A. A. Gill

A. A. Gill

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birthname = Adrian Anthony Gill
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birthplace = Edinburgh, Scotland
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occupation = Columnist, Author
nationality = British
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Adrian Anthony Gill (born June 28, 1954) is a British newspaper columnist and writer, using the byline A. A. Gill. He is currently employed by the "Sunday Times" as their restaurant reviewer and television critic. His essays are known for their humour and satirical content, but have caused offence to various groups, including the Welsh, Albanians, and Germans. [ [http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?storyCode=35155&sectioncode=1 "Gill in new racism row over 'ferret-faced' Albanians jibe"] ]

Biography

A.A. Gill was born in Edinburgh, the son of television producer Michael Gill and his wife, actress Yvonne Gilan, and brother to Nick. [ [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,60-1847640,00.html Michael Gill - Comment - Times Online] ] He moved to London to study at the Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design and the Slade School of Art. He is a recovered alcoholic who drank until age 30. [ [http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,1667476,00.html A is for Adrian | Media | The Guardian ] ]

Gill suffers from severe dyslexia. All his works are written by amanuenses. [http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache:go781iO9lusJ:thescotsman.scotsman.com/features.cfm%3Fid%3D1756362007+a.a.+gill+formby+twins&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=6&gl=us 403 Forbidden ] ]

He was once ejected from one of Gordon Ramsay's restaurants, along with his dining partner Joan Collins. Ramsay's reason was that Gill had written a review of his restaurant that covered his personal life more than the food, including calling him a wonderful chef, but a "second-rate human being". [ [http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2007/aug/28/lifeandhealth.foodanddrink1 Guidebook diners lose their appetite for Gordon Ramsay | UK news | The Guardian ] ]

Gill has been controversial in his view of Welsh people; in 1998 his descriptions of Welsh people as "loquacious, dissemblers, immoral liars, stunted, bigoted, dark, ugly, pugnacious little trolls" in The Sunday Times were reported to the Commission for Racial Equality as racist. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/44283.stm Writer reported over "ugly little trolls" Welsh jibe] ]

Personal life

Gill's first wife was the author Cressida Connolly, a daughter of the writer Cyril Connolly. They later divorced.

His second wife was Amber Rudd, a financial journalist and former Conservative parliamentary candidate. [ [http://www.conservatives.com/tile.do?def=people.person.page&personID=134101 Amber Rudd - Profile - Conservative Party ] ] They have two children, Flora and Alasdair. [ [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/columnists/columnists.html?in_article_id=409328&in_page_id=1772&in_author_id=230 A novel way to find your long-lost son | Mail Online ] ]

He has a long-term relationship with Nicola Formby, editor at large of the "Tatler", who appears in his column as "The Blonde". [ [http://women.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,18030-1730930,00.html Tugga review | AA Gill's restaurant reviews | Food & Drink - Times Online ] ] They have twins, Edith and Isaac, born in March 2007.

Gill identified himself in the Sunday Times as being of partly Indian descent.

Notes

Bibliography

* "Sap Rising" (1997)
* "Ivy Cookbook" (1999) co-author
* "Starcrossed" (1999)
* "AA Gill is Away" (2003) collection of travel writing. ISBN 0-7538-1681-4
* "The Angry Island" (2005) a book about England and the English. ISBN 0-297-84318-4
* "Previous Convictions" (2006) assignments from here and there. ISBN 0-297-85162-4
* "Table Talk: Sweet And Sour, Salt and Bitter" (2007) Selection of Gill's writing about food, taken from his Sunday Times and Tatler columns.

Further reading

* John Crace, "The Guardian", January 2, 2006, [http://books.guardian.co.uk/digestedread/story/0,,1676566,00.html AA puts the English on the couch but merely exposes himself]
* [http://www.gourmettraveller.com.au/talking_table_with_aa_gill.htm Talking table with AA Gill - interview from Australian Gourmet Traveller, Jan 2008]
* [http://www.journalisted.com/aa-gill Journalisted - Articles by A. A. Gill]


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