Harry Lambert (journalist)
Harry Lambert is a British journalist. He is special correspondent at the New Statesman.[1]
Harry Lambert | |
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Alma mater | University of York |
Occupation | Journalist |
Known for | Special correspondent, The New Statesman |
In August 2019, he argued in a New Statesman cover story that the value of British university degrees was "collapsing" and "creating a lost generation" of students.[2]
Lambert was one of five recipients of the BBC Russell Prize in 2019 for a profile of Dominic Cummings, Boris Johnson's senior adviser.[3]
Academic
Lambert graduated from the University of York with a first-class degree in economics and politics. He is now a visiting lecturer at University College London, where he teaches feature writing.[4]
Career
In 2014, Lambert ran May2015.com, the New Statesman's 2015 election site.[5] In 2015, Lambert was the first journalist to interview Yanis Varoufakis after he resigned as Greek finance minister.[6]
In September 2019 he was described as "a new star in political journalism" by Iain Dale, the broadcaster.[7]
In March 2020, he wrote a cover story for the New Statesman on the relative power of advisers in Boris Johnson's government.[8] In response, David Allen Green, the lawyer and writer, described Lambert as "combining fine political reporting with a grasp of the policy and structural issues that inform the ongoing struggles for power".[9]
Lambert has also written for The Independent, for whom he covered the Charlie Hebdo terror attacks in 2015.[10] In 2020 he wrote for BBC Sport on the death of Kobe Bryant.[11] He has written for Wired, the New Republic and GQ. As a broadcaster he has appeared on Sky News, BBC News, and LBC.[12]
References
- Wilson, Amy (22 October 2019). "Harry Lambert joins New Statesman". Retrieved 13 April 2020.
- Lambert, Harry (21 August 2019). "The great university con: how the British degree lost its value". Retrieved 13 April 2020.
- Rajan, Amol (30 December 2019). "The Russell Prize 2019: A celebration of the year's greatest prose". Retrieved 13 April 2020.
- ucl.ac.uk. "Feature Writing in a multi-media world". Retrieved 13 April 2020.
- Lewis, Helen (9 September 2014). "Welcome to our new elections site, May2015.com". Retrieved 13 April 2020.
- Lambert, Harry (13 July 2015). "Exclusive: Yanis Varoufakis opens up about his five month battle to save Greece". Retrieved 13 April 2020.
- Dale, Iain (27 September 2019). "Tweet". Retrieved 13 April 2020.
- Lambert, Harry (4 March 2020). "Who's in charge inside No 10: the maverick advisers running Britain". Retrieved 13 April 2020.
- Green, David Allen (6 March 2020). "Cummings and Commentary". Retrieved 13 April 2020.
- Lambert, Harry (12 January 2015). "Charlie Hebdo: How did it affect ordinary Parisians whose city was under siege?". Retrieved 13 April 2020.
- Lambert, Harry (6 February 2020). "'Take the next shot' – the new message from Kobe Bryant's final game". Retrieved 13 April 2020.
- "Who Is The Real Dominic Cummings? This Journalist Tells James O'Brien". 28 September 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2020.