

He has published three exposes in the world of art and antiquities and from 1997 to 2007 was a Research Associate at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research at the University of Cambridge. He returned to London to write a column about the art world for the Observer and then at The Sunday Times.

He wrote the daily Diary column of the London Times before becoming that paper’s New York correspondent. After a stint as Deputy Editor of New Society magazine, he was for four years part of the Sunday Times ‘Insight’ team of investigative journalists.

Peter Watson was educated at the universities of Durham, London and Rome, and was awarded scholarships in Italy and the United States.
