Mark Ellen

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Mark Ellen
Magazine editor, journalist

Mark Ellen (born 16 September 1953) is a British

magazine editor, journalist and broadcaster
.

Early life

Ellen was born in

Oxford University in the 1970s, he briefly played bass alongside Tony Blair in college band Ugly Rumours,[2] a band that, according to Ellen, was created primarily to meet women.[3]

Career

After graduating, he wrote for

EMAP Metro overseeing 14 consumer magazines, but he left Emap after 16 years to join the independent publishing company Development Hell in 2002.[4]

He also has a long broadcasting career which includes contributions to BBC Radio 1 as stand-ins for David "Kid" Jensen and John Peel.[5][failed verification] He presented the BBC's The Old Grey Whistle Test[6] from 1982 to 1987. He also co-presented the Live Aid TV broadcast in 1985.[7]

Ellen was the editor of

PPA's Magazine Of The Year for Q and the British Society Of Magazine Editors' Mark Boxer Award in 2003. He won also the BSME's Editor's Editor Award in 2005 and again in 2011.[11][12]

He now collaborates with Hepworth on Word In Your Ear, a series of music-themed live events and podcasts.[13]

In 2014, his memoir Rock Stars Stole My Life! was published by Coronet.[14]

Personal life

Ellen lives in West London. He is a keen diver and cyclist.[15][16]

References

  1. ^ 7 famous people from Fleet in Hampshire Retrieved 3/5/21.
  2. ^ Kamal Ahmed. "Twenties: Mark Ellen | Politics". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
  3. ^ Neil Spencer (27 April 2003). "Observer review: The Last Party by John Harris". The Observer. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
  4. ^ "Sony Radio Academy Awards - Judges: Mark Ellen". 17 April 2008. Archived from the original on 17 April 2008.
  5. ^ "News | UK and Worldwide News | Newspaper". The Independent. Archived from the original on 19 February 2009. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
  6. ^ "BFI Screenonline: Old Grey Whistle Test, The / Whistle Test (1971-87)". Screenonline.org.uk. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
  7. ^ "Live Aid (July 13th, 1985): Mark Ellen". 17 January 2006. Archived from the original on 17 January 2006.
  8. ^ Ruth Addicott, "Word magazine cover unveiled" Archived 17 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Press Gazette, 31 January 2003
  9. ^ "Word magazine: A bunch of friends and a record player", The Independent (UK), 12 March 2007
  10. ISSN 0261-3077
    . Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  11. ^ "Mark Ellen wins top editors' award". 17 May 2011. Archived from the original on 17 May 2011.
  12. ^ "Rejoice, readers of The Word!". 13 November 2011. Archived from the original on 13 November 2011.
  13. ^ "The Word Podcast – A Word In Your Ear". Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  14. ^ "Mark Ellen". Hodder & Stoughton. 24 April 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  15. ^ "No desert underwater". 2 March 2009. Archived from the original on 2 March 2009.
  16. ^ "Blessed in cyclists' heaven". The Daily Telegraph. 19 May 2007. Archived from the original on 28 May 2008. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
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