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Val Hennessy is a British journalist who writes for the Daily Mail.

Career

Hennessy taught English and drama before commencing a writing and journalistic career with the Brighton Voice, Peace News and Big Scream.

Hennessy later became a Fleet Street freelance journalist, an associate editor of Time Out and a columnist for Saga Magazine.^[1] She was described by Auberon Waugh as "a handsome if elderly (by punk standards) and inescapably middle-class journalist".^[2] She is best known for her work as chief literary critic for the Daily Mail from 1989 to 2004. As of 2014, she continues to write for the Daily Mail's "Retro Reads" column. Having reviewed thousands of English fiction books, Hennessy is a significant critic of British women's writing.^[3] Hennessy has interviewed Luciano Pavarotti,^[4] Leonard Cohen,^[5] Bob Dylan, Annie Lennox, Michael Douglas, Terence Stamp, Martin Amis, Vivienne Westwood, Elizabeth Taylor, Bob Geldof, David Bailey, Jeffrey Archer, Germaine Greer, Laurie Lee and José Carreras.

Throughout her career, she has also written for The Guardian,^[6] The Observer, New Society, You Magazine, Spare Rib, City Limits, and London Evening Standard.

Judging panels

In 1989, Hennessy was on the controversial judging panel of the (then) Whitbread Book Award, now known as the Costa Book Awards.^[7]

In 1995, she was a member of the AT&T Award for Non-fiction. Panel chair, Alan Clark, reduced the panel to laughter with his declaration that "No one may speak while the chairman is speaking and if you wish to speak, you must raise your hand".^[8] In 1996 Hennessy was one of "five leading women",^[9] "at the top of their respective professions"^[10] making up the inaugural panel of the (then) Orange, now Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction and commented vigorously on the quality of submissions by British women writers.^[11] As an early judge on this award, Hennessy's comments continued to be referenced by Emma Parker in the Contemporary Women Writers journal (2004)^[12] and John Ezard in The Independent (2005).^[13]

Reviewing the reviewer

In a letter to Private Eye, Stephen Vizinczey credited Hennessy among a number of critics for taking his work seriously,^[14] but her reviews have not always made it on to a novel's dust jacket. The New York Times found "mixed messages"^[15] in her review of Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife by Mary Roach, while Hennessy's review of A History of English Food by Clarissa Dickson Wright was cited as a demonstration of anti-intellectualism in the British media.^[16]

Bibliography

A Little Light Friction, Chambers, 1989, ISBN 024554786X
In The Gutter, Quartet, 1978, ISBN 0704332302

In The Gutter received a mixed reception. Auberon Waugh called it an "admirable book" with "touches of a genuine philosophical nihilism",^[17] while Joe Donnelly wrote, "In the Gutter though far from perfect would be a great addition to any punks' collection, providing you can find a copy?"^[18] Lauded for the photographic record of the punk era, the book is now out of print and is in demand on the vintage book market.^[19]

