Mary Riddell

Mary Riddell is a columnist for The Daily Telegraph, and serves as the newspaper's assistant editor. She studied Modern Languages at Nottingham University. From 2001 to 2008, she was a columnist for The Observer. She has also contributed to the Daily Mail and the New Statesman. Earlier in her career, she was deputy editor of the Today newspaper and women's and assistant editor of the Daily Mirror.

Riddell is a member of the advisory board of Out of Trouble, which is affiliated with the Prison Reform Trust.