Born in Canada, and educated at
McGill University,
Montreal, and
St Antony's College,
University of Oxford where she first arrived in 1979 and completed a doctoral thesis entitled
The Evolution of Political Television and its Influence on Election Campaigning in Britain. After a period as a university lecturer, Even began her television career at
TV-am in 1987, first as a researcher in the political unit and then as a producer and reporter from 1989, mainly from
Westminster. In 1990, she took over from
Richard Keys as regular host of the early show and began deputising for
Lorraine Kelly on
Good Morning Britain. She also fronted the revamped
First Report and covered for
David Frost with
Even on Sunday, which ranged across politics, the arts and sport. In 1993, she joined
Channel 4 to present the lunchtime daily political programme
House to House, and in 1997 moved to
BBC Two to present
The Money Programme for two years. Even is a governor and former vice chair of the
South Bank Centre, and was a member of the Mayor's Cultural Strategy Group for
Mayor of London Ken Livingstone. Even was nominated by Livingstone as the Greater London Authority representative for the
London Museums Agency. Even is married to Italian-born
London based art dealer
Edmondo di Robilant; the couple has one child. Their home featured in
Robb Report magazine. ==References==