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In April 2020 it was announced that Abell would be joining the upcoming radio station Times Radio as a presenter. He will co-present the Monday to Thursday breakfast show, with Aasmah Mir, when the station begins later in the year.

In May 2018 Abell's first book, How Britain Really Works, was published by John Murray.

In May 2016, Abell took up a new post as the editor of The Times Literary Supplement, succeeding Sir Peter Stothard, who had edited the newspaper for the previous 14 years. He is a regular presenter on the BBC Radio Four series Front Row.

Abell has been heavily criticised for publishing an article in 2015 by Katie Hopkins which likened migrants to cockroaches.

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.

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.

Currently editor of The Times Literary Supplement, Abell was the managing editor of the UK's Sun newspaper from 2013 to 2016. 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.

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 on 19 December 2010. In August 2013, Abell joined The Sun as managing editor, his role until the end of April 2016.

Stephen "Stig" Paul Abell (born 10 April 1980) is an English journalist, newspaper editor and radio presenter.