Kirstie Allsopp
[8][9] She attended ten schools as a child,[10][11] including St Clotilde's in Lechlade, Gloucestershire,[12] and Bedales near Petersfield, Hampshire.After spending time in India teaching English, Allsopp returned to the UK and began a series of positions, working for Country Living and Food & Home magazines and at Hindlip & Prentice Interiors, and she studied Art History at Christie's.[13] Allsopp set up her own home search company, Kirmir, in 1996, focusing on top end purchases in Central and West London.[14] In August 2014, Allsopp was one of 200 public figures who were signatories to a letter to The Guardian opposing Scottish independence in the run-up to September's referendum on that issue.Allsopp, who received financial support from her family to purchase her first home, claimed "...there are loads of people who can [make sacrifices] and don’t."