Deborah Orr Biography
Deborah Orr was a Scottish journalist who worked for The Guardian, The Independent, and other publications. Orr worked as deputy editor for City Limits magazine, a workers’ cooperative Orr ultimately found frustrating. She was a contributor to New Statesman until 1990. Orr was a columnist for The Independent. In 1990, Orr worked at The Guardian, where she previously worked as a columnist.
From 1993 to 1998, Orr was an editor of the Guardian Weekend magazine. From 1998 until her death, Orr worked as a freelance journalist. In January 2018, Orr’s regular column for The Guardian ended when the newspaper relaunched in a tabloid format. In February 2018, Orr joined the I newspaper as a regular columnist. In January 2020, Orr’s memoir, Motherwell: A Girlhood, will be published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson.
Deborah Orr Death
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Orr, the award-winning journalist and author prized by friends and colleagues for her fierce honesty, inspiring work, and barefoot dancing, has died of cancer. In 2010 she discovered she had breast cancer and was treated for it — including a mastectomy.
In October 2019, she died from the disease, aged 57. Her death was confirmed by her family, who asked for privacy. Orr is survived by her sons, Ivan and Luther, and her stepchildren, Alexis and Madeleine.
Deborah Orr Age
When it comes to her age, Deborah was born on 23 September 1962 in Motherwell, Scotland, United Kingdom. her birth name is Deborah Jane Orr.
Deborah Orr Parents and Family
Orr is the daughter of Winifred “Win” and John Orr. She has a brother.
Deborah Orr Husband | Deborah Orr Children
In 1997, Orr married an English author, journalist, political commentator and television personality Will Self. They had two sons and lived in Stockwell they separated in 2017.
Deborah Orr Salary
News Reporter salaries at Guardian News & Media can range from $46,364-$50,772. This estimate is based upon 1 Guardian News & Media News Reporter salary report(s) provided by employees or estimated based upon statistical methods. Although Deborah has not disclosed the actual figure of her salary. her estimated net worth is currently under review.
Deborah Orr Views
Orr felt the UK public sector should be doing more and disadvantaged people should get more help. She wrote, “Homeless people have stuck in the streets once again. The services of food banks have never been more in demand. People with mental and physical illnesses or disabilities are dying for want of care or even heat.
The National Health Service has been plunged into a financial and staffing crisis, yet still has to soothe the dented ego of Richard Branson by making a payout to Virgin Care. The teaching profession is struggling once more with a rejigged exam system and is bracing itself for a further squeeze on budgets. Our prison service is a series of riots waiting to happen.”
On 19 October 2011, an article by Orr stated that the trade for Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit in exchange for over 1000 Palestinian prisoners “acknowledges what so many Zionists believe—that the lives of the chosen are of hugely greater consequence than those of their unfortunate neighbors.”This statement, viewed by many as anti-Semitic, was the subject of criticism. Orr apologized for words which she described as “badly chosen and poorly used”. Her apology, too, was the subject of criticism.
Deborah Orr Selected works and publications
Monographs
- (2020). Motherwell: A Girlhood. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 978-1-474-61145-9. OCLC 1044867732. – forthcoming, January 2020
Selected articles
- (1 December 2006). “Orr in Mozambique: A deadly silence”. The Independent.
- (11 April 2009). “Deborah: This artwork was made by a killer. It is no less valid”. The Independent.
- Orr, Deborah (28 May 2009). “Deborah: Motherhood, sex, and a woman’s deepest fears”. The Independent.
- (19 May 2010). “Politics and the death of social mobility”. The Guardian.
- (19 October 2011). “Is an Israeli life really more important than a Palestinian’s?”. The Guardian.
- (30 March 2012). “Listening is fantastically powerful and soothing – we need more of it”. The Guardian.
- (19 January 2013). “Feminism shouldn’t be about telling trans women they’re not female enough”. The Guardian.
- (4 January 2017). “Carrie Fisher showed the way. I want to acknowledge my own mental struggles”. The Guardian.
- (8 July 2017). “I took my first antidepressant this week. The effects were frightening”. The Guardian.
- (1 December 2017). “The Damian Green fiasco exposes Theresa May as a trapped and wounded leader”. The Guardian.
Plays
- Orr, (co-creator) (2012). Enquirer.
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