# Eve Pollard

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English journalist and author (born 1943)

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Eve Pollard OBE Born Evelyn Pollak (1943-12-25) 25 December 1943 (age 82) Paddington, London, England Occupations Journalist, editor Spouses Barry Winkleman ​ ​ (m. 1968; div. 1975)​ Nicholas Lloyd ​ (m. 1979)​ Children 2, including Claudia Winkleman Website www.eve-pollard.co.uk

**Evelyn, Lady Lloyd** ([née](/source/Birth_name#Maiden_and_married_names) **Pollak**, formerly **Winkleman**, born 25 December 1943) is an English author and journalist, and has been the editor of several [tabloid](/source/Tabloid_(newspaper_format)) newspapers.

## Early life and education

Pollard was born Evelyn Pollak in [Paddington, London](/source/Paddington%2C_London).[1]

In her early years Pollard (then known as Pollak) lived in [Maida Vale](/source/Maida_Vale), London, with her Jewish parents Izzo and Martha; and younger twin brothers, Peter and Ralph Pollak, who now live in [Southern California](/source/Southern_California) in the United States. Her mother had left Austria in 1938 and her Hungarian father arrived with the [Free French](/source/Free_French) in 1940.[1]

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

## Career

Her career began at *[Honey](/source/Honey_(UK_magazine))* magazine, where she eventually became fashion editor in 1967. She moved to the *[Daily Mirror](/source/Daily_Mirror)* the following year.[2]

In 1985, she was launch editor-in-chief of *[Elle](/source/Elle_(magazine))* magazine in the US and edited *Sunday* magazine for the *[News of the World](/source/News_of_the_World)* and *You* magazine for the *[Mail on Sunday](/source/Mail_on_Sunday)*. She has also worked in television as features editor of [TV-am](/source/TV-am) (1982–1983) and devised *Frocks on the Box*, which ran for two 13-part series in the 1980s, for the ITV contractor [TVS](/source/Television_South).[2] She has often appeared on radio and TV and was a regular participant in *[Through the Keyhole](/source/Through_the_Keyhole)*. In 2003 Pollard was a guest panellist on the talk show *[Loose Women](/source/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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

She has been a member, appointed in 1999, of the [Competition Commission](/source/Competition_Commission_(United_Kingdom))’s Newspaper Takeover Panel.[3] Her publications include *Jackie*, a biography of [Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis](/source/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](/source/Brass_Eye)* episode "Science" in 1997.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

## Honours

Pollard was appointed [Officer of the Order of the British Empire](/source/Officer_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire) (OBE) in the [2008 Birthday Honours List](/source/2008_Birthday_Honours) for services to journalism.[4]

## Personal life

She married Barry Winkleman (born 1939) in [Hendon](/source/Hendon), north London, in 1968.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] They have a daughter, TV presenter [Claudia Winkleman](/source/Claudia_Winkleman).[5] Their marriage ended in divorce in 1975.

In April 1979 in [Islington, London](/source/Islington%2C_London), Pollard married [Nicholas Lloyd](/source/Nicholas_Lloyd), a former editor of the *[Daily Express](/source/Daily_Express)* (1986–95); the couple have a son.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-DID_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-DID_1-1) BBC *[Desert Island Discs](/source/Desert_Island_Discs)* broadcast 16 December 2011

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Griffiths_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Griffiths_2-1) [Dennis Griffiths](/source/Dennis_Griffiths) (ed.) *The Encyclopedia of the British Press 1422–1992*, London and Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1992, p.468

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [DTI press release \[20\] April 1999](http://www.frb.co.uk/cgi-bin/dmr5?access=&runprog=frb/frb_pages&mode=disp&fragment=1999_04_020), *Financial Regulatory Briefing* website

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["No. 58729"](https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/58729/supplement/11). *[The London Gazette](/source/The_London_Gazette)* (Supplement). 14 June 2008. p. 11.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Winkleman, Claudia (25 June 2008). ["Take It From Me"](https://web.archive.org/web/20080629202627/http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/columnists/claudia-winkleman/claudia-winkleman-take-it-from-me-853417.html). *[The Independent](/source/The_Independent)*. Archived from [the original](https://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/columnists/claudia-winkleman/claudia-winkleman-take-it-from-me-853417.html) on 29 June 2008. Retrieved 4 November 2012.

