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Helen Grant (other)
Helen Grant may refer to: * Helen Grant (field hockey) (born 1979), England women's field hockey player * Helen Grant (politician) (born 1961), British Member of Parliament * Helen Grant (author) British author of Gothic novels * Helen Grant (''Holby City''), character from the UK television series ''Holby City'', played by Susannah York See also *Maria Grant Maria Grant (born Maria Heathfield Pollard, 1854 − 1937) was an early Canadian women's rights activist in British Columbia and first woman in Canada elected to any political office. Early life Grant was born in Quebec City, Quebec. Career I ... (Helen Maria Grant; 1843–1907), Canadian women's rights activist and politician * The Helen Grant Books, series of novels by US author Amanda Minnie Douglas (1831–1916) {{hndis, Grant, Helen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen Grant (field Hockey)
Helen Grant (born 14 February 1979 in Halifax, West Yorkshire) is an English women's field hockey forward, who has competed at both national and international level, representing both England and Great Britain during her career. Grant made her debut for England against Ireland in Belfast, Northern Ireland on 16 June 2001 and went on to make 105 appearances, scoring a total of 30 goals before her final game against Germany at the World Cup in Madrid, Spain on 8 October 2006. Her first appearance for the British team was against South Africa in Potchefstroom on 17 May 2003, where she scored both goals in a match which was a 2–2 draw for the United Kingdom. Her last appearance for the UK was also against South Africa at Stellenbosch on 10 January 2007, although this time the team lost 3–1. By this time Grant had accumulated 11 caps and four goals for Great Britain. She has played in two World Cups (2002 and 2006) and two European Cups (2003 and 2005). Grant was England's top go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen Grant (politician)
Helen Grant (née Okuboye, 28 September 1961) is a British politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Maidstone and The Weald since 2010. A member of the Conservative Party, she succeeded Ann Widdecombe, who was first elected in 1987. Grant was the first black woman of mixed heritage to be elected as a Conservative MP and selected as a candidate to stand for a Conservative-held parliamentary seat. She first served in government as jointly Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Women and Equalities (2012–2015) and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (2012–2013). She also became Minister for Sport and Tourism in 2013, a post she held until after the 2015 general election. In January 2021, she was appointed as Special Envoy of UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Girls' Education. Early life and career Grant was born in Willesden, now in north London to an English mother (Dr Gladys Spedding) and a Nigerian father (Dr Julius Ok ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen Grant (author)
Helen Grant (born 1964 in Westminster, London) is an English author of novels for young adults, now based in Crieff, Scotland. She is a 2011 recipient of the Alex Awards. Biography She was educated at Dr Challoner's High School and went on to read classics at St Hugh's College, Oxford. Her first novel, ''The Vanishing of Katharina Linden'', was published by Penguin Books in April 2009. It was shortlisted for the Booktrust Teenage Prize and the CILIP Carnegie Medal. Laura Wilson, writing for '' The Guardian'', called it "an eerily subtle literary page-turner" that doesn't contain anything "remotely winsome or mawkish". '' The Independents Barry Forshaw praised the books ability to shift perceptions from the teenager protagonist's pursuit of mystical answers to adult's skepticism. Grant states that the book was inspired by the legends of the German town in which she spent time while growing up. The book has also been published in Germany as ''Die Mädchen des Todes'', and has been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen Grant (Holby City)
''Holby City'' is a British medical drama television series that was broadcast on BBC One in the United Kingdom between 12 January 1999 and 29 March 2022. The series was created by Tony McHale and Mal Young as a Spin-off (media), spin-off from the BBC medical drama ''Casualty (TV series), Casualty'', which is set in the emergency department of the fictional Holby City Hospital, based in the equally fictitious town of Holby. The show focuses on the fictional lives, both professional and personal, of the medical and ancillary staff on the hospital's surgical wards. It is primarily filmed at the BBC Elstree Centre in Borehamwood. The show aired twenty-three full series with over 1000 episodes. Young wanted to explore what happened to patients treated in ''Casualty'' once they were taken away to the hospital's surgical wards. He opined that ''Casualty'' limited itself to "accident of the week" storylines, while ''Holby City'' allowed the possibility of storylines about long-term car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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