{{Short description|British journalist and political editor}} {{for|the Australian artist|Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Stephen Bush | image = File:Stephen Bush at the British Kebab Awards 2019 2 (cropped).jpg | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> | caption = Bush at the [[British Kebab Awards]] 2019 | birth_name = Stephen Kupakwesu Bush | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|3|21|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[London]], [[England]], UK | other_names = | education = [[Morpeth School]] | alma_mater = [[University of Oxford]] (BA)<!--Balliol College doesn't award degrees--> | occupation = [[Journalist]] | employer = {{Plainlist| * ''[[Financial Times]]'' * ''[[The Guardian]]'' * ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' * ''[[The i Paper]]'' * ''[[New Statesman]]''}} | awards = | website = {{Official URL}} | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = }}
'''Stephen Kupakwesu Bush''' is a British journalist. {{as of|April 2025}} he is a columnist and associate editor at the ''[[Financial Times]]''. He has also written for ''[[The Guardian]]'', ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'', ''[[The i Paper]]'' and ''[[New Statesman]]''.
== Early life and education == Bush is mixed race with Jewish heritage.<ref name="Passover">{{Cite news |last=Bush |first=Stephen |date=5 April 2018 |title=This Passover has presented an uneasy dilemma for Britain's left-wing Jews |work=New Statesman |url=https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/religion/2018/04/passover-has-presented-uneasy-dilemma-britain-s-left-wing-jews |access-date=11 June 2020 |archive-date=17 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200617005201/https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/religion/2018/04/passover-has-presented-uneasy-dilemma-britain-s-left-wing-jews |url-status=live}}</ref> He was educated at [[Morpeth School]], a [[State school|state]] [[comprehensive school]] in [[Bethnal Green]] in [[East End of London]], followed by the [[University of Oxford]] where he was an undergraduate student at [[Balliol College, Oxford]],<ref name="UOO">{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2011/apr/12/oxford-university-diversity-row-students |title=Oxford University diversity row: 'Grades aren't enough' |author1=Davis, Rowenna |author2=Vasagar, Jeevan |date=12 April 2011 |access-date=20 April 2017 |author3=Meltzer, Tom |archive-date=21 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170421095809/https://www.theguardian.com/education/2011/apr/12/oxford-university-diversity-row-students |url-status=live |website=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> and studied [[history]].
At university, he was a member of the [[Oxford University Labour Club]].<ref name=linkedin>{{LinkedIn page}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bush |first=Stephen |date=30 June 2021 |title=Andy Burnham: "I'm prepared to go back but as something different" |publisher=New Statesman |url=https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2021/06/andy-burnham-im-prepared-to-go-back-but-as-something-different |access-date=25 November 2021 |website=newstatesman.com}}</ref> Bush matriculated in 2008 and graduated in 2011.<ref name="Balliol">{{cite web |url=https://www.balliol.ox.ac.uk/news/2016/march/young-journalist-of-the-year |title=Young Journalist of the Year |publisher=[[Balliol College, Oxford]] |website=balliol.ox.ac.uk |date=23 March 2016 |access-date=20 April 2017 |archive-date=21 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170421095613/https://www.balliol.ox.ac.uk/news/2016/march/young-journalist-of-the-year |url-status=live}}</ref>
== Career == Bush worked for the magazine ''[[Progressive Britain|Progress]]'' (linked to the organisation of the same name) before writing for ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'', including working on the Morning Briefing email as editorial assistant to [[Benedict Brogan]].<ref name=baillie>{{Cite web |url=https://thebailliegiffordprize.co.uk/people/stephen-bush |first=Stephen |last=Bush |year=2019 |title=The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction |website=thebailliegiffordprize.co.uk |access-date=5 January 2019 |archive-date=11 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190111175703/https://thebailliegiffordprize.co.uk/people/stephen-bush |url-status=live}}</ref> He joined the ''New Statesman'' from the ''Telegraph'' in February 2015.<ref name=newstatesman>{{cite web |url=http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/media/2016/04/stephen-bush-appointed-new-statesman-special-correspondent |title=Stephen Bush appointed New Statesman special correspondent |date=4 April 2016 |work=New Statesman |access-date=5 January 2019 |archive-date=6 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190106153323/https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/media/2016/04/stephen-bush-appointed-new-statesman-special-correspondent |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2014/12/new-statesman-appoints-stephen-bush-staggers-editor |title=New Statesman appoints Stephen Bush as Staggers editor |date=4 December 2014 |access-date=11 June 2020 |work=New Statesman |archive-date=13 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190413092047/https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2014/12/new-statesman-appoints-stephen-bush-staggers-editor |url-status=live}}</ref> Later that year, he was the first political commentator to predict [[Jeremy Corbyn]]'s election as Labour leader after obtaining leaked internal poll data.<ref name=baillie /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bush |first=Stephen |date=2015-07-15 |title=Jeremy Corbyn 'on course to come top' in the Labour leadership election |url=https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2015/07/jeremy-corbyn-course-come-top-labour-leadership-election |access-date=2022-11-22 |website=New Statesman |language=en-US}}</ref>
