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25 November 2021

Robert Peston: journalist, broadcaster and… hoarder?

The famously workaholic political editor of ITV stockpiles toothpaste, bleach and butter, his partner Charlotte Edwardes reveals.

By The Chatterer

The ITV political editor is revealed to be as endearingly eccentric as you might imagine in a profile interview with Press Gazette.

His partner Charlotte Edwardes, who contributed to the piece and writes for the Sunday Times, revealed that “the Pest” took up a lot of space when working from home and was so loud that he had to be banished to a shed in the garden, dubbed New Broadcasting Hut.

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