[citation needed] Later she attended Lady Margaret Hall at the University of Oxford where she read philosophy, politics and economics (PPE).

She was also an early presenter of Channel 4 News, but her voice, with its uncertainty of pitch, was felt by many viewers to be a distraction.

[4] At this time she portrayed Margaret Thatcher in a television docudrama of negotiations between the UK and Irish governments.

On 3 February 1995, she was created a life peer as Baroness Hogg, of Kettlethorpe, in the county of Lincolnshire.

[9] Other current and former board memberships include the Financial Conduct Authority, BG Group, the BBC, P&O Cruises, P&O Princess, and Eton College.