From 2016 to 2017, he contributed a weekly column to ''The Guardian''{{'}}s Lifestyle pages on cooking, called "The Delia Project", where he recounted his efforts to relearn cookery skills using only [[Delia Smith]]'s ''Delia's Complete How to Cook''.<ref name="The Delia Project">{{cite web |last=Bush |first=Stephen |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/series/the-delia-project |title=The Delia Project |website=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=3 February 2022}}</ref>
In December 2018 he was appointed political editor of the ''New Statesman'', while also writing a fortnightly column for the ''[[I (newspaper)|i]]'' newspaper.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://pressgazette.co.uk/new-statesman-reshuffle-sees-stephen-bush-appointed-political-editor/ |title=New Statesman reshuffle sees Stephen Bush appointed political editor |first=James |last=Walker |date=10 December 2018 |work=[[Press Gazette]] |access-date=5 January 2019 |archive-date=11 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190111175614/https://pressgazette.co.uk/new-statesman-reshuffle-sees-stephen-bush-appointed-political-editor/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Stephen Bush |url=https://inews.co.uk/author/stephen-bush |website=inews.co.uk |access-date=15 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602095736/https://inews.co.uk/author/stephen-bush |archive-date=Jun 2, 2023 |language=en |url-status=live}}</ref> In February 2022 he left to become a columnist and associate editor at the ''[[Financial Times]]'', including writing a morning political briefing email.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bush |first=Stephen |date=16 February 2022 |title=Diary: My time as the New Statesman's political editor is over, and I'm shaking up a seven-year routine |url=https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2022/02/stephen-bushs-diary-my-time-as-the-new-statesmans-political-editor-is-over-and-im-shaking-up-a-seven-year-routine |access-date=20 February 2022 |work=[[New Statesman]]}}</ref><ref name="FT">{{Cite press release |title=Financial Times appoints Stephen Bush as columnist and associate editor |date=2 December 2021 |website=[[Financial Times]] |url=https://aboutus.ft.com/press_release/stephen-bush |access-date=3 February 2022}}</ref>
In 2020 he was appointed to chair the [[Board of Deputies of British Jews]]' Commission on Racial Inclusivity in the Jewish Community.<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 June 2020 |title=Board of Deputies to launch 'Commission on Racial Inclusivity in the Jewish Community' |url=https://bod.org.uk/bod-news/board-of-deputies-to-launch-commission-on-racial-inclusivity-in-the-jewish-community/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517125832/https://bod.org.uk/bod-news/board-of-deputies-to-launch-commission-on-racial-inclusivity-in-the-jewish-community/ |archive-date=17 May 2021 |access-date=14 August 2023 |website=bod.org.uk |publisher=[[Board of Deputies of British Jews]] |language=}}</ref><ref name="JC Bush">{{Cite news |last=Bush |first=Stephen |date=10 June 2020 |title=The racism I know is when an antisemite sees my skin and thinks I share their repellent views |work=[[The Jewish Chronicle]] |url=https://www.thejc.com/comment/comment/racism-i-know-is-when-an-antisemite-sees-my-skin-and-thinks-i-share-their-repellent-views-1.500519 |url-status=live |access-date=11 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611070655/https://www.thejc.com/comment/comment/racism-i-know-is-when-an-antisemite-sees-my-skin-and-thinks-i-share-their-repellent-views-1.500519 |archive-date=11 June 2020}}</ref><ref name="Mendel">{{Cite news |last=Mendel |first=Jack |date=10 June 2020 |title='Am I black enough to do this? Am I Jewish enough to do this?' |work=[[Jewish News]] |url=https://jewishnews.timesofisrael.com/am-i-black-enough-to-do-this-am-i-jewish-enough-to-do-this/ |url-status=live |access-date=11 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611072719/https://jewishnews.timesofisrael.com/am-i-black-enough-to-do-this-am-i-jewish-enough-to-do-this/ |archive-date=11 June 2020}}</ref><ref name="Mendel Commission">{{Cite news |last=Mendel |first=Jack |date=10 June 2020 |title=Commission launched to take evidence of racism experienced by black British Jews |work=Jewish News |url=https://jewishnews.timesofisrael.com/commission-launched-to-take-evidence-of-racism-experienced-by-black-british-jews/ |url-status=live |access-date=11 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611190421/https://jewishnews.timesofisrael.com/commission-launched-to-take-evidence-of-racism-experienced-by-black-british-jews/ |archive-date=11 June 2020}}</ref>
=== Awards and honours === In 2015 Bush received a commendation and was runner-up in the Young Journalist of the Year awards category in the [[British Press Awards|Press Awards]].<ref name="Balliol" />
In 2017, he was awarded the [[Political Studies Association]]'s Journalist of the Year award.<ref name=baillie />
==Personal life== Bush supports [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal football club]].<ref name=baillie/>
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