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Margaret Omolola Young, Baroness Young of Hornsey (born 1 June 1951) is a British actress, author,
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peer, and Chancellor of the
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.


Education and career

Born in
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, Lola Young was educated at the Parliament Hill School for Girls in
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and went then to the New College of Speech and Drama, where she received a
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in dramatic art in 1975, and a
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one year later. In 1988 she graduated from
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with a Bachelor of Arts in Contemporary Cultural Studies. Young worked as a professional actress from 1976 to 1984, and also presented a number of
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programmes aimed at young children such as ''
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'' and, on Radio 4, ''Listening Corner'' and ''Playtime''. She had been a residential social worker in the
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from 1971 to 1973. Her most prominent role was as next-door neighbour Janey in children's sitcom ''
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'' which ran from 1980 to 1983. In 1985, she became co-director and training and development manager at the Haringey Arts Council, a post she held until 1989. From 1990 to 1992, Young was
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in
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at the Polytechnic of West London. In the following she was lecturer,
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, principal lecturer,
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of
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and in the end
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at the
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. In 1995 she published ''Fear of the Dark: Race, Gender and Sexuality in Cinema''. Young became Project director of the Archives and Museum of Black Heritage in 1997, she was
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in the
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in the years 2000 and 2001, and Chair at Nitro Theatre Company in 2004–10. Young was appointed an
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(OBE) in the
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for services to British Black History. From 2001 to 2004 she was head of culture at the
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, following which she was created a
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on 22 June 2004 taking the title Baroness Young of Hornsey of
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in the
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. Young's other public appointments have included
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's Blue Plaques Committee, membership of the board of the
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, the
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, and the board of Governors of
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, chairing the Arts Council's Cultural Diversity Panel, and membership of the board of Resource, the Council of Museums, Archives and Libraries, and a commissioner on the
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. She has also chaired the judging panel of the
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. She takes an active interest in ethical issues in international trade, particularly the garment industry, is a Trustee of the Aid by Trade Foundation and is an honorary associate of the
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.National Secular Societ
"Honorary Associates: Baroness Young of Hornsey OBE"
/ref> In 2013, she was a signatory to a campaign for women to be able to inherit noble titles. In 2017 Lady Young chaired the judging panel for the
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. In 2019, she was awarded a Doctor of Laws honoris causa from the
University of Nottingham , mottoeng = A city is built on wisdom , established = 1798 – teacher training college1881 – University College Nottingham1948 – university status , type = Public , chancellor ...
. She is co-chair, with Sir David Bell, of the Foundation for Future London. In 2020, she became Chancellor of the
University of Nottingham , mottoeng = A city is built on wisdom , established = 1798 – teacher training college1881 – University College Nottingham1948 – university status , type = Public , chancellor ...
succeeding the former chief executive of GlaxoSmithKline, Sir Andrew Witty.


References

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