Born in Swansea, Sarah grew up in Italy. She returned to the UK in her teens and read Modern Languages at UCL. She started out in journalism almost 30 years ago as a TV listings sub-editor on the Daily Mirror and worked her way up via innumerable roles on various titles to her current position as columnist at the Daily Mail. She has co-authored two books and is currently plucking up the courage to write one of her own. She is married with two children, two dogs and a cat and loves politics, cooking, wine, make-up (she co-founded the beauty website www.getthegloss.com), Dante and e-Bay.