Catherine Mayer

Catherine Mayer
Born United States
Nationality British (naturalised)
Occupation Co-founder of Women's Equality Party, author and journalist
Notable work Born To Be king: Prince Charles On Planet Windsor
Political party Women's Equality Party
Spouse(s) Andy Gill
Relatives David Mayer (father)
Ann Mayer (mother)
Lise Mayer and Cassie Mayer (sisters)

Catherine Mayer is an American-born British author and journalist, and the co-founder of the Women's Equality Party (WE) in the UK.

Early life

Mayer was born in the US and later became naturalised as British.[1] Mayer moved to Britain as a child when her father, theatre historian David Mayer, came to research a book and later secured tenure at Manchester University teaching Ben Elton and the late Rik Mayall. Her mother, Anne, is prominent within theatre PR.[2][3]

She attended Manchester High School for Girls.[4] One of her sisters is The Young Ones co-writer (with Mayall) Lise Mayer, another is the theatre agent Cassie Mayer.[2][3]

Career

Mayer was president of the Foreign Press Association in London from June 2003 until June 2005.[2]

She worked at Time from 2004 to April 2015, serving as Time's Editor at Large, Europe Editor, London Bureau Chief and Senior Editor.[5] She has worked as a foreign correspondent at the German news weekly Focus and started her career at The Economist.[6][7]

External video
Catherine Mayer talks about her book
Amortality: The Pleasures and Perils of Living Agelessly via Ebury Press on YouTube[8]

In 2011 Mayer wrote Amortality: The Pleasures and Perils of Living Agelessly about the pros and cons of people living longer.[9]

Her 2015 biography of Prince Charles, published in two editions in English, Charles: The Heart of a King (WH Allen/Penguin Random House) and Born to Be King (Henry Holt/Macmillan),[10] generated worldwide headlines with its claims of dysfunction in the royal courts. Clarence House, which had facilitated access to the Prince, distanced itself from the book.[11][12][13] Mayer stood by the content.[14] The book is a Sunday Times top 10 bestseller.[15]

Women's Equality Party

Mayer co-founded the Women's Equality Party with Sandi Toksvig in March 2015.[16][17] The party's full set of policies were launched, by the party's leader, Sophie Walker, at Conway Hall, 20 October 2015.[18][19]

Personal life

Mayer is married to Andy Gill of Gang of Four.[20]

Publications

Books
Articles

References

  1. ↑ Alexander, Ella (2 April 2015). "Will you support the Women’s Equality Party?". Glamour Magazine (Condé Nast Publications). Retrieved 26 September 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 Halliburton, Rachel (8 January 2004). "This woman can have Blair any time". London Evening Standard.
  3. 1 2 Langdon, Julia (16 July 2007). "I think it's amazing how unequal we are". The Guardian (Guardian Media Group).
  4. ↑ Epstein, Angela (13 October 2015). "Why are feminists so unpleasant to women?". The Telegraph (Telegraph Media Group).
  5. ↑ Greenslade, Roy (3 February 2012). "Mayer rocks on with TIME promotion". The Guardian (Guardian Media Group).
  6. ↑ Sexton, David (4 February 2015). "'Prince Charles has the loneliest existence I’ve ever witnessed': Catherine Mayer on her new biography of the future king". London Evening Standard.
  7. ↑ Blumen, Danielle (29 November 2009). "Time for women in the media (blog)". Polis (London School of Economics).
  8. ↑ Catherine Mayer (13 April 2011). Catherine Mayer talks about Amortality (YouTube). Ebury Press (Vermilion).
  9. ↑ York, Peter (13 May 2011). "A user's guide to age". The Independent (Independent Print Ltd.).
  10. ↑ Swanson, Clare (5 November 2014). "New Prince Charles bio coming from Holt". Publishers Weekly (PWxyz, LLC.).
  11. ↑ Staff writer (4 February 2015). "Prince Charles 'understands limitations' of Crown". BBC news (BBC).
  12. ↑ Agency (16 February 2015). "Duchess of Cornwall comes face-to-face with author of controversial Prince Charles book". The Telegraph (Telegraph Media Group).
  13. ↑ Morgan, Sally (20 February 2015). "As Royal aides question a new biography of the Prince of Wales its author Catherine Mayer tells Hello! why she stands by every word". Hello (Hello Ltd.).
  14. ↑ Sherwin, Adam (3 February 2015). "Catherine Mayer, author of controversial Charles biography: 'I was a republican but now I'm a monarchist'". The Independent (Independent Print Ltd.).
  15. ↑ Staff writer. "Charles: The Heart of a King". books.google.co.uk. Google Books.
  16. ↑ Staff writer (20 April 2015). "Londoner's Diary: Women’s party is ready to be a player". London Evening Standard.
  17. ↑ Cocozza, Paula (28 August 2015). "Women’s Equality party founders: 'It needed doing. So we said, "Let’s do it"'". The Guardian (Guardian Media Group). Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  18. ↑ "Women's Equality Party announces first policies and campaigns". Women's Equality Party. 20 October 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  19. ↑ Minter, Harriet (21 October 2015). "The Women's Equality Party launch is not a moment too soon". The Guardian (Guardian Media Group). Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  20. ↑ Gill, Andy (18 September 2009). "Andy Gill meets Andy Gill". The Independent (Independent Print Ltd.).

External links

Party political offices
New political party Co-founder of the Women's Equality Party
2015
With: Sandi Toksvig		 Succeeded by
Sophie Walker
as leader
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