Why Stig Abell is right for the Times Literary Supplement

The Sun managing editor’s appointment as editor of the TLS may have been met with amusement in more lofty circles, but his credentials for the role are impeccable

The late Karl Miller called his memoir of a life spent largely in literary journalism Dark Horses. No equine could be more subfusc than the incoming Times Literary Supplement, editor, Stig Abell, formerly the managing editor of a much more sparkling gem in the Murdoch diadem, the Sun. Although Abell’s appointment has been met with a certain amount of amusement in more elevated circles, it should be pointed out that his credentials for the exacting task of replacing Sir Peter Stothard in the editorial chair are impeccable. In fact, under the name Stephen Abell, this Cambridge double first has already made numberless appearances in the magazine over the last 10 years as a reviewer of fiction.

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