 From April 2016, Abell moved to the afternoon slot on Sundays of 3pm to 6pm.Abell has been heavily criticised for publishing an article in 2015 by Katie Hopkins which likened migrants to cockroaches.In May 2016, Abell took up a new post as the editor of "The Times Literary Supplement", succeeding Sir Peter Stothard, who had edited the newspaper for the previous 14 years.