Brian Reade is a British journalist and author who writes a weekly opinion column for the ''

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''. He was born in

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and grew up in

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Life and career

He began his journalism career working on the ''

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'' in 1980 and became a columnist on the ''

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'' in 1990 before moving to the ''Mirror'' in 1994. In 2007, a column in the ''

'' by Reade which likened Lord Green and his organisation

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to the

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and the

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led to Green successfully suing for costs and damages. In 2023, Sir James Dyson lost a libel claim against the ''

'' over an article in which Reade called him "the vacuum-cleaner tycoon who championed Vote Leave due to the economic opportunities it would bring to British industry before moving his global head office to Singapore." In 2008, Reade became a presenter on radio station ''

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'' and released his first book, entitled '' 43 Years with the Same Bird'', documenting his life spent following

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In 2011, he released a book investigating corruption in football, ''An Epic Swindle''. In 2021 Reade wrote a third book ''Diamonds In The Mud'' about working-class heroes. In 2024 he penned his debut novel ''Sick Mick''.

Awards

* 2000: The British Press Awards Columnist of the Year * 2003: The Sports Journalists' Association Columnist of the Year * 2012: The British Press Awards Cudlipp Award for Journalistic Excellence (following his two-decade fight for justice for the victims of the

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.) * 2014: The British Press Awards Highly Commended Columnist of the Year * 2017: Society of Editors National Press Awards Feature Writer of the Year

Notes

Living people British male journalists Journalists from Liverpool 1957 births British republicans {{UK-journalist-stub