References

^ Fixter, Alyson. "Saga column sparks row over 'high life' in Totnes". Press Gazette. No. 20 July 2005.
^ Waugh, Auberon (29 April 1978). "Another Voice". The Spectator.
^ Zangen, Britta (2003). "Women as readers, writers, and judges: the controversy about the orange prize for fiction". Women's Studies. 32 (3): 281. doi:10.1080/00497870310066. S2CID 143858894.
^ Wilde, Jon (29 August 2005). "Inside story: Great rock'n'roll swindles". The Independent. Archived from the original on 21 May 2008.
^ Hennessy, Val. "The Future Tours Concert Reviews, 1993". Web Heights. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
^ Mills, Robin (February 2010). "John Miles". The Marshwood Vale Magazine.
^ David Streitfeld (10 December 1989). "BOOK REPORT". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C. ISSN 0190-8286. OCLC 1330888409.
^ Walsh, John (9 March 2005). "Diary". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2 July 2014.
^ "How the Prize is judged". Retrieved 20 June 2014.
^ "Judging". Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
^ Macdonald, Marianne (16 May 1996). "Dunmore wins controversial award". The Independent.
^ Parker, Emma (2004). "Introduction, The Proper Stuff of Fiction: Defending the Domestic, Reappraising the Parochial". Contemporary British Women Writers. 57: 2.
^ Ezard, John (3 October 2005). "Orange judges to name best novelist of decade". The Guardian.
^ "In praise of Stephen Vizinczey". The Omnivore. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
^ "The Skim". The New York Times. 23 July 2007.
^ "A review of A History of English Food by Clarissa Dickson Wright & its reviewers with commentary on the character of some newspapers". British Food in America. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
^ Waugh, Auberon (28 April 1978). "Another Voice". The Spectator.
^ Donnelly, Joe. "Punk Book Reviews". PunkRocker. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
^ Donnelly, Joe. "Punk Book Reviews". PunkRocker. Retrieved 20 June 2014.

[1] Fixter, Alyson. "Saga column sparks row over 'high life' in Totnes". Press Gazette. No. 20 July 2005.

[2] Waugh, Auberon (29 April 1978). "Another Voice". The Spectator.

[3] Zangen, Britta (2003). "Women as readers, writers, and judges: the controversy about the orange prize for fiction". Women's Studies. 32 (3): 281. doi:10.1080/00497870310066. S2CID 143858894.

[4] Wilde, Jon (29 August 2005). "Inside story: Great rock'n'roll swindles". The Independent. Archived from the original on 21 May 2008.

[5] Hennessy, Val. "The Future Tours Concert Reviews, 1993". Web Heights. Retrieved 20 June 2014.

[6] Mills, Robin (February 2010). "John Miles". The Marshwood Vale Magazine.

[7] David Streitfeld (10 December 1989). "BOOK REPORT". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C. ISSN 0190-8286. OCLC 1330888409.

[8] Walsh, John (9 March 2005). "Diary". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2 July 2014.

[9] "How the Prize is judged". Retrieved 20 June 2014.

[10] "Judging". Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction. Retrieved 20 June 2014.

[11] Macdonald, Marianne (16 May 1996). "Dunmore wins controversial award". The Independent.

[12] Parker, Emma (2004). "Introduction, The Proper Stuff of Fiction: Defending the Domestic, Reappraising the Parochial". Contemporary British Women Writers. 57: 2.

[13] Ezard, John (3 October 2005). "Orange judges to name best novelist of decade". The Guardian.

[14] "In praise of Stephen Vizinczey". The Omnivore. Retrieved 20 June 2014.

[15] "The Skim". The New York Times. 23 July 2007.

[16] "A review of A History of English Food by Clarissa Dickson Wright & its reviewers with commentary on the character of some newspapers". British Food in America. Retrieved 20 June 2014.

[17] Waugh, Auberon (28 April 1978). "Another Voice". The Spectator.

[18] Donnelly, Joe. "Punk Book Reviews". PunkRocker. Retrieved 20 June 2014.

[19] Donnelly, Joe. "Punk Book Reviews". PunkRocker. Retrieved 20 June 2014.

