[7] For six months, Gentleman worked for The Guardian on the story of the Windrush scandal, the deportation of people originally from British colonies in the Caribbean, or elsewhere in the Commonwealth,[9] who legally had a right of residence in the UK.

According to Sara El-Harrak, writing for the openDemocracy website, the issue had previously been neglected by the British media.

[10] The scandal broke in April 2018 and within weeks led to the resignation of the Conservative Home Secretary, Amber Rudd.

[11] Gentleman won the 2018 Paul Foot Award for her work on the Windrush story.

[14] Gentleman met Jo Johnson, former MP for Orpington, while at Oxford University in 1991.