Nancy Durham

Nancy Durham
Born1952 or 1953 (age 73–74)
Canada
EducationYork University
OccupationsJournalist
Lavender farmer and distiller
Known forCBC, Welsh Lavender Ltd
SpouseWilliam Newton-Smith (m. 1989)

Nancy Durham (born 1952 or 1953) is a Canadian journalist.

Personal life

Durham studied at York University. In 1981, she met Oxford philosopher of science William Newton-Smith (1943–2023) at a party in Toronto. In 1984 she moved to the UK to be closer to Newton-Smith, and in 1989 they wed.

Journalism

In 1976 she joined CBC Radio as a radio reporter in Toronto, moving to the Fredericton, New Brunswick, station in 1979. After emigrating to the UK in 1984 she continued to work as a journalist for the CBC as well as with the BBC. In 1994 she became a video journalist covering the breakup of Yugoslavia from all sides in the conflict. Her television work took her across Europe, the former USSR, Africa, Europe, and Iraq. She is an occasional presenter on Monocle 24 internet radio and a trustee of the Open Society Foundations, London.

Durham was recognized by the Canadian Association of Journalists for her investigation of the 2004 fire aboard the submarine HMCS Chicoutimi.

Lavender farming

In 2003 she and her husband planted a field of lavender on their farm in mid Wales, the first to do so in Wales on a field scale. They have since expanded their operations becoming the only distillers of lavender oil in Wales.[citation needed] Their company, Welsh Lavender Ltd, produces face and body creams.

References

  1. ↑ Parenti, Michael (2002). To Kill a Nation: The Attack on Yugoslavia. Verso. p. 140. ISBN 9781859843666. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  2. ↑ "The women who bring the war to TV". Waterloo Region Record. Canadian Press. 17 April 1999. p. 6.
  3. 1 2 Chrisholm, Ken (19 November 1979). "A Critique on Capital CBC". Telegraph-Journal. p. 4.
  4. 1 2 "Bill Newton-Smith obituary". The Times. London. 9 May 2023.
  5. 1 2 3 Bernard, Nancy (10 April 2026). "How did a Canadian reporter end up living in rural Wales? Former war correspondent Nancy Durham explains". National Post.
  6. 1 2 "Nancy Durham - CBC News". CBC.ca Program Guide. Archived from the original on 9 February 2007.
  7. ↑ Off, Carol (22 July 2008). "The hunt for Radovan Karadzic and Serbia's real destiny". CBC News.
  8. ↑ Dwyer-Joyce, Garry (2001). "On Dan Halton's Review of Foreign News Coverage". International Journal. 56 (3): 516–518. doi:10.2307/40203581. ISSN 0020-7020.
  9. ↑ Regan, Tom (13 September 1999). "Conned in Kosovo: a CBC reporter's dilemma". Christian Science Monitor.
  10. ↑ John, Allemang (6 January 1999). "Gathering news off the beaten path". The Globe and Mail. p. 53.
  11. 1 2 Kelsey, Chris (6 July 2017). "From the battlefields of Iraq to growing lavender in mid Wales". Wales Online. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  12. ↑ Chapelard, James (17 November 2004). "Canadian film in town for story of tragic sub". The Mail. Millom and South Copeland. p. 15.