What is Peter Hitchens?
{{BLP unsourced|date=February 2025}} {{Use British English|date=April 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}} {{Infobox person | name = Peter Hitchens | image = Peter Hitchens at SidneySussex.jpg | caption = Hitchens in a debate (2015) | birth_name = Peter Jonathan Hitchens | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1951|10|28|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Sliema]], [[Crown Colony of Malta]] | nationality = [[British people|British]] | awards = {{Unbulleted list | The [[Orwell Prize]] (2010) }} | education = [[The Leys School|The Leys School, Cambridge]] | alma_mater = [[University of York]] | occupation = Journalist, author | spouse = {{marriage|Eve Ross|1983}} | children = 3, including [[Dan Hitchens]] | relatives = [[Christopher Hitchens]] (brother) | party = [[Socialist Workers Party (UK)|International Socialists]] (1969–75)<br />[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] (1977–83)<br />[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] (1997–2003) | website = {{URL|http://hitchensblog.mailonsunday.co.uk/|hitchensblog.mailonsunday.co.uk}} }} '''Peter Jonathan Hitchens''' (born 28 October 1951) is an English [[journalist]] and author. Hitchens writes for ''[[The Mail on Sunday]]''. He has written for ''[[The Spectator]], [[The American Conservative]]'', ''[[The Guardian]]'', ''[[First Things]]'', ''[[Prospect (magazine)|Prospect]]'', and the ''[[New Statesman]]''. He dislikes the modern [[Conservative Party (UK)|UK Conservative Party]] and has been against many of their policies, such as their handling of the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]. Hitchens has written many books, including ''[[The Abolition of Britain]]'', ''[[The Rage Against God]]'', and ''[[The War We Never Fought]]''. His brother was [[Christopher Hitchens]], who was an advocate of [[atheism]]. {{DEFAULTSORT:Hitchens, Peter}} [[Category:1951 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:English journalists]] [[Category:English Anglicans]]