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-{{afc comment|1=The first reference is to a mirror of Wikipedia. You may wikilink to the WIkipedia article instead, please. We cannot use Wikipedia, even a mirror, as a source for itself.
+'''Val Hennessy''' is a British journalist who writes for the ''[[Daily Mail]]''.
+[[File:Val Hennessy, journalist, portrait by Phyllis Dupuy.JPG|thumb|Val Hennessy, journalist, portrait by Phyllis Dupuy]]
-Articles by Hennessy canot be references, nor can things she says, even in interview. The Pavaroti iuncident is amusiung, but borderline. It is almost 'just a passing mention', but taken with the rest, qualifies.
-For a living person we have a higher standard of referencing. Every fact you assert requires a citation with a reference that is ''about them'', and is ''independent of them'', and is in [[WP:RS]].
-This is very close to being accepted. Keep going. [[User:Timtrent|<span style="color:#800">Fiddle</span>]] [[User talk:Timtrent|<span style="color:#070">Faddle</span>]] 10:50, 18 June 2014 (UTC)}}
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-Val Hennessy is a British journalist who writes for the [[Daily Mail]].
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 == Career ==
+Hennessy taught English and drama before commencing a writing and journalistic career with the ''[[Brighton Voice]]'', ''[[Peace News]]'' and ''Big Scream''.
+Hennessy later became a [[Fleet Street]] freelance journalist, an associate editor of ''Time Out'' and a columnist for ''Saga Magazine''.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Fixter|first1=Alyson|title=Saga column sparks row over 'high life' in Totnes|url=http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/node/31268|issue=20 July 2005|newspaper=Press Gazette}}</ref> She was described by [[Auberon Waugh]] as "a handsome if elderly (by punk standards) and inescapably middle-class journalist".<ref>{{cite news|last1=Waugh|first1=Auberon|title=Another Voice|url=http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/29th-april-1978/6/another-voice|newspaper=The Spectator|date=29 April 1978}}</ref>
-Hennessy taught English and Drama before commencing her writing and journalistic career with the [[Brighton Voice]], [[Peace News]] and Big Scream.
+She is best known for her work as chief literary critic for the ''Daily Mail'' from 1989 to 2004. As of 2014, she continues to write for the ''Daily Mail''{{'}}s "Retro Reads" column. Having reviewed thousands of English fiction books, Hennessy is a significant critic of British women's writing.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Zangen|first1=Britta|title=Women as readers, writers, and judges: the controversy about the orange prize for fiction.|journal=Women's Studies|date=2003|volume=32|issue=3 |page=281|doi=10.1080/00497870310066 |s2cid=143858894 |url=http://locate.coventry.ac.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/display.do;jsessionid=E392BDC7F4668B16CA469AD03798A450?tabs=detailsTab&ct=display&fn=search&doc=TN_gale_ofa120929848&indx=1&recIds=TN_gale_ofa120929848&recIdxs=0&elementId=0&renderMode=poppedOut&displayMode=full&frbrVersion=6&dscnt=0&scp.scps=primo_central_multiple_fe&tab=remote&dstmp=1402912436299&vl(2098346UI0)=creator&vl(freeText0)=Zangen%2C%20Britta&vid=COV_VU1&vl(37649530UI1)=all_items&mode=Basic&gathStatIcon=true}}</ref> Hennessy has interviewed [[Luciano Pavarotti]],<ref>{{cite news|last1=Wilde|first1=Jon|title=Inside story: Great rock'n'roll swindles|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/inside-story-great-rocknroll-swindles-504634.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080521014043/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/inside-story-great-rocknroll-swindles-504634.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 21, 2008|newspaper=The Independent|date=29 August 2005}}</ref> [[Leonard Cohen]],<ref>{{cite web|last1=Hennessy|first1=Val|title=The Future Tours Concert Reviews, 1993|url=http://www.webheights.net/speakingcohen/nyt61693.htm/|website=Web Heights|accessdate=2014-06-20}}</ref> [[Bob Dylan]], [[Annie Lennox]], [[Michael Douglas]], [[Terence Stamp]], [[Martin Amis]], [[Vivienne Westwood]], [[Elizabeth Taylor]], [[Bob Geldof]], [[David Bailey]], [[Jeffrey Archer]], [[Germaine Greer]], [[Laurie Lee]] and [[José Carreras]].
