Kirsty Lang

Kirsty Lang (born July 1962) is a British journalist and broadcaster who works for BBC Radio and Television.

Lang was a regular presenter of a nightly arts and culture programme Radio Four's Front Row from 2004 until autumn 2021.

[4] From January to April 2012, Lang was a visiting professor at Columbia University, New York City in the School of International and Public Affairs.

[7] Lang told the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee in March 2018 about her experiences after having to leave her BBC staff contract for freelance status as, for personal reasons, she went part-time.

She explained that for financial reasons she had to work immediately after her step-daughter's funeral and through much of a period when she was undergoing treatment for breast cancer as her contract did not allow for sick pay.