They separated in 1974, and divorced in 1982.[2][3] She began a 30-year relationship with fellow New Statesman journalist Anthony Howard, but Howard never left his wife.[2]

Later life

Adam died on 8 March 2012, in a fire at her home in Rhyl Street, Kentish Town, north London, and was survived by her two daughters.[2] Eight fire crews fought the fire, which "may have been started by a lit cigarette".[3]

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References
  1. "Corinna Ascherson". The Times. 29 March 2012. Retrieved 24 November 2017. (subscription required)
  2. West, Patrick. "Adam [married name Ascherson], Corinna Jane (1937–2012)". ONDB. OUP. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  3. "Rhyl Street flat blaze victim, Corinna Ascherson, an idealistic socialist once one half of 'journalism's golden couple' - Camden New Journal". archive.camdennewjournal.com. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
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