Education
Abell was educated at Loughborough Grammar School before graduating with a double first in English from Emmanuel College, Cambridge.
Abell was educated at Loughborough Grammar School before graduating with a double first in English from Emmanuel College, Cambridge.
He was formerly a fiction reviewer at The Spectator and reviewer at Telegraph Media Group as well as The Times Literary Supplement. In addition to this he is a presenter on LBC Radio. In March 2012 Abell took up a partnership role at Pagefield, a communications consultancy, where he was head of crisis and issues management practice.
He provided strategic support for the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant and Battersea Power Station.
His clients included Sime Darby Berhad and high-profile institutions, organisations and individuals who are subject to media scrutiny. In August 2013 Abell joined The Sun as Managing Editor, which is his current role.
In March 2014 Abell started co-presenting a show on LBC Radio alongside Sky News television presenter Kay Burley from 8am to 11am 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 8am to 10am on Sundays.