## External links

- [Official website](http://www.eve-pollard.co.uk)

- [Eve Pollard](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1020151/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

Media offices Preceded by Michael Molloy Editor of the Sunday Mirror 1988–1991 Succeeded by Bridget Rowe Preceded by Robin Morgan Editor of the Sunday Express 1991–1994 Succeeded by Brian Hitchen

v t e Editors of the Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror and Sunday Pictorial Daily Mirror 1903: Mary Howarth 1904: Hamilton Fyfe 1907: Alexander Kenealy 1915: Ed Flynn 1916: Alexander Campbell 1931: Leigh Brownlee 1934: Cecil Thomas 1948: Silvester Bolam 1953: Jack Nener 1961: Lee Howard 1971: Tony Miles 1974: Michael Christiansen 1975: Mike Molloy 1985: Richard Stott 1990: Roy Greenslade 1991: Richard Stott 1992: David Banks 1994: Colin Myler 1995: Piers Morgan 2004: Richard Wallace 2012: Peter Willis 2018: Alison Phillips 2024: Caroline Waterston 2025 to date: Chloe Hubbard Sunday Pictorial 1915: F. R. Sanderson 1921: William McWhirter 1924: David Grant 1928: William McWhirter 1929: David Grant 1938: Hugh Cudlipp 1940: Stuart Campbell 1946: Hugh Cudlipp 1949: Philip Zec 1952: Hugh Cudlipp 1953: Colin Valdar 1959: Lee Howard 1961: Reg Payne Sunday Mirror 1963: Michael Christiansen 1972: Bob Edwards 1984: Peter Thompson 1986: Mike Molloy 1988: Eve Pollard 1991: Bridget Rowe 1992: Colin Myler 1994: Paul Connew 1995: Tessa Hilton 1996: Amanda Platell 1997: Bridget Rowe 1998: Brendon Parsons 1998: Colin Myler 2001: Tina Weaver 2012: Alison Phillips 2016: Gary Jones 2018: Peter Willis 2020: Paul Henderson 2021: Gemma Aldridge 2024: Caroline Waterston 2025 to date: Chloe Hubbard

v t e Express newspapers Daily Express editors 1900: Arthur Pearson 1901: Fletcher Robinson 1909: R. D. Blumenfeld 1929: Beverley Baxter 1933: Arthur Christiansen 1957: Edward Pickering 1961: Bob Edwards 1962: Roger Wood 1963: Bob Edwards 1965: Derek Marks 1971: Ian McColl 1974: Alastair Burnet 1976: Roy Wright 1977: Derek Jameson 1980: Arthur Firth 1981: Christopher Ward 1983: Larry Lamb 1986: Nicholas Lloyd 1995: Richard Addis 1998: Rosie Boycott 2001: Chris Williams 2003: Peter Hill 2011: Hugh Whittow 2018: Gary Jones Sunday Express editors 1920: James Douglas 1928: James Douglas and John Gordon 1931: John Gordon 1952: Harold Keeble 1954: John Junor 1986: Robin Esser 1989: Robin Morgan 1991: Eve Pollard 1994: Brian Hitchen 1995: Sue Douglas 1996: Richard Addis 1998: Amanda Platell 1999: Michael Pilgrim 2001: Martin Townsend 2018: Michael Booker Other topics Daily Express Building, London Daily Express Building, Manchester James Bond comic strip Northern & Shell Richard Desmond Rupert Bear Sunday Express Dunblane controversy The Sunday Express Book of the Year

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