Career in journalism
Until September 2015, she was ''The Times'' Parliament of the United Kingdom, Parliamentary sketchwriter. In this role, her tone was pawky, frequently reducing the serious business of politics to playground spats between bickering children. Another leitmotif is the humorous written portrayal of politicians as ridiculous caricatures, in the style of a modern-day William Hogarth cartoon. A further ploy is the use of anthropomorphism to further heighten the surreal atmosphere of the British House of Commons, House of Commons. ''Total Politics'' has referred to Treneman as "one of the sharpest wits in Westminster". In 2015, she became the chief theatre critic for ''The Times''. She made her debut with a one-star review of the musical ''Dusty'' at the Charing Cross Theatre.Books
Her first two books, ''Annus Horribilis: The Worst Year in British Politics'', (2009) and ''Dave and Nick: The Year of the Honeymoon'' (2011) were collections of her Parliamentary sketch pieces and refer to the Conservative Party. In October 2013 she published her third book, ''Finding the Plot: 100 Graves to Visit Before You Die''. It arose from her interest in researching the last resting places of significant characters from history; she has said that "London cemeteries have the most interesting people and that north London has more interesting dead people per square mile than anywhere in the world".References
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