+Throughout her career, she has also written for ''The Guardian'',<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Mills|first1=Robin|title=John Miles|url=http://www.marshwoodvale.com/people/articles/people/john-miles|journal=The Marshwood Vale Magazine|date=February 2010}}</ref> ''The Observer'', ''New Society'', ''You Magazine'', ''Spare Rib'', ''City Limits'', and ''London Evening Standard''.
-Hennessy went on to become a Fleet Street freelance journalist, an Associate Editor of Time Out and a columnist for Saga Magazine<ref>{{cite news|title=Saga column sparks row over 'high life' in Totnes|url=http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/node/31268|issue=20 July 2005|publisher=Press Gazette}}</ref>. She was described by [[Auberon Waugh]] as "a handsome if elderly (by punk standards) and inescapably middle-class journalist"<ref>{{cite news|last1=Waugh|first1=Auberon|title=Another Voice|url=http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/29th-april-1978/6/another-voice|publisher=The Spectator|date=29 April 1978}}</ref>.
+== Judging panels ==
-She is best known for her work as Chief Literary Critic for the Daily Mail from 1989 to 2004. She continues to write for the Daily Mail's [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/books/article-2553006/RETRO-READS.html Retro Reads] column. Having reviewed thousands of English fiction books, Hennessy has been a significant critic of British women's writing.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Zangen|first1=Britta|title=Women as readers, writers, and judges: the controversy about the orange prize for fiction.|journal=Women's Studies|date=2003|volume=32|page=281|url=http://locate.coventry.ac.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/display.do;jsessionid=E392BDC7F4668B16CA469AD03798A450?tabs=detailsTab&ct=display&fn=search&doc=TN_gale_ofa120929848&indx=1&recIds=TN_gale_ofa120929848&recIdxs=0&elementId=0&renderMode=poppedOut&displayMode=full&frbrVersion=6&dscnt=0&scp.scps=primo_central_multiple_fe&tab=remote&dstmp=1402912436299&vl(2098346UI0)=creator&vl(freeText0)=Zangen%2C%20Britta&vid=COV_VU1&vl(37649530UI1)=all_items&mode=Basic&gathStatIcon=true}}</ref>
+In 1989, Hennessy was on the controversial judging panel of the (then) Whitbread Book Award, now known as the [[Costa Book Awards]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/entertainment/books/1989/12/10/book-report/990f71cb-527b-41e5-8339-6efc6e131c18/ |title=BOOK REPORT |date=1989-12-10 |author1=David Streitfeld |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |place=Washington, D.C. |issn=0190-8286 |oclc=1330888409}}</ref>
-Hennessy has interviewed [[Luciano Pavarotti]]<ref>{{cite news|last1=Wilde|first1=Jon|title=Inside story: Great rock'n'roll swindles|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/inside-story-great-rocknroll-swindles-504634.html|publisher=The Independent|date=29 August 2005}}</ref>, [http://www.webheights.net/speakingcohen/nyt61693.htm Leonard Cohen], [[Bob Dylan]], [[Annie Lennox]], [[Michael Douglas]], [[Terence Stamp]], [[Martin Amis]], [[Vivienne Westwood]], [[Elizabeth Taylor]], [[Bob Geldof]], [[David Bailey]], [[Jeffrey Archer]], [[Germaine Greer]], [[Laurie Lee]] and [[José Carreras]].
+In 1995, she was a member of the AT&T Award for Non-fiction. Panel chair, [[Alan Clark]], reduced the panel to laughter with his declaration that "No one may speak while the chairman is speaking and if you wish to speak, you must raise your hand".<ref>{{cite news|last1=Walsh|first1=John|title=Diary|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/diary-1610465.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140702080445/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/diary-1610465.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 2, 2014|newspaper=The Independent|date=9 March 2005}}</ref>
-Throughout her career, she has also written for The Guardian<ref>{{cite web|last1=Mills|first1=Robin|title=John Miles|website=http://www.marshwoodvale.com/people/articles/people/john-miles|publisher=The Marshwood Vale Magazine}}</ref>, The Observer, New Society, You Magazine, Spare Rib, City Limits, London Evening Standard.
