Liz Jones

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Liz Jones is an English journalist and writer. She is currently the fashion editor for the Daily Mail. Previously to this she was the editor of British Marie Claire. She is a former anorexic ^[1] and suffers from obsessive-compulsive disorder^[2].

She also writes a weekly column for the Mail on Sunday called Liz Jones’s Diary in which she writes about her life with her (now ex) husband, the author Nirpal Singh Dhaliwal. A major contributing factor in the divorce was Dhaliwal's failure to spend more than £375 on a Christmas present for Jones.

Satirical magazine Private Eye dedicated a special 'Hackwatch' feature to Jones in their January 2008 edition. It quoted extracts from her work from the past month.

23rd December 2007 - 'The only thing I like about Tate Modern is the restaurant. And have you been to the Science Museum recently? None of the interactive stuff works; it is all, let's face it, expensive, subsidised drivel to give absentee fathers somewhere to take their estranged offspring on a Bank Holiday. The London Aquairum? It's rubbish.'

28th December 2007 - Jones is writing about her new love interest 'I quite like him, mainly because, and I told him this, I didn't have to dumb myself down to be with him, something I often have to do with men because, the poor dears, they can't seem to cope with someone who is super bright.'

31st December 2007 - 'You have to be careful when wearing leggings. I bought a silver pair by Les Chiffoniers for £585 to wear on Christmas Day, but made sure I wore them under a sheer chiffon skirt, and a grey cashmere sweater; even so, my nephew hung a chocolate Santa on me, thinking I was the tree.'

6th January 2008 - 'Rare is the school-age child in this country who has been allowed to experience hunger... I have a friend with three young children who admits to spending more than £400 a week on food. There is no longer any concept that you might make do towards the end of the week.'

6th January 2008 - 'What will be my number one style resolution for 2008? I must look at myself long and hard in a full-length mirror.'

In her Mail on Sunday column of May 25, 2008, Jones confessed to having lied about her age for many years, but admitted to being born in 1958, making her 49 at the time.

[edit] Bibliography

Slave To The Rhythm: The Artist Formerly Known As Prince (1997) ISBN 0-316-64041-7
Liz Jones's Diary: How One Single Girl Got Married (2005) ISBN 1-844-00223-3
Fur Babies: Why We Love Cats (2007) ISBN 1-844-00518-6