Agnès Poirier

Biography

Agnès is a political commentator, writer, broadcaster and critic for the British, American and European press. Born in Paris, she has lived and worked in London since the mid-1990s, initially as a doctoral student in History at the London School of Economics. She has served as the UK correspondent for France’s daily newspapers Le Monde, Le Figaro and Libération and is today the UK editor for the French weekly Marianne. She also regularly writes about France for The Guardian, The Observer, The Times, the New York Times and L’Espresso and regularly appears as a political commentator on the BBC, Channel 4, Sky News, CNN and France 24. She has pre-selected British films for the Cannes Film Festival since the early 2000s and is a regular panel member of Dateline London, a weekly BBC television discussion programme on current affairs.

 

Agnès Poirier is now represented by Natasha Fairweather at RCW: ivy@rcwlitagency.com

Books

Notre Dame: The Soul of France Cover Image

Notre Dame: The Soul of France

Published: 2020

Publisher: OneWorld

Left Bank: Art, Passion and the Rebirth of Paris 1940–1950 Cover Image

Left Bank: Art, Passion and the Rebirth of Paris 1940–1950

Published: 2018

Publisher: Bloomsbury

Touché, A French Woman's Take On The English Cover Image

Touché, A French Woman's Take On The English

Published: 2007

Publisher: W&N

Le Modèle Anglais, Une Illusion Française Cover Image

Le Modèle Anglais, Une Illusion Française

Published: 2006

Publisher: Alvik Editions

Les Nouveaux Anglais Cover Image

Les Nouveaux Anglais

Published: 2005

Publisher: Alvik Editions

Contact Details

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