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September 17, 2007

Blur bassist Alex James joins The Spectator

By Press Gazette

Bass player of the pop band Blur, Alex James, has become associate editor of The Spectator – contributing a fortnightly column.

Deputy political editor of the Sunday Telegraph Melissa Kite has abecome a contributing editor – also writing a fortnightly column. Both will start next month.

A third change announced today is the appointment of Oscar Humphries as contributing editor.

Editor Matthew d’Ancona said: ‘Oscar has made fantastic contributions to Sarah Standing’s Style and Travel pages and I am delighted that he will now be writing throughout the magazine, not least as a Diarist.”

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