Stig Abell
Stephen "Stig" Paul Abell[1][2][3] (born 10 April 1980) is an English journalist, newspaper editor and radio presenter. He currently co-presents the Monday to Thursday breakfast show on Times Radio with Aasmah Mir.
Stig Abell | |
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Born | Stephen Paul Abell 10 April 1980 Nottingham, England |
Other names | Stig |
Education | Loughborough Grammar School Emmanuel College, Cambridge |
Occupation | Newspaper editor, journalist, radio presenter |
Notable credit(s) | The Sun The Times Literary Supplement |
Abell was from 2016 to 2020 editor of The Times Literary Supplement and from 2013 to 2016 managing editor of The Sun . He was formerly a fiction reviewer at The Spectator and reviewer at Telegraph Media Group as well as The Times Literary Supplement. He was also a presenter on LBC Radio.
Education
Abell was born in Nottingham and educated at Loughborough Grammar School, and went on to graduate with a double first in English from Emmanuel College, Cambridge.[4]
Career
In September 2001, Abell joined the Press Complaints Commission as a complaints officer;[5] he completed other roles at the PCC including press officer, assistant director and deputy director before being appointed Director of the PCC on 19 December 2010.[6] In August 2013, Abell joined The Sun as managing editor, his role until the end of April 2016.[7]
In March 2014, Abell started co-presenting a show on LBC Radio alongside Sky News television presenter Kay Burley from 8 am to 11 am on Sundays. Burley was the main presenter while Abell reviewed the papers and added political comment.[8]
From August 2014, the show was co-presented by Abell and LBC's Petrie Hosken. In January 2015, he was given his own show from 8 am to 10 am on Sundays. From April 2016, Abell moved to the afternoon slot on Sundays of 3 pm to 6 pm.
Abell has been heavily criticised for publishing an article in 2015 by Katie Hopkins which likened migrants to cockroaches.[9][10][11]
In May 2016, Abell became the editor of The Times Literary Supplement, succeeding Sir Peter Stothard, who had edited the newspaper for the previous 14 years.[12][13] He held the post until June 2020, when he was succeeded by Martin Ivens [14] [15]
He is a regular presenter on the BBC Radio 4 series Front Row.[16]
In May 2018 Abell's first book, How Britain Really Works, was published by John Murray.[17]
In April 2020 it was announced that Abell would be joining the upcoming radio station Times Radio as a presenter. He was also named as the station's Launch Director.[18]
He is a regular guest commentator on the Sky News channel programme Press Preview, which discusses the upcoming headlines in the national newspapers.
References
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- "News Commercial – Home". newscommercial.co.uk. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
- "PCC appoints Stephen Abell as new director". journalism.co.uk. 5 November 2009. Retrieved 6 November 2009.
- "Stephen Abell Linked In Profile". Linked in. 13 August 2013. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
- "Stephen Abell appointed Managing Editor of The Sun". News UK. 26 August 2013. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
- "Kay Burley & Stig Abell". LBC Radio. 24 March 2014. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
- Usborne, Simon (18 April 2015). "Katie Hopkins has just written a piece so hateful that it might give Hitler pause – why was it published?". The Independent.
- Garner, Dwight (26 May 2018). "A Scrappy Makeover for a Tweedy Literary Fixture". The New York Times.
- Okwonga, Musa (11 December 2018). "Raheem Sterling shouldn't have to educate the media about racism". The Guardian.
- Greenslade, Roy (12 February 2016). "Sun managing editor Stig Abell to become editor of the TLS". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
- "Stig Abell appointed Editor/Publisher of the Times Literary Supplement | News UK". www.news.co.uk. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
- Comerford, Ruth (24 June 2020). "Martin Ivens to become TLS editor as Stig Abell departs". The Bookseller. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
- Tobitt, Charlotte (24 June 2020). "Ex-Sunday Times editor Martin Ivens takes helm at TLS as Stig Abell focuses on radio". PressGazette. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
- "Stig Abell". www.noelgay.com. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
- Hinsliff, Gaby (11 May 2018). "How Britain Really Works by Stig Abell review – the facts about a muddle of a country" – via www.theguardian.com.
- Martin, Roy (27 April 2020). "Times Radio schedule revealed ahead of summer launch". radiotoday.co.uk. Retrieved 17 May 2020.