{{Short description|English journalist and author (born 1943)}} {{BLP sources|date=November 2008}} {{Use British English|date=July 2012}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox person | name = Eve Pollard | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|commas=on|OBE}} | birth_name = Evelyn Pollak<!-- sic --> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1943|12|25}} | birth_place = [[Paddington, London]], England | occupation = Journalist, editor | website = {{Official URL}} | spouse = {{plainlist| * {{marriage|Barry Winkleman|1968|1975|end=div}} * {{marriage|[[Nicholas Lloyd]]|1979}} }} | children = 2, including [[Claudia Winkleman]] }}

'''Evelyn, Lady Lloyd''' ({{née}} '''Pollak''', formerly '''Winkleman''', born 25 December 1943) is an English author and journalist, and has been the editor of several [[tabloid (newspaper format)|tabloid]] newspapers.

==Early life and education== Pollard was born Evelyn Pollak in [[Paddington, London]].<ref name="DID">BBC ''[[Desert Island Discs]]'' broadcast 16 December 2011</ref>

In her early years Pollard (then known as Pollak) lived in [[Maida Vale]], London, with her Jewish parents Izzo and Martha; and younger twin brothers, Peter and Ralph Pollak, who now live in [[Southern California]] in the United States. Her mother had left Austria in 1938 and her Hungarian father arrived with the [[Free French]] in 1940.<ref name="DID"/>

She attended a girls' grammar school in London where she developed a love of journalism.

==Career== Her career began at ''[[Honey (UK magazine)|Honey]]'' magazine, where she eventually became fashion editor in 1967. She moved to the ''[[Daily Mirror]]'' the following year.<ref name="Griffiths">[[Dennis Griffiths]] (ed.) ''The Encyclopedia of the British Press 1422–1992'', London and Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1992, p.468</ref>

In 1985, she was launch editor-in-chief of ''[[Elle (magazine)|Elle]]'' magazine in the US and edited ''Sunday'' magazine for the ''[[News of the World]]'' and ''You'' magazine for the ''[[Mail on Sunday]]''. She has also worked in television as features editor of [[TV-am]] (1982–1983) and devised ''Frocks on the Box'', which ran for two 13-part series in the 1980s, for the ITV contractor [[Television South|TVS]].<ref name="Griffiths"/> She has often appeared on radio and TV and was a regular participant in ''[[Through the Keyhole]]''. In 2003 Pollard was a guest panellist on the talk show ''[[Loose Women]]''.

In 1992, she founded Women in Journalism. She was the first Chair and is still the Honorary President of the organisation, which advises members on networking, campaigning and training. In 2003, she became the Vice-Chairman of Wellbeing of Women, a charity dedicated to improving the health of women and babies in the UK.

In 2016, she was appointed the first Chair of Reporters without Borders in the UK. In June 2019, she was awarded the prestigious Journalist Laureate prize by the London Press Club. She was given the accolade for being an inspirational editor and broadcaster.{{citation needed|date=September 2025}}

She has been a member, appointed in 1999, of the [[Competition Commission (United Kingdom)|Competition Commission]]’s Newspaper Takeover Panel.<ref>[http://www.frb.co.uk/cgi-bin/dmr5?access=&runprog=frb/frb_pages&mode=disp&fragment=1999_04_020 DTI press release [20&#93; April 1999], ''Financial Regulatory Briefing'' website</ref> Her publications include ''Jackie'', a biography of [[Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis]] (1971), and she has jointly written four novels: ''Splash'' (1995), ''Best of Enemies'' (1996), ''Double Trouble'' (1997) and ''Unfinished Business'' (1998). She was set up in the ''[[Brass Eye]]'' episode "Science" in 1997.{{citation needed|date=September 2025}}

==Honours== Pollard was appointed [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire]] (OBE) in the [[2008 Birthday Honours|2008 Birthday Honours List]] for services to journalism.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=58729 |date=14 June 2008 |page=11 |supp=y }}</ref>

==Personal life== She married Barry Winkleman (born 1939) in [[Hendon]], north London, in 1968.{{citation needed|date=October 2022}} They have a daughter, TV presenter [[Claudia Winkleman]].<ref>{{Cite web|title= Take It From Me |first=Claudia |last=Winkleman |work =[[The Independent]] |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/columnists/claudia-winkleman/claudia-winkleman-take-it-from-me-853417.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080629202627/http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/columnists/claudia-winkleman/claudia-winkleman-take-it-from-me-853417.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 June 2008 |date=25 June 2008 |access-date=4 November 2012}}</ref> Their marriage ended in divorce in 1975.

In April 1979 in [[Islington, London]], Pollard married [[Nicholas Lloyd]], a former editor of the ''[[Daily Express]]'' (1986–95); the couple have a son.{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [http://www.eve-pollard.co.uk Official website] *{{IMDb name|1020151}}

{{S-start}} {{s-media}} {{Succession box|title=Editor of the ''[[Sunday Mirror]]''|years=1988–1991|before=[[Mike Molloy|Michael Molloy]]|after=[[Bridget Rowe]]}} {{Succession box|title=Editor of the ''[[Sunday Express]]''|years=1991–1994|before=[[Robin Morgan (journalist)|Robin Morgan]]|after=[[Brian Hitchen]]}} {{S-end}}

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