Exclusive – Watch the first trailer for Sandi Toksvig's travel series Extraordinary Escapes". radiotimes.com . Retrieved 7 February 2021. Sandi Toksvig admitted to hospital with bronchial pneumonia". the Guardian. 3 December 2022 . Retrieved 6 December 2022. Toksvig became a British citizen in 2013. [83] She describes her " posh" accent as being the result of a deliberate attempt to copy the voice of Celia Johnson in Brief Encounter, after being ostracised at boarding school for having an American accent. [29] Women's Equality Party announces first policies and campaigns". Women's Equality Party. 20 October 2015 . Retrieved 21 October 2015. In 2009, her collected columns for The Sunday Telegraph were published in book form as The Chain of Curiosity. In 2012, she published her book, Valentine Grey, an historical novel set in the Boer War. [34] Her 2006 young adult book, Hitler's Canary is a Holocaust story told by a boy named Bamse and his family. [35] [36] The characters are based on Toksvig's own father and grandmother; the family heroism in the story closely resembles the author's father's own experiences during the war. [37] Her memoir Between the Stops: The View of My Life from the Top of the Number 12 Bus was published on 29 October 2019.

I wouldn't care if they came from Tesco. I don't care about the blood thing. They call me Mummy and I earned it. We love each other. You can't do better than that. Lots of families don't. Toksvig's party-political sympathies have developed over the years. She was part of Red Wedge's comedy tour in the 1980s, which supported the Labour Party. By the 2004 elections, she was a high-profile celebrity supporter of the Liberal Democrats. [59] [60] She has received some criticism for joking about the Tories in 2011 (they've " put the 'N' into cuts" to child benefit), [61] but has said Prime Minister Theresa May is "a good person". [41] She has also joked about UKIP leader Nigel Farage. [62] In 2012, she said in an interview that "I don't think there's a party that represents anything I believe in". [63]

The President". Women of the Year. Archived from the original on 25 January 2015 . Retrieved 7 May 2015. Nixey, Catherine (29 September 2015). "Sandi Toksvig on swapping The News Quiz for the Women's Equality Party". The Times . Retrieved 29 September 2015.

a b c Smith, Julia Llewellyn (9 October 2016). "Sandi Toksvig: 'Women support each other in comedy, men worry about the size of their manhoods' ". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022 . Retrieved 17 January 2019. Toksvig supports the charity and pressure group Liberty, hosting its 2012 awards ceremony. [50] She was appointed president of the Women of the Year Lunch. [51] An atheist and humanist, Toksvig is a patron of Humanists UK. [52] McQuillan, Rebecca (18 October 2013). "Sandi Toksvig minds her manners". The Herald Scotland . Retrieved 26 January 2016. a b "The Great British Bake Off: Sandi Toksvig to leave after three years". BBC. 16 January 2020 . Retrieved 16 January 2020.It is not a secret, that Hitler, Göring, and Erich Raeder (Commander in Chief of the German Navy) wanted to establish a base in the Atlantic region, preferably on the Canary Islands. Screen stars join election race". BBC News. 25 May 2004 . Retrieved 16 October 2008. The celebrity bug has bitten the other major parties with the Lib Dems claiming the support of [...] broadcaster Sandi Toksvig. In the 2013 Christmas Special of BBC's Call the Midwife, Toksvig made a cameo appearance as grumpy ward nurse Sister Gibbs. [24] [25] a b Scott, Caroline (16 December 2007). "A Life in the Day: Sandi Toksvig". The Times. London, UK. Archived from the original on 15 June 2011 . Retrieved 16 March 2012.

It was having three young children that made her decide to come out, because, to the best of her knowledge, there were no out lesbians in British public life, and she did not want her children to grow up ashamed of having two mothers. Toksvig was warned she might never work again, and the family faced death threats and had to go into hiding. [2] Saner, Emine (26 August 2012). "Sandi Toksvig: 'I don't understand boredom' ". The Guardian . Retrieved 26 August 2012.Sandi Toksvig steps down from Radio 4's News Quiz". BBC News Online. BBC. 28 April 2015 . Retrieved 12 May 2015. Liberty honours inspirational human rights leaders". liberty-human-rights.org.uk. 20 November 2012. Archived from the original on 28 July 2013 . Retrieved 26 April 2013.

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In late 2022, Toksvig was hospitalised in Australia with bronchial pneumonia, and was forced to cancel her upcoming New Zealand tour dates. [84] On 6 December 2022, she announced that she had left hospital, but was still not well enough to travel. [85] On 15 December, it was reported that she had returned to the UK. [86] Honours and awards [ edit ] Coleman, Pamela (9 November 2003). "Relative values: Sandi Toksvig and her sister Jeni". The Sunday Times . Retrieved 18 December 2019. Toksvig took over from Stephen Fry as host of the BBC television quiz show QI in 2016 (series 'N'), having been a guest a number of times and she spent ten years hosting The News Quiz on BBC Radio 4. From 2017 to 2020 she was co-presenter of The Great British Bake Off, alongside comedian Noel Fielding. In 2020, she stepped down and was replaced by Matt Lucas. [3] [4] Great British Baking Show' Host Sandi Toksvig's Grandparents Were Holocaust Heroes". Kveller. 9 January 2020 . Retrieved 14 January 2020. Beresford, Lucy (27 September 2012). "Valentine Grey by Sandi Toksvig: review". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022 . Retrieved 26 January 2016.