The broadcaster on a surprising history of tea, a scandalous 1920s play and rediscovering her Tetris prowess
Emma Barnett is the main presenter of Woman’s Hour on Radio 4 and a regular host on BBC Two’s Newsnight. Born into an Orthodox Jewish family in Manchester in 1985, she studied history and politics at Nottingham University and worked at the Daily Telegraph and LBC before joining the BBC in 2014, as a presenter on Radio 5 live. She lives in London with her husband and three-year-old son. This month, Barnett was named interviewer of the year at the British journalism awards and her new series Emma Meets… starts on Bloomberg QuickTake on 6 January.
