Dean Piper is to join The Sunday Mirror as showbiz columnist in May.

Currently Closer magazine’s entertainment and celebrity editor, Piper will succeed Zoe Griffin, who resigned from the paper earlier this month.

Prior to joining Closer, he worked as celebrity editor at IPC’s Loaded magazine.

Until he takes up his post in May, Piper can be contacted at dean@deanpiper.com.

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