Isabel Hilton
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Isabel Hilton (born 1949 in Aberdeen) is a Scottish journalist and broadcaster based in London.
She was educated at Edinburgh University where she studied Chinese to post-graduate level. As Secretary of the China-Scottish Association, based at her University, Hilton was placed on MI5's "Christmas Tree" list, which prevented her from employment with BBC in 1976. She joined the Daily Express the following year.
Having been the Latin American affairs editor at the Sunday Times, she chose not to move to Wapping with her paper and joined The Independent in 1986 and filled the same role there. Hilton joined The Guardian in 1997, where she has contributed a regular column.
Hilton has presented The World Tonight 1995-98 on BBC Radio 4 and from 1999 has presented Nightwaves on BBC Radio 3. Currently, she is the editor of chinadialogue and openDemocracy.
She is married to the distinguished journalist Neal Ascherson, with whom she has a son and daughter.
