Josh Spero

{{short description|British journalist and author}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{infobox person | name = Josh Spero | education = [[University College School]] | alma_mater = [[Magdalen College, Oxford]] | employer = ''[[Financial Times]]'' }} '''Josh Spero''' is a British journalist and author. He is acting associate editor for the ''[[Financial Times]]'' Weekend Magazine and the author of ''Second-Hand Stories''.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/1078011/josh-spero.html|title=Josh Spero|website=www.penguin.co.uk|access-date=2020-03-30|archive-date=17 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220517054108/https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/1078011/josh-spero.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Early life and education == Spero was educated at [[University College School]] and read Latin and Greek at [[University of Oxford|Oxford]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Spero|first=Josh|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/dec/04/my-life-as-a-teenage-outsider|title=My life as a teenage outsider|date=2015-12-04|work=The Guardian|access-date=2020-03-30|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|archive-date=8 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108110626/http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/dec/04/my-life-as-a-teenage-outsider|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2004, Spero won [[University Challenge]] as part of the [[Magdalen College, Oxford]] team, beating [[Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=East|first=Ben|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/oct/18/second-hand-stories-josh-spero-review|title=Second Hand Stories by Josh Spero review – a great idea… flattened|date=2015-10-18|work=The Observer|access-date=2020-03-31|language=en-GB|issn=0029-7712|archive-date=6 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160606221820/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/oct/18/second-hand-stories-josh-spero-review|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2004/04_april/13/university_challenge.shtml|title=BBC - Press Office - University Challenge 2004 final|website=www.bbc.co.uk|access-date=2020-03-31|archive-date=17 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170317094617/http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2004/04_april/13/university_challenge.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Career == Spero began his career as senior editor of ''[[Spear's Wealth Management Survey|Spear's]]'' magazine from 2008 to 2010 and editor from 2010 to 2015. From 2010 to 2013, he was an occasional contributor to ''[[The Economist]]''. He was ''[[Tatler]]''’s art critic from 2013 to 2018 and a freelance arts and culture writer for the ''[[The Guardian|Guardian]]'', ''[[The Independent|Independent]], [[New Statesman]]'' and the ''[[The Sunday Times|Sunday Times]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theartbusinessconference.com/speaker/josh-spero/|title=Josh Spero {{!}} Art Business Conference|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-30|archive-date=26 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026205543/https://www.theartbusinessconference.com/speaker/josh-spero/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newstatesman.com/writers/318710|title=Writers|website=www.newstatesman.com|access-date=2020-03-30|archive-date=24 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124040101/https://www.newstatesman.com/writers/318710|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2016, he joined the ''[[Financial Times]]'' 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 ''[[Today (BBC Radio 4)|Today Programme]]'' on [[BBC Radio 4]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/av/entertainment-arts-29769880/is-technology-killing-old-loved-books|title=Is technology killing old loved books?|work=BBC News |language=en-GB|access-date=2020-03-31}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.battleofideas.org.uk/2015/speaker_detail/10531|title=Battle of Ideas 2015 {{!}} speaker {{!}} Josh Spero|website=archive.battleofideas.org.uk|language=en|access-date=2020-03-31|archive-date=5 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805192627/http://archive.battleofideas.org.uk/2015/speaker_detail/10531|url-status=live}}</ref>

In October 2015, Spero's first book, ''Second-Hand Stories'', was published by [[Unbound (publisher)|Unbound]].<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tatler.com/person/josh-spero|title=Josh Spero news and features|website=Tatler|access-date=2020-03-30}}{{Dead link|date=December 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

== Personal life == Spero has described himself as 'the gay, bookish son of a taxi driver.'<ref name=":0" />

== References ==

== External links ==

* [https://www.ft.com/stream/bae9ff94-f296-4b8a-b326-94e632a04ed4 Josh Spero] on the ''[[Financial Times]]'' * [https://www.theguardian.com/profile/joshspero Josh Spero] on ''[[The Guardian]]''

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