Lucy Ash
Lucy Ash is a British documentary-maker, journalist, broadcaster and author. Her work mainly appears on BBC platforms.
Much of her work has focused on former Soviet countries.[1] She has also focused on prisons considerably in her work.[2]
Background
[edit]Ash attended Camden School for Girls in North London; following this, she attended the University of Oxford from 1980 to 1983, where she studied English Language and Literature at New College.[3][4]
Broadcasting career
[edit]Ash's work in radio started in Russia, where she worked as producer in the BBC's bureau in Moscow from 1990. In 1994, she moved back to London, where she reported considerably from former Soviet states for the programme Eurofile on BBC Radio 4.[5] In 2002, Ash received an Amnesty International UK Media Award for an edition of Crossing Continents on BBC Radio 4 which focussed on Israel/Palestine, and in 2004 she was again given the award for another edition of Crossing Continents.
In 2011 and 2012, Ash presented a series of ten programmes on BBC Radio 4 which looked at how young people in Europe were dealing with the political and economic crises affecting them.[6]
As of 2010[7] and 2013, Ash was a presenter of Outlook on the BBC World Service.[8] Also in 2010, Ash presented an edition of This World on BBC Two which focused on the stealing of brides in Chechnya.[9] Also in 2013, Ash began being a trustee for Jerwood Arts,[10] an organisation funding early-career artists.[11] In 2014, Ash presented an edition of Our World on BBC World News and BBC News, examining Crimea following the Russian annexation of the territory.[12] In the mid-2010s, Ash presented editions of Crossing Continents on BBC Radio 4.[13] She reported for From Our Own Correspondent throughout the 2010s.[14]
Ash continues to present editions of Crossing Continents and Assignment on the BBC World Service.[15] She also continues to produce reports for the BBC News website. She reports regularly for From Our Own Correspondent.[16] She occasionally writes for non-BBC outlets; in February 2025 she wrote for the Church Times.[17]
From March 2023 until May 2025, Ash held a fellowship at Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen (Institute for Human Sciences), during which she examined the Russian Orthodox Church under President Vladimir Putin.[18] She is a member of the Committee of Supporters for the RAW in WAR Anna Politkovskaya Award.
Writing career
[edit]On 3 October 2024, Ash's book The Baton and the Cross: Russia's Church from Pagans to Putin[19] was published; the book examined the history of the Russian Orthodox Church.[1] The book was shortlisted for a book prize.[20]
Personal life
[edit]Ash married the broadcaster and author John Kampfner in 1992. Ash can speak fluent French and Russian. She resides in London.[21]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Amazon.co.uk". www.amazon.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2024-10-04. Retrieved 2025-05-28.
- ^ "Lucy Ash". Jerwood Arts. Retrieved 2025-05-28.
- ^ Ash, Lucy. "Lucy Ash | LinkedIn". LinkedIn. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
- ^ "Reflections from New College Society's Visit to Berlin | New College". www.new.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2025-05-30.
- ^ "Lucy Ash: Biography". 2004-03-31. Retrieved 2025-05-28.
- ^ "BBC Sounds - Generation E - Available Episodes". BBC. Retrieved 2025-05-28.
- ^ "BBC World Service - Programmes - 7 years in a Cuban jail". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2025-05-28.
- ^ "BBC World Service - Outlook, "My Ice-Pick Lobotomy"". BBC. Retrieved 2025-05-28.
- ^ "BBC Two - This World, Stolen Brides". BBC. Retrieved 2025-05-31.
- ^ "Lucy Ash". Jerwood Arts. Retrieved 2025-05-28.
- ^ "What We Do". Jerwood Arts. Retrieved 2025-05-28.
- ^ "BBC News - Our World, Reclaiming Russia's Paradise with Lucy Ash". BBC. Retrieved 2025-05-28.
- ^ Ash, Lucy. "(1) from:LucyAAsh crossing continents - Search / X". X. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
- ^ "Search - BBC Programme Index". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2025-05-28.
- ^ Ash, Lucy. "Lucy Ash | Facebook". Facebook. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
- ^ "Search - BBC Programme Index". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2025-05-28.
- ^ Ash, Lucy. "How Russia's Orthodox Church supports Putin's war". www.prospectmagazine.co.uk. Retrieved 2025-05-28.
- ^ "Lucy Ash". IWM WEBSITE. 2023-02-28. Retrieved 2025-05-28.
- ^ Ash, Lucy (2024). The Baton and the Cross: Russia's Church from Pagans to Putin. Icon Books (published 3 October 2024). ISBN 1837731837.
- ^ Crawford, Pippa (2025-05-04). "'The Baton and the Cross' by Lucy Ash Shortlisted for the Pushkin House Book Prize 2025". The Moscow Times. Retrieved 2025-05-28.
- ^ "Lucy Ash". Felicity Bryan Associates. Retrieved 2025-05-28.