Maev Kennedy

Maev Kennedy is an Irish journalist. She is a staff news writer for The Guardian and writes regularly for the Museums Journal. At The Guardian she has edited the diary column and been the arts and heritage correspondent and also writes on archaeology.[1][2]

This article is about the Irish journalist. For the American attorney and health official, see Maeve Kennedy McKean.

Biography

Kennedy was born in Dublin and attended University College Dublin (UCD) before joining The Irish Times, where she became the parliamentary sketch writer.[3] Her mother is the novelist Val Mulkerns, herself the daughter of the Irish revolutionary and strolling player Jimmy Mulkerns, who was interned in Wales after the Easter Uprising and was known as "The Rajah of Frongoch".[4] Her late father Maurice Kennedy was also an author; his much anthologised short story, "Vladivostok", was first published in the Winter's Tales collection of 1956, and included in the posthumously published collection of his writings, The Way to Vladivostok.

Career

Kennedy is the author of the Hamlyn History of Archaeology. She broadcasts for the BBC, regularly presenting the Open Book programme on BBC Radio 4 and contributing to the Saturday Review programme.[4] She is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London.[5]

Bibliography
  • The History of Archaeology (1998) ISBN 1-84100-311-5
  • Hamlyn History of Archaeology (Spanish Edition) (1998) ISBN 0-600-59417-3

References
  1. "Museums' Association article". Museumsassociation.org. Retrieved 2012-11-12.
  2. "links to Maev Kennedy's articles on". Journalisted.com. Retrieved 2012-11-12.
  3. "Guardian Unlimited: Arts blog – art: Maev Kennedy Profile". London: Blogs.guardian.co.uk. 2008-08-19. Retrieved 2012-03-20.
  4. "Maev Kennedy biog on BBC website". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-11-12.
  5. "Society of Antiquaries website". Sal.org.uk. Archived from the original on 2014-03-01. Retrieved 2012-11-12.
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