Mary Killen

Mary Killen
BornLarne, Northern Ireland
NationalityBritish
GenreNon-fiction
SubjectAdvice

Mary Killen is a Northern Irish etiquette expert who writes an "agony" column for The Spectator. She is also the author of several books, and formerly worked in the Ministry of Defence.

Killen lives in Wiltshire, England, and is married to artist Giles Wood. They met when Giles was studying at Wimbledon Art School, and Mary was a model. Mary was formerly the face of Heinz Soup in a 1970s advertisement campaign Mary and Giles have two children.

The couple have been regular participants on the television programme Gogglebox since Series 5 in 2015.

Mary and Giles often address each other as 'nutty'.