Caitlin Moran

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Caitlin Moran (b. April 5, 1975) is a British broadcaster and columnist for The Times. She began her career as a journalist on Melody Maker, the weekly music publication, at the age of 16. Moran also wrote a book called The Chronicles of Narmo at the age of 16, about being born into a family of eight, home-educated children in Wolverhampton. She is TV critic at The Times, and also writes a weekly column for the Times on current affairs. She also writes for ELLE magazine, WORD magazine, "Period Living", "Times Educational Supplement", "Radio Times" and The Sunday Times Magazine.

Early articles of note include early 1990s interviews with the Manic Street Preachers, Courtney Love, Oasis and girl pop group Shampoo during a tour of France when they caused £5000 worth of damage to a Parisian hotel room. She also memorably wished Ned's Atomic Dustbin dead in a slightly peevish album review.

Recent articles of note include the British DJ John Peel's obituary, the Leicester Square Star Wars marathon and premiere, an exclusive two-part interview with Robbie Williams, and a feature on why cocaine has, unexpectedly, produced some pretty amazing albums, for Word.

In 1992 she launched her UK television career, hosting the Channel 4 music show Naked City. The show was not a huge success, but did feature a number of British bands who have since gained greater success, such as Blur, Manic Street Preachers, and the Boo Radleys. The programme was most notable for its roving reporter, Johnny Vaughan, who is now a mainstay of British broadcasting.

She is married to Times rock critic Peter Paphides, and has two children.

You can read her recent columns in the Times here: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/section/0,,10655,00.html