ington ▁after ▁knowing ▁each ▁other ▁for ▁four ▁months . ▁ ▁Career ▁G iving ▁up ▁her ▁idea ▁of ▁post grad uate ▁work , ▁Mo oney ▁became ▁a ▁journalist ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 9 , ▁contrib uting ▁first ▁to ▁the ▁Bath ▁Chron icle ▁and ▁the ▁Times ▁Edu c ational ▁Supp lement ▁( wh ilst ▁teaching ▁part - time ▁in ▁Bath ) ▁then ▁got ▁her ▁first ▁job ▁on ▁Nova ▁Magazine ▁as ▁Ass istant ▁to ▁the ▁Editor . ▁In ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 7 0 s , ▁Mo oney ▁wrote ▁for ▁the ▁New ▁States man , ▁the ▁Daily ▁Te legraph ▁Magazine , ▁Cos m opol itan ▁and ▁many ▁others . ▁From ▁ 1 9 7 9 – 8 0 ▁she ▁was ▁a ▁column ist ▁on ▁the ▁Daily ▁Mir ror . ▁She ▁has ▁also ▁been ▁a ▁regular ▁column ist ▁for ▁The ▁Times ▁( 2 0 0 5 – 0 7 ), ▁The ▁Sunday ▁Times ▁( 1 9 8 2 – 8 3 ) ▁and ▁The ▁List ener ▁( 1 9 8 4 – 8 6 ). ▁From ▁ 1 9 7 0 ▁to ▁ 1 9 7 9 ▁she ▁was ▁a ▁fre el ance ▁journalist . ▁( Her ▁reference ▁to ▁Margaret ▁Th atch er ▁in ▁Nova ▁magazine ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 3 ▁as ▁a ▁' possible ▁future ▁Prime ▁Minister ' ▁is ▁believed ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁the ▁first ▁suggestion ▁of ▁its ▁kind ▁in ▁the ▁media .) ▁In ▁January ▁ 1 9 7 6 ▁she ▁wrote ▁a ▁deeply ▁personal ▁article ▁for ▁the ▁Guardian ▁newspaper ▁about ▁the ▁experience