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Claire Furnell gears up for new auto features role

Freelance writer Claire Furnell has been appointed as the new features writer for Autocar & F1 Racing Middle East magazine, recruited via journalism.co.uk.

Ms Furnell, who will be moving to Dubai to take up the position, will bring a local slant to a magazine which is currently largely written in the UK.

She has worked as a freelancer for eight years, including stints at Granada TV and Channel One. She also produced her own 'Quick Chicks' show for Granada Men & Motors.

Before moving into journalism, she trained as an actress at the Arts Educational School in Tring. She was encouraged to edit the school magazine and moved onto a career in TV and motoring.

Ms Furnell told journalism.co.uk that the biggest challenge would be "leaving my family, working in constant sunshine (I am a red head!) and working to revamp a magazine on
a day-to-day basis".

She said her biggest achievement has been "appearing in the Guinness book of records as part of a team that drove a Honda Insight to the record-breaking consumption of 113 mpg".

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