+In 1996 Hennessy was one of "five leading women",<ref>{{cite web|title=How the Prize is judged|url=http://www.orangeprize.co.uk/about_judged.html|accessdate=2014-06-20}}</ref> "at the top of their respective professions"<ref>{{cite web|title=Judging|url=http://www.womensprizeforfiction.co.uk/about/judging|website=Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction|accessdate=2014-06-20}}</ref> making up the inaugural panel of the (then) Orange, now [[Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction]] and commented vigorously on the quality of submissions by British women writers.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Macdonald|first1=Marianne|title=Dunmore wins controversial award|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/dunmore-wins-controversial-award-1347518.html|newspaper=The Independent|date=16 May 1996}}</ref> As an early judge on this award, Hennessy's comments continued to be referenced by Emma Parker in the ''Contemporary Women Writers'' journal (2004)<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Parker|first1=Emma|title=Introduction, ''The Proper Stuff of Fiction'': Defending the Domestic, Reappraising the Parochial|journal=Contemporary British Women Writers|date=2004|volume=57|pages=2}}</ref> and John Ezard in ''The Independent'' (2005).<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ezard|first1=John|title=Orange judges to name best novelist of decade|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/oct/03/orangeprizeforfiction2005.books|newspaper=The Guardian|date=3 October 2005}}</ref>
-== Judging Panels ==
+== Reviewing the reviewer ==
+In a letter to ''[[Private Eye]]'', [[Stephen Vizinczey]] credited Hennessy among a number of critics for taking his work seriously,<ref>{{cite web|title=In praise of Stephen Vizinczey|url=http://blog.theomnivore.co.uk/2010/11/23/in-praise-of-stephen-vizinczey/|website=The Omnivore|accessdate=2014-06-20}}</ref> but her reviews have not always made it on to a novel's dust jacket. ''[[The New York Times]]'' found "mixed messages"<ref>{{cite news|title=The Skim|url=http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/07/23/the-skim-7/|newspaper=The New York Times|date=23 July 2007}}</ref> in her review of ''Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife'' by [[Mary Roach]], while Hennessy's review of ''A History of English Food'' by [[Clarissa Dickson Wright]] was cited as a demonstration of anti-intellectualism in the British media.<ref>{{cite web|title=A review of A History of English Food by Clarissa Dickson Wright & its reviewers with commentary on the character of some newspapers|url=http://www.britishfoodinamerica.com/A-Number-of-Classics-for-the-Holidays/the-critical/A-review-of-A-History-of-English-Food-by-Clarissa-Dickson-Wright-and-its-reviewers/#.U6GT814Sb-k|website=British Food in America|accessdate=2014-06-20}}</ref>
-In 1989, Hennessy was on the controversial judging panel of the (then) Whitbread Book Award, now known as the [[Costa Book Awards]].
-In 1995, she was a member of the AT&T Award for Non-fiction. Panel chair, [[Alan Clark]], reduced the panel to laughter with his declaration that "No one may speak while the chairman is speaking and if you wish to speak, you must raise your hand."<ref>{{cite news|last1=Walsh|first1=John|title=Diary|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/diary-1610465.html|publisher=The Independent|date=9 March 2005}}</ref>
