Alan Connor (born Alan Hamilton 3 February 1972) is a British writer, journalist and television presenter. First seen on Channel 4's youth entertainment programme The Word in 1995, he later appeared on The Big Breakfast and BBC Radio Five Live. Currently, a BBC News correspondent, appearing on BBC News 24 and The Daily Politics. He has written for The Guardian, BBC News Magazine and the BBC News website. In 2002, with Charlie Skelton, he wrote and starred in a one-off half-hour programme for Channel 4's Comedy Lab strand, The Pooters. He served as review editor for the online London News Review beginning in 2003 and in print from 2004.
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“Power lasts ten years; influence not more than a hundred.”
—Korean proverb, quoted in Alan L. Mackay, The Harvest of a Quiet Eye (1977)