Stephen Bush

Stephen Bush
Bush at the British Kebab Awards 2019
Born
Stephen Kupakwesu Bush

London, England, UK
EducationMorpeth School
University of Oxford (BA)
OccupationJournalist
Employers
Websitewww.ft.com/stephen-bush Edit this at Wikidata

Stephen Kupakwesu Bush is a British journalist. As of April 2025 he is a columnist and associate editor at the Financial Times. He has also written for The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph, The Jewish Chronicle, Jewish News, Times of Israel, The i Paper and New Statesman.

Early life and education

Bush's father is British-Zimbabwean. His white South African maternal grandmother left for England due to having a child with a Cape Malay man before meeting Bush's maternal grandfather, whose Jewish ancestors had fled the Russian Empire in the 19th century. Bush attended Morpeth School, a state comprehensive school in Bethnal Green in East End of London. He graduated with a degree in history from Balliol College, Oxford in 2011. During university, Bush was a member of the Oxford University Labour Club.

Career

Bush worked for the magazine Progress (linked to the organisation of the same name) before writing for The Daily Telegraph, including working on the Morning Briefing email as editorial assistant to Benedict Brogan. He joined the New Statesman from the Telegraph in February 2015. Later that year, he was the first political commentator to predict Jeremy Corbyn's election as Labour leader after obtaining leaked internal poll data.

From 2016 to 2017, he contributed a weekly column to The Guardian's Lifestyle pages on cooking, called "The Delia Project", where he recounted his efforts to relearn cookery skills using only Delia Smith's Delia's Complete How to Cook.

In December 2018, he was appointed political editor of the New Statesman, while also writing a fortnightly column for the i newspaper. In February 2022, he left to become a columnist and associate editor at the Financial Times, including writing a morning political briefing email.

In 2020, he was appointed to chair the Board of Deputies of British Jews' Commission on Racial Inclusivity in the Jewish Community.

Awards

In 2015, Bush received a commendation and was runner-up in the Young Journalist of the Year awards category in the Press Awards.

In 2017, he was awarded the Political Studies Association's Journalist of the Year award.

Personal life

Bush is Jewish. He supports Arsenal football club.

References

  1. ↑ Bush, Stephen (10 February 2021). "Why the British empire alone cannot explain the politics of the present". The New Statesman. Retrieved 11 June 2026.
  2. ↑ Bush, Stephen (2 August 2019). "Book reviews: The Nowhere Man, Kamala Markandaya; Travellers, Helon Habila". Big Issue. Retrieved 11 June 2026.
  3. ↑ Bush, Stephen (5 April 2018). "This Passover has presented an uneasy dilemma for Britain's left-wing Jews". New Statesman. Archived from the original on 17 June 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  4. ↑ Davis, Rowenna; Vasagar, Jeevan; Meltzer, Tom (12 April 2011). "Oxford University diversity row: 'Grades aren't enough'". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 21 April 2017. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
  5. 1 2 "Young Journalist of the Year". balliol.ox.ac.uk. Balliol College, Oxford. 23 March 2016. Archived from the original on 21 April 2017. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
  6. ↑ Stephen Bush on LinkedIn Edit this at Wikidata
  7. ↑ Bush, Stephen (30 June 2021). "Andy Burnham: 'I'm prepared to go back but as something different'". newstatesman.com. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
  8. 1 2 3 4 Bush, Stephen (2019). "The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction". thebailliegiffordprize.co.uk. Archived from the original on 11 January 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  9. ↑ "Stephen Bush appointed New Statesman special correspondent". New Statesman. 4 April 2016. Archived from the original on 6 January 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  10. ↑ "New Statesman appoints Stephen Bush as Staggers editor". New Statesman. 4 December 2014. Archived from the original on 13 April 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  11. ↑ Bush, Stephen (15 July 2015). "Jeremy Corbyn 'on course to come top' in the Labour leadership election". New Statesman. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  12. ↑ Bush, Stephen. "The Delia Project". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  13. ↑ Walker, James (10 December 2018). "New Statesman reshuffle sees Stephen Bush appointed political editor". Press Gazette. Archived from the original on 11 January 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  14. ↑ "Stephen Bush". inews.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2 June 2023. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
  15. ↑ Bush, Stephen (16 February 2022). "Diary: My time as the New Statesman's political editor is over, and I'm shaking up a seven-year routine". New Statesman. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  16. ↑ "Financial Times appoints Stephen Bush as columnist and associate editor". Financial Times (Press release). 2 December 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  17. ↑ "Board of Deputies to launch 'Commission on Racial Inclusivity in the Jewish Community'". bod.org.uk. Board of Deputies of British Jews. 8 June 2020. Archived from the original on 17 May 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  18. ↑ Bush, Stephen (10 June 2020). "The racism I know is when an antisemite sees my skin and thinks I share their repellent views". The Jewish Chronicle. Archived from the original on 11 June 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  19. ↑ Mendel, Jack (10 June 2020). "'Am I black enough to do this? Am I Jewish enough to do this?'". Jewish News. Archived from the original on 11 June 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  20. ↑ Mendel, Jack (10 June 2020). "Commission launched to take evidence of racism experienced by black British Jews". Jewish News. Archived from the original on 11 June 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  21. ↑ Bush, Stephen (7 October 2025). "Israel seems more important — and less desirable — than ever for British Jews". Financial Times. Retrieved 16 June 2026.