Sarah Sands
| Sarah Sands | |
|---|---|
| Born |
3 June 1961 Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent |
| Residence | London |
| Nationality | British |
| Education |
Kent College, Pembury (Methodist boarding school) |
| Alma mater | Goldsmiths College, University of London |
| Occupation | Journalist, editor, novellist |
| Employer | London Evening Standard |
| Known for | Editor, London Evening Standard newspaper (March 2012 -) Deputy Editor, London Evening Standard newspaper (Feb. 2009 - Mar. 2012) Editor-in-Chief, Readers' Digest (Feb. 2008 - Feb. 2009) Consultant Editor, Daily Mail (Apr. 2006 - Feb. 2008) Editor, The Sunday Telegraph (Jun. 2005 - Mar. 2006) Deputy Editor, The Daily Telegraph (1996 - 2005) |
| Family | Sister of Kit Hesketh-Harvey |
Sarah Sands (née Harvey; 3 June 1961) is a British journalist and author who is the editor of the London Evening Standard.
Sands is the younger sister of Kit Hesketh-Harvey (of musical duo Kit and The Widow). She was born in Tunbridge Wells, Kent in 1961, and was educated at Kent College, Pembury (then a Methodist, now interdenominational) independent day and boarding school for girls. She later attended Goldsmiths, University of London.
Sands trained on The Sevenoaks Chronicle as a news reporter, before moving to the Evening Standard, initially as editor of the Londoner's Diary, before taking further posts as features editor and associate editor. She joined The Daily Telegraph in 1996 as deputy editor, under Charles Moore, later assuming responsibility for the Saturday edition.
Sands was appointed the first female editor of The Sunday Telegraph in June 2005, succeeding Dominic Lawson. Her masterplan for the November 2005 relaunch of the paper was that it should be "like an iPod – full of your favourite things". In an abrupt move, after just eight months and 20 days in post, Sands was sacked as editor of the newspaper on 7 March 2006 and replaced by Patience Wheatcroft. Subsequently, many of her changes under her editorship were reversed (including changes to the title font).
Sands has written two novels: her first was Playing the Game and her second, Hothouse, was published during the summer of 2005.
In April 2006, Sands was appointed consultant editor on the Daily Mail; in February 2008 she was appointed editor-in-chief of the UK edition of Reader's Digest.
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