Josh Spero is a British journalist and author. He is acting associate editor for the ''

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'' Weekend Magazine and the author of ''Second-Hand Stories''.

Early life and education

Spero was educated at

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and read Latin and Greek at

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. In 2004, Spero won

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as part of the Magdalen College, Oxford team, beating

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Career

Spero began his career as senior editor of '' Spear's'' magazine from 2008 to 2010 and editor from 2010 to 2015. From 2010 to 2013, he was an occasional contributor to ''

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''. He was ''

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''’s art critic from 2013 to 2018 and a freelance arts and culture writer for the ''

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'' and the ''

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''. In 2016, he joined the ''

'' as a special reports editor and was acting transport correspondent from 2018 to 2019, before a secondment in Tokyo from 2019 to 2020. Spero has been a contributor to the ''

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'' on

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. In October 2015, Spero's first book, ''Second-Hand Stories'', was published by

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Personal life

Spero has described himself as 'the gay, bookish son of a taxi driver.'

References

External links

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