David Aaronovitch
Journalist, broadcaster and author
David Aaronovitch is an English journalist who also presents on television and writes books. His book Voodoo Histories looks at the part conspiracy theories have played in modern history.
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British Born 1954 in London, United Kingdom
About David Aaronovitch
David Aaronovitch was born in 1954. Since the early 1980s he has worked across radio, television and newspapers in Britain, and he has written for The Independent, The Guardian and The Times. The Orwell Prize for political journalism went to him in 2001, and in 2003 he was named Columnist of the Year at the What the Papers Say awards. Paddling to Jerusalem, his debut book, took the Madoc prize for travel writing. His second book, Voodoo Histories, reached the Sunday Times top ten of bestsellers.