-In 1996 Hennessy was one of "five leading women"<ref>{{cite web|title=How the Prize is judged|url=http://www.orangeprize.co.uk/about_judged.html|accessdate=2012-06-01}}</ref>, "at the top of their respective professions"<ref>{{cite web|title=Judging|url=http://www.womensprizeforfiction.co.uk/about/judging|website=Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction}}</ref> making up the inaugural panel of the (then) Orange, now [[Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction]] and commented vigorously on the quality of submissions by British women writers, [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/dunmore-wins-controversial-award-1347518.html The Independent, 16 May 1996]. As an early judge on this award, Hennessy's comments continue to be referenced<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ezard|first1=John|title=Orange judges to name best novelist of decade|url=http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/oct/03/orangeprizeforfiction2005.books|publisher=The Guardian|date=3 October 2005}}</ref>. Emma Parker reported and discussed Hennessy's comments in the Contemporary Women Writers journal.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Parker|first1=Emma|title=Introduction, 'The Proper Stuff of Fiction'': Defending the Domestic, Reappraising the Parochial|journal=Contemporary British Women Writers|date=2004|volume=57|pages=2}}</ref>
-== Reviewing the Reviewer ==
-In a letter to [[Private Eye]], [[Stephen Vizinczey]] credited Hennessy among a number of critics for taking his work seriously<ref>{{cite web|title=In praise of Stephen Vizinczey|url=http://blog.theomnivore.co.uk/2010/11/23/in-praise-of-stephen-vizinczey/|website=The Omnivore|accessdate=23-11-2010}}</ref>, but her reviews have not always made it on to a novel's dust jacket: The [[New York Times]] found "mixed messages"<ref>{{cite news|title=The Skim|url=http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/07/23/the-skim-7/|publisher=New York Times|date=23 July 2007}}</ref> in her review of ''Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife'' by [[Mary Roach]]; Hennessy's review of ''A History of English Food'' by [[Clarissa Dickson Wright]] was cited as a demonstration of anti-intellectualism in the British media.<ref>{{cite web|title=A review of A History of English Food by Clarissa Dickson Wright & its reviewers with commentary on the character of some newspapers|url=http://www.britishfoodinamerica.com/A-Number-of-Classics-for-the-Holidays/the-critical/A-review-of-A-History-of-English-Food-by-Clarissa-Dickson-Wright-and-its-reviewers/#.U6GT814Sb-k|website=British Food in America}}</ref>
 == Bibliography ==
+* ''A Little Light Friction'', Chambers, 1989, {{ISBN|024554786X}}
+* ''In The Gutter'', Quartet, 1978, {{ISBN|0704332302}}
+''In The Gutter'' received a mixed reception. Auberon Waugh called it an "admirable book" with "touches of a genuine philosophical nihilism",<ref>{{cite news|last1=Waugh|first1=Auberon|title=Another Voice|url=http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/29th-april-1978/6/another-voice|newspaper=The Spectator|date=28 April 1978}}</ref> while Joe Donnelly wrote, "''In the Gutter'' though far from perfect would be a great addition to any punks' collection, providing you can find a copy?"<ref>{{cite web|last1=Donnelly|first1=Joe|title=Punk Book Reviews|url=http://punkrocker.org.uk/punkbooks/inthegutter.html|website=PunkRocker|accessdate=2014-06-20}}</ref> Lauded for the photographic record of the punk era, the book is now out of print and is in demand on the vintage book market.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Donnelly|first1=Joe|title=Punk Book Reviews|url=http://punkrocker.org.uk/punkbooks/inthegutter.html|website=PunkRocker|accessdate=2014-06-20}}</ref>
-''A Little Light Friction'', Chambers, 1989, ISBN 024554786X<br />
-''In The Gutter'', Quartet, 1978, ISBN 0704332302
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-''In The Gutter'' received a mixed reception. Auberon Waugh called it an "admirable book" with "touches of a genuine philosophical nihilism"<ref>{{cite news|last1=Waugh|first1=Auberon|title=Another Voice|url=http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/29th-april-1978/6/another-voice|publisher=The Spectator|date=28 April 1978}}</ref>, while Joe Donnelly wrote, "''In the Gutter'' though far from perfect would be a great addition to any punks' collection, providing you can find a copy?"<ref>{{cite web|last1=Donnelly|first1=Joe|title=Punk Book Reviews|url=http://punkrocker.org.uk/punkbooks/inthegutter.html|website=PunkRocker}}</ref>.
-Lauded for the photographic record of the punk era, the book is now out of print and is in demand on the vintage book market:
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