Ann Leslie
| Dame Ann Leslie | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Ann Elizabeth Mary Leslie 28 January 1941 Rawalpindi, British India |
| Other names | Dame Ann Leslie |
| Education | Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Notable credit(s) | Daily Mail |
| Title | DBE |
| Spouse(s) | Michael Fletcher (1969–present) |
| Children | One daughter |
Dame Ann Elizabeth Mary Leslie DBE (born 28 January 1941) is a British journalist who writes for the Daily Mail.
Leslie was born in Rawalpindi, British India (now in Pakistan), where she spent her early years, attending an English-language school and "witnessed the killing trains of Partition". In 1950, her parents sent her away to boarding school in England, where she attended the Presentation Convent School in Matlock, Derbyshire, and St Leonards-Mayfield School, East Sussex. She went on, two years later, to attend Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford.
Her first job in journalism was at the Daily Express in Manchester in 1962. Leslie moved to the Daily Mail in 1967. She has interviewed major film stars, entertainers and political figures and has reported on numerous wars, civil conflicts and political stories in around 70 countries. At the Reuters/Press Gazette launch of the Newspaper Hall of Fame she was named as one of the most influential journalists of the last forty years. In David Randall’s The Great Reporters (celebrating the 13 best British and American journalists of all time) she is profiled as "the most versatile reporter ever".
She is a regular current affairs broadcaster on the BBC (Question Time, Any Questions?, Dateline London), Sky News, and international broadcasting organisations.
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