Bolt from the past: a heartfelt history lesson to the man I loved Suzanne Walshe No secret: Then a cadet journalist at The Age, Andrew Bolt and the author were engaged in the early '80s. Photo: Supplied It is with great reluctance that I feel I must make a public response following the recent profile of Andrew Bolt in The Monthly magazine. I am the woman who Anne Summers refers to as Andrew Bolt's former girlfriend and fiancee. I want to set the record straight, following Andrew's public denial of the status of our relationship and the fact that my name has been made public against my wishes. I met Andrew around 1980 when we were both working at The Age . He was a cadet journalist and I was working as an editorial assistant and secretary. I also worked as a belly dancer to help fund my studies to become a teacher. Since leaving The Age and working as a teacher I have progressed into a number of management roles in the public sector, and since completing my MBA and qualifying as a professional coach, I have been working as a business consultant, career strategist and executive coach. Andrew and I lived together for the best part of six years in the early '80s and during that time we became engaged. Our relationship was no secret among family, friends and former colleagues at The Age . I ended the relationship, but Andrew and I have had occasional, cordial contact