Personal Life
Toynbee married The Guardian's political columnist Peter Jenkins in 1970 having met him at trade union conference; they had three children. Jenkins died from a lung disease in 1992. For many years she lived in a house just off Clapham Common, South London, although she sold this in 2011. She also owns a villa in Tuscany, Italy. Toynbee is married to David Walker, a Guardian journalist and former communications director of the Audit Commission.
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