Ben Bradshaw

Benjamin Peter James Bradshaw (born 30 August 1960) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Exeter since 1997 and was the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport from 2009 to 2010, Before entering politics he worked as a BBC Radio reporter.

Early life and career in journalism

Bradshaw is the son of a former Anglican vicar of Norwich Cathedral. Bradshaw was educated at Thorpe Grammar School, followed by the University of Sussex where he read for a degree in German. He also attended the University of Freiburg in Germany while an undergraduate. Between 1982 and 1983 Bradshaw taught English at the Technikum, a school of technology in Winterthur in the Zurich canton of Switzerland.

Bradshaw became a reporter with the Exeter Express and Echo in 1984 and subsequently joined the Eastern Daily Press in Norwich as a reporter in 1985. In 1986 he joined the staff of BBC Radio Devon and became the Berlin correspondent for BBC Radio in 1989 and was working in the city when the Berlin Wall fell. In 1991 he became a reporter with BBC Radio's The World At One, contributing to the programme until his election to Westminster. He won the Sony News Reporter Award in 1993.

Ben Bradshaw (magician)

Ben Bradshaw is an Australian magician who has world records for straight jacket timing. He is also an entrepreneur and author in search engine optimisation and digital marketing. He is the author of “Don't Guess!” a book about online marketing strategy. Bradshaw is the CEO and founder of SponsoredLinX based in Brisbane, Australia. He has appeared on the Sky Business channel as a technology analyst and is a regular on the Australian business speaking circuit.

Awards

Bradshaw holds two Guinness World Records, fastest time out of a straight jacket and fastest time out of a straight jacket underwater. In 2010 he won The BRW 2010 Fast Starter Award and The Smart Company Award. In 2013 he was awarded the Australian Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Northern Region Award in the Emerging category.

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Ben Bradshaw (disambiguation)

Ben Bradshaw is a British politician.

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