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Alex Wade (born 1966) is a British writer, freelance journalist and media lawyer.

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Career

Wade is the author of Wrecking Machine: A Tale of Real Fights and White Collars [1] and Surf Nation: In Search of the Fast Lefts and Hollow Rights of Britain and Ireland. [2] He has also contributed chapters to The Road Less Travelled, [3] Seaside: Discover Britain's Best Beaches [4] and Countryside: Discover the Best of Rural Britain (2010).

Freelance journalist

Wade has written for The Times, The Sunday Times, The Independent , the Independent on Sunday, The Guardian, The Observer , The Financial Times , the Daily Telegraph and The Sun, as well as a variety of magazines such as Coast, Huck, The Surfer's Path, Wavelength, Pit Pilot, Flush, Arena and Cornwall Today.

In 2009, Wade was short-listed in the Sports Journalists' Association awards as Sports Feature Writer of the Year. [5] Wade is also the Arts Editor for Cornwall Today magazine, itself the winner of the Press Gazette's 'Best Regional Magazine' award in 2009, [6] and also contributes book reviews for The Times Literary Supplement. [7]

Media lawyer

Wade qualified as a solicitor with media law firm Carter-Ruck in 1994. He subsequently worked for Richard Desmond as Head of Legal Affairs as well as other legal practices. For much of his legal career, Wade also worked as a 'night lawyer' for the national press, but Wade quit all legal work save night lawyer work in 2002. [8] [9]

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