Stig Abell
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| Gender | Male |
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| Age | 44 |
| Date of birth | April 10,1980 |
| Zodiac sign | Aries |
| Born | England |
| United Kingdom | |
| Nationality | British |
| Spouse | Nadine Abell |
| Other name | Stig |
| Job | Journalist |
| Radio personality | |
| Education | Loughborough Grammar School |
| Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge | |
| Books | Death Under a Little Sky |
| How Britain Really Works: Understanding the Ideas and Institutions of a Nation | |
| Things I Learned on the 6.28: A Guide to Daily Reading | |
| What to Read Next: How to Make Part of Your Life | |
| Date of Reg. | |
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| ID | 464736 |
Stig Abell Life story
Stephen "Stig" Paul Abell 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. Abell was from 2016 to 2020 editor of The Times Literary Supplement and from 2013 to 2016 managing editor of The Sun.
Book 2023: Prince Harry's Spare kicks off publishing bonanza
... Many fans of the genre will be looking forward to Stig Abell s debut, Death Under a Little Sky...
Books 2022: A pick of what's coming up
... where judge Stig Abell described it as " an important meditation on friendship, love and race"...
Jack the Ripper victims' biography wins book prize
... Image taken from the cover of The Five by Hallie Rubenhold Stig Abell, chair of the judges for the award, said the beautifully written and impressively researched book spoke with an urgency and passion to our own times ...
100 'most inspiring' novels revealed by BBC Arts
... Authors Juno Dawson, Kit de Waal and Alexander McCall Smith, along with Bradford Festival literary director Syima Aslam and Radio 4 presenter Stig Abell, are also on the panel...
100 'most inspiring' novels revealed by BBC Arts
Meet the panel who chose the titles
A list of The Most inspiring novels chosen by a panel of experts has been revealed by Bbc Arts .
Modern works such as Bridget Jones 's Diary and His Dark Materials made The Cut along with classics like Pride & Prejudice and Middlemarch.
Writers, curators and critics, including Mariella Frostrup , selected The 100 English Language
Jilly Cooper 's Riders and Zadie Smith 's White Teeth .
Bbc Arts director Jonty Claypole said he wants The List to be "provocative, spark debate and inspire curiosity. "
The reveal kickstarts the BBC's year-long celebration of Literature .
Rowling is among The Children 's authors who makes The ListSome of The Other novels chosen include A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin - the First Book of the series that inspired the Smash Hit TV Show - Harper Lee 's To Kill a Mockingbird and Frankenstein by Mary Shelley .
Toni Morrison 's Beloved, Phillip Pullman's His Dark Materials, JK Rowling's Harry Potter series and Sue Townsend 's The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole also feature.
The Works have been organised into themed categories, such as identity, adventure and love, sex and romance.
Authors Juno Dawson , Kit de Waal and Alexander McCall Smith, along with Bradford Festival literary director Syima Aslam and Radio 4 presenter Stig Abell , are also on the panel.
A Bbc Two three-part series, Novels That Shaped Our World , begins on Saturday at 21:00GMT.
'Irresistible romps'"It took months of enthusiastic debate and they have not disappointed," added Claypole.
"There are neglected masterpieces, irresistible romps as well as much-loved classics. "
The director described The List as "a more diverse list than any I have seen before" and that it recognised "the extent to which the English Language novel is an art form embraced way beyond British shores".
"Best of all," he continued, "it is just the start of a year of documentaries, author profiles, podcasts and outreach events all designed to do one thing and inspire everyone, whoever they are, to read more novels because of the proven life-enhancing benefits it brings. "
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