Matthew d'Ancona is political columnist for The Sunday Telegraph, London Evening Standard and GQ. He was previously Editor of The Spectator, where he founded the highly influential Coffee House blog and steered the magazine to record circulation. In October, he was named "Commentariat of the Year", the award for the best overall commentator in the UK at the ei Comment Awards. He was named BSME Current Affairs Editor of the Year in 2007, and Political Journalist of the Year at the British Press Awards in 2004. He has published three acclaimed novels and was a judge for the Man Booker Prize 2011. He is currently writing a book on the Coalition for Penguin, and a history of England with John Cleese. In 1989, he was elected a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford.
