Gary Younge was born in 1969. he is a columnist and feature writer for the Guardian. Since joining the paper in 1994 he has written extensively from the United States, South Africa and throughout Europe. In 1996 he was seconded to the Washington Post after being awarded the Lawrence Stern fellowship. Born and raised in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, he studied French and Russian at Heriot-Watt University and taught English to refugees in Sudan. He lives in London.
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