Jonn Elledge is an English journalist and author.

Education

His secondary schooling was at the independent

Brentwood School, Essex Brentwood School is a Selective school, selective, independent school (UK), independent day school, day and boarding school in Brentwood, Essex, Brentwood, Essex, England in the Public School (United Kingdom), public school tradition. The scho ...

. He received a BA (Hons) in English from

Trinity Hall, Cambridge Trinity Hall (formally The College or Hall of the Holy Trinity in the University of Cambridge, colloquially "Tit Hall" ) is a Colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1350, it is th ...

, receiving a 2.1, writing dissertations on 1930s political literature and the plays of Joe Orton. He also studied an MA in Journalism from the

London College of Communication The London College of Communication is a constituent college of the University of the Arts London. Its origins are in education for the printing and retail industries; it now specialises in media-related subjects including advertising, animation ...

, receiving a distinction. While at university, he auditioned for the role of "Young Hagrid" in

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets ''Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets'' is a fantasy novel written by British author J. K. Rowling. It is the second novel in the ''Harry Potter'' series. The plot follows Harry's second year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry ...

Career

Journalist and broadcaster

Elledge has worked as a columnist and as the assistant editor of ''

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''. Since going freelance, he has written for publications such as ''

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'', ''

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'', and the '' i''. His television and radio appearances include ''

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'' on

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and ''

Free Thinking ''Free Thinking'' is a radio programme broadcast on BBC Radio 4 weekly from Friday 5 April 2024. It was previously broadcast on Radio 3 as part of its "After Dark" late night programming. The programme is a rebranded version of ''Night Wave ...

'' on

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. He has been a guest on topical and political podcasts such as ''Trash Talk… with Count Binface'', ''

Oh God, What Now? ''Oh God, What Now?'' formerly known as ''Remainiacs'', is a British hour-long twice-weekly political podcast about Brexit, speaking from the pro-Remain point of view. It was started on 26 May 2017 as ''Remainiacs'' after the European Union memb ...

'', and ''Paper Cuts''.

Author

His book ''The Compendium of (Not Quite) Everything: All the Facts You Didn't Know You Wanted to Know'' was published in 2021 by Hachette UK. In 2022, he co-wrote ''Conspiracy: A History of Boll*cks Theories, and How Not to Fall for Them'' with Tom Phillips. His 2024 book ''A History of the World in 47 Borders: The Stories Behind the Lines on Our Maps'' was published by Hachette UK. It was the only non-fiction book nominated for

Foyles Book of the Year The Foyles Books of the Year have been announced annually since 2017 by the British bookseller chain Foyles. From 2017 to 2023 they recognised outstanding literature in three categories: Fiction, Non-fiction, and Children's. A fiction award was ...

in 2024.

References

External links

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Profile
at ''

New Statesmen "New Statesmen" is a British revisionist superhero comic story. It was originally published in the adult-orientated anthology comic ''Crisis'' between 17 September 1988 to 18 March 1989, with a brief return on 30 September 1989. Written by Joh ...

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