Stephen Bush

Stephen Kupakwesu Bush (born 1990)[1] is a British journalist and political editor of the New Statesman. He co-hosts the New Statesman podcast and writes for both the print magazine and NS website.[2] Other publications for which he has written include The Guardian, The Telegraph, the Financial Times and the i.[3]

Stephen Bush
Stephen Bush at the British Kebab Awards 2019
Born1990 (age 30–31)
London, UK
NationalityBritish
EducationMorpeth School
Alma materBalliol College, Oxford
OccupationPolitical editor, journalist
EmployerNew Statesman

Early life and education

Bush is mixed race with Jewish heritage.[4] He was educated at Morpeth School, a state comprehensive school in Globe Town, near Bethnal Green in East London, followed by Balliol College at the University of Oxford,[5] where he studied history and was a member of the Oxford University Labour Club.[6] Bush matriculated in 2008 and graduated in 2011.[7]

Career

Bush worked for the magazine Progress (linked to the organisation of the same name) before writing for The Daily Telegraph, including working on the Morning Briefing email. He joined the New Statesman from the Telegraph in February 2015.[8][9] Later that year, he was the first political commentator to predict Jeremy Corbyn's election as Labour leader in September 2015.[8] From 2016 he has contributed a weekly column to The Guardian's Lifestyle pages on cooking, called "The Delia Project", where he recounts his efforts to relearn cookery skills using only Delia Smith's Delia's Complete How to Cook.[10]

He has appeared on the BBC's current affairs programme Newsnight, commenting on UK politics,[11] and was tipped as an outsider to succeed Nick Robinson as the BBC's political editor in 2015, a position that eventually went to Laura Kuenssberg.[12]

In December 2018 he was appointed political editor of the New Statesman.[13]

In June 2020 Bush was appointed to chair the Board of Deputies of British Jews' commission on racial inclusivity within the Jewish community.[14][15][16]

Awards

In 2015 Bush received a commendation and was runner-up in the Young Journalist of the Year awards category in the Press Awards.[7]

In 2017, he was awarded the Political Studies Association's Journalist of the Year award.[3]

References
  1. England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916–2007 via ancestry.co.uk. Name: Stephen Kupakwesu Bush Registration Date: Apr 1990 Registration district: Tower Hamlets Inferred County: Greater London Mother's Maiden Name: Bush Volume Number: 14 Page Number: 1496.
  2. "Stephen Bush" Archived 2 January 2019 at the Wayback Machine, NewStatesmanAmerica.
  3. "Stephen Bush | The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction". thebailliegiffordprize.co.uk. Archived from the original on 11 January 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  4. Bush, Stephen (5 April 2018). "This Passover has presented an uneasy dilemma for Britain's left-wing Jews". New Statesman. Archived from the original on 17 June 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  5. Rowenna Davis; Jeevan Vasagar; Tom Meltzer (12 April 2011). "Oxford University diversity row: 'Grades aren't enough'". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 21 April 2017. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
  6. Stephen Bush at LinkedIn.
  7. "Young Journalist of the Year". Balliol College. 23 March 2016. Archived from the original on 21 April 2017. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
  8. "Stephen Bush appointed New Statesman special correspondent". New Statesman. 4 April 2016. Archived from the original on 6 January 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  9. "New Statesman appoints Stephen Bush as Staggers editor". New Statesman. 4 December 2014. Archived from the original on 13 April 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  10. Bush, Stephen. "The Delia Project". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 16 June 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  11. "Stephen Bush: The by-elections aren't the end of Corbyn". BBC. 25 February 2017. Archived from the original on 5 March 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  12. Steerpike (10 July 2015). "Place your bets! Bookies reveal favourites to be next BBC political editor". The Spectator. Archived from the original on 17 April 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  13. Walker, James (10 December 2018). "New Statesman reshuffle sees Stephen Bush appointed political editor". Press Gazette. Archived from the original on 11 January 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  14. Bush, Stephen (10 June 2020). "The racism I know is when an antisemite sees my skin and thinks I share their repellent views". The Jewish Chronicle. Archived from the original on 11 June 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  15. Mendel, Jack (10 June 2020). "'Am I black enough to do this? Am I Jewish enough to do this?'". Jewish News. Archived from the original on 11 June 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  16. Mendel, Jack (10 June 2020). "Commission launched to take evidence of racism experienced by black British Jews". Jewish News. Archived from the original on 11 June 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
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