Stig Abell
newspaper editor
Stephen "Stig" Abell (born 10 April 1980) is an English journalist and radio presenter. He co-presents the Monday to Thursday breakfast show on Times Radio with Kate McCann.
From 2016 to 2020 Abell was 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. He studied English at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, graduating with a double first.
Career
In September 2001, Abell joined the Press Complaints Commission as a complaints officer; he completed other roles at the PCC including press officer, assistant director, and deputy director before being appointed director of the PCC in December 2009. In August 2013, Abell joined The Sun as managing editor, staying in the role until 2016.
In March 2014, Abell started co-presenting a show on LBC Radio with Kay Burley on Sunday mornings.
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