Susan Hulme is a Scottish radio presenter, who presents the late-night radio programme ''
Today in Parliament
Today in Parliament is a British radio programme that covers the daily proceedings of the Palace of Westminster (Houses of Parliament), on BBC Radio 4. When re-broadcast at around 8.30am the next day on longwave (198 LW) and medium wave, it is ...
'' on
BBC Radio
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.
Early life
She was born and brought up in
Edinburgh
Edinburgh ( ; gd, Dùn Èideann ) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 Council areas of Scotland, council areas. Historically part of the county of Midlothian (interchangeably Edinburghshire before 1921), it is located in Lothian ...
. She came to university in England, where she studied biology then English at
Pembroke College, Oxford
Pembroke College, a constituent college of the University of Oxford, is located at Pembroke Square, Oxford. The college was founded in 1624 by King James I of England, using in part the endowment of merchant Thomas Tesdale, and was named after ...
, from 1983 to 1987.
May 2004 BBC profile
/ref> She edited the university magazine.
Career
She first worked as a medical journalist on ''New Scientist
''New Scientist'' is a magazine covering all aspects of science and technology. Based in London, it publishes weekly English-language editions in the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia. An editorially separate organisation publishe ...
''.
BBC
She moved to the BBC as a radio producer. She works for the BBC two days a week. She began presenting on Radio 4 in 1993.
Personal life
She has a daughter and two sons. She was featured in the ''Radio Times
''Radio Times'' (currently styled as ''RadioTimes'') is a British weekly listings magazine devoted to television and radio programme schedules, with other features such as interviews, film reviews and lifestyle items. Founded in May 1923 by J ...
'' radio section in the first week of November 2006. She lives in Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire ( or ; often abbreviated Herts) is one of the home counties in southern England. It borders Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire to the north, Essex to the east, Greater London to the south, and Buckinghamshire to the west. For govern ...
. Her partner is a retired BBC Editor.
See also
* Parliament of the United Kingdom
The Parliament of the United Kingdom is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, the Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories. It meets at the Palace of Westminster, London. It alone possesses legislative suprema ...
* BBC Parliament
BBC Parliament is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel from the BBC that broadcasts live and recorded coverage of the House of Commons, House of Lords and Select Committees of the British Parliament, the Scottish Parliament ...
References
External links
Today in Parliament
The Other Heartlands October 2008
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Alumni of Pembroke College, Oxford
BBC Radio 4 presenters
Medical journalists
Mass media people from Edinburgh
Scottish political journalists
Scottish women journalists
Scottish radio presenters
Scottish women television presenters
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people