Andy Bell (journalist)

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Bell at the 2024 Chiswick Book Festival

Andy Bell (born 1963) is a British journalist covering politics.

Early life

Bell is a History graduate from Corpus Christi College, Cambridge and won a Thouron scholarship to study International relations at University of Pennsylvania.[1]

Career

Bell worked for the BBC as their Foreign Affairs Editor of the Today programme and was their Paris Correspondent. He joined ITN's 5 News in April 1999.[2][3] A 2012 study showed that in his role as political editor, Andy Bell had featured in a fifth of all Channel 5 news coverage and more than 40% of all their live coverage.[4]

In December 2023, his debut novel Sovereign Territory was announced through Biteback Publishing.[5]

Personal life

Bell has documented the diaries of his grandfather Edwin Vaughan, who fought with the British Army in World War One.[6] He is married to Angela Bell. They have three children. His daughter Georgia Bell is a British champion middle distance-runner.[7] She won a bronze medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics

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