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Alex Fleming-Brown

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Senior Journalist @BBC (mainly politics). Words: The Times, Spectator, VICE, Private Eye, The Face, The Fence, (views my own)

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Alex Fleming-Brown’s Biography

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Journalist in TV, Newspapers and Magazines. Producer at BBC Newsnight. Previously PPE at New College Oxford.

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Scroll model: confessions of a clickbait writer

Scroll model: confessions of a clickbait writer

Working on a 'trending' news desk is the journalistic equivalent of being a battery-farmed hen. When I was st…

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Tailor-mad for it: how suits are shaking up menswear

Tailor-mad for it: how suits are shaking up menswear

Sexy or 9-5-appropriate? Cool or oh-so-smart? Who cares, there are styles for all. And designers from Prada t…

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Praxis Makes Perfect

Praxis Makes Perfect

A new city in Europe is being dreamt up in the scuzzy bars of lower Manhattan.

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What Happened When I Tried to Cut Small Talk Out of My Life

What Happened When I Tried to Cut Small Talk Out of My Life

Testing a list of alternative, Harvard professor-approved opening lines - like "What excites you right now?" …

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Immersive Art Exhibitions Are Everywhere and They're Awful

Immersive Art Exhibitions Are Everywhere and They're Awful

"I fear that if Van Gogh had shelled out £25 for a ticket, he'd be inclined to mutilate more of his remaining…

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I Broke Into Frieze Art Fair to See How the Other Half Live

I Broke Into Frieze Art Fair to See How the Other Half Live

Can a mere mortal like me blag their way into London's annual art pilgrimage for the ultra-rich?

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Farage is running a cult, says ex-Reform MP Lowe

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By Victoria Derbyshire Verified, Alex Fleming-Brown Verified
| Yahoo Canada Verified
Former Reform UK MP Rupert Lowe has accused Nigel Farage's party of being "the cult of Nigel" and says he was the victim of a "political assassination attempt".
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Farage is running a cult, says ex-Reform MP Lowe

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By Victoria Derbyshire Verified, Alex Fleming-Brown Verified
| Yahoo Verified
Former Reform UK MP Rupert Lowe has accused Nigel Farage's party of being "the cult of Nigel" and says he was the victim of a "political assassination attempt".
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SPECTATOR CLICKBAIT

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By Alex Fleming-Brown Verified
| dailydrone.co.uk
By ALEX FLEMING-BROWN, writing in The Spectator Working on a ‘trending’ news desk is the journalistic equivalent of being a battery-farmed hen. When I was still at university, I wrote pieces for one of the most-visited clickbait news sites in the UK, which boasts 300 million followers worldwide. My brief was to pump out a 400-word article in 45 minutes, every 45 minutes, for nine hours straight.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Nightclub reviewing for NME.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

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Awards

London Press Club

2022 - Hugh Cudlip Award for Student Journalists Finalist