Alex Wade

Wade is the author of Wrecking Machine: A Tale of Real Fights and White CollarsReviews of Wrecking Machine:

• {{Cite news |last=Andrew |first=Baker |date=2005-06-02 |title=Black, blue, white collar |work=The Daily Telegraph}}
• {{Cite news |last=Graham |first=Frank |date=2005-06-26 |title=Wrecking Machine |work=Sunday Times}}
• {{Cite news |last=Tulkinghorn |date=2005-05-09 |title=Float like butter, sting like a brie |pages=15 |work=The Lawyer}}

and Surf Nation: In Search of the Fast Lefts and Hollow Rights of Britain and Ireland.Reviews of Surf Nation:

• {{cite news |date=1 October 2009 |title=Surf Nation: In search of the fast lefts and hollow rights of Britain and Ireland ‹ Book Reviews — HUCK Magazine |url=http://www.huckmagazine.com/reviews/books/surf-nation-in-search-of-the-fast-lefts-and-hollow-rights-of-britain-and-ireland/ |access-date=13 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091001120357/http://www.huckmagazine.com/reviews/books/surf-nation-in-search-of-the-fast-lefts-and-hollow-rights-of-britain-and-ireland/ |archive-date=1 October 2009}}
• {{Cite web |title=Alex Wade's Book 'Surf Nation' Dives Into UK Surf Culture |url=https://surfeuropemag.com/features/vans-ultrarange-2018-first-look.html |access-date=2023-02-05 |website=Surf Europe |language=en-US}}
• {{Cite news |last=Redfern |first=Alex |date=2007-07-15 |title=Surf Nation by Alex Wade; Book of the Week |work=The Independent on Sunday}}
• {{Cite news |last=Edelstein |first=Hannah Jean |date=2008-06-22 |title=Review: Surf Nation, Alex Wade, Pocket Books |work=The Observer}}

He has also contributed chapters to The Road Less Travelled,{{cite web|url=http://www.dorlingkindersley-uk.co.uk/?f16da210/ |title=Publishers of award winning information – Home Page – DK Books |publisher=Dorlingkindersley-uk.co.uk |accessdate=5 October 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719140023/http://www.dorlingkindersley-uk.co.uk/?f16da210%2F |archivedate=19 July 2011 }} Seaside: Discover Britain's Best Beaches{{cite web|url=http://www.timeout.com/ |title=Time Out Worldwide – Your Guide to the Best Things to do in the World's Greatest Cities including London and New York |publisher=Timeout.com |date= |accessdate=5 October 2012}} and Countryside: Discover the Best of Rural Britain (2010).

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.sportsjournalists.co.uk/blog/?p=1720 |title=Heavyweight clash lined-up for The Brewery " Sports Journalists' Association |publisher=Sportsjournalists.co.uk |date=24 February 2009 |accessdate=5 October 2012}} Wade is also the Arts Editor for Cornwall Today magazine, itself the winner of the Press Gazette's 'Best Regional Magazine' award in 2009,{{cite web |url=http://www.thisisplymouth.co.uk/news/Cornwall-Today-wins-national-title/article-985780-detail/article.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120913015113/http://www.thisisplymouth.co.uk/news/Cornwall-Today-wins-national-title/article-985780-detail/article.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 September 2012 |title=Cornwall Today wins national title |publisher=This is Plymouth |date=12 May 2009 |accessdate=5 October 2012 }} and also contributes book reviews for The Times Literary Supplement.{{cite web|author=Richard Morrison |url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/the_tls/article6801710.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110905072432/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/the_tls/article6801710.ece |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 September 2011 |title=Arts |publisher=The Times |date=13 March 2012 |access-date=5 October 2012}}

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.{{cite web |url=http://alexwade.com/biography.html |title=Biography |publisher=alexwade.com |date=28 September 2012 |accessdate=5 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120627210300/http://alexwade.com/biography.html |archive-date=27 June 2012 |url-status=dead }}{{cite news |title=10 lawyers with weird and wonderful hobbies |url=https://www.legalcheek.com/2016/06/10-lawyers-with-weird-and-wonderful-hobbies/ |access-date=13 July 2021 |work=Legal Cheek |date=22 June 2016}}

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