Family and personal life Ian Hislop

ardingly college

hislop born on 13 july 1960 in mumbles, swansea, scottish father, david hislop, ayrshire, , channel islander mother born in jersey, helen rosemarie née beddows.

hislop did not know grandparents. paternal grandfather, david murdoch hislop, died before born. maternal grandfather, william beddows, lancashire.

when 5 months old, hislop s family began travel around world because of father s job civil engineer. during infant years, hislop lived in nigeria, kuwait, saudi arabia, , british hong kong. when hislop 12 years old father died; mother, born in jersey , had left wales in late teens, died when 32 years old. on return britain educated @ ardingly college, independent boarding school, became head boy, , began satirical career directing , appearing in revues alongside nick newman.

hislop , newman s association continued when attended oxford university together, later working @ private eye , on number of comedy scriptwriting jobs. hislop applied read philosophy, politics , economics @ oxford, changed english literature before arriving @ magdalen college. oxford tutors included bernard o donoghue, john fuller , david norbrook. while @ university, hislop actively involved in student journalism, , relaunched , edited satirical magazine passing wind. graduated ba in 1981.

hislop married victoria hamson on 16 april 1988 in oxford. have 2 children, both born in london borough of wandsworth: emily helen (born 1990), read english @ brasenose college, oxford, , william david (born 1993), read history @ jesus college, oxford. live in sissinghurst. hislop s wife has career author, , in 2010 hislop played small role in greek television series island, based on wife s bestselling novel. series premiered on 11 october 2010 on greece s mega television channel.

hislop enjoys visiting art galleries , museums, , has collected antique cutlery on 3 decades.