Robin simon
Editor, The British Art Journal
Art Critic, Daily Mail
Writer and broadcaster
Chairman, The Courtauld Association
Trustee, Foundling Museum
Trustee, Walpole Society
Latest book
Hogarth, France and British Art:
The rise of the arts
in eighteenth-century Britain
(Paul Holberton/Hogarth Arts, 2007)
where do i write?
Not only…
Daily Mail
Mail on Sunday
but also…
Apollo Magazine
Burlington Magazine
Times Literary Supplement
Tatler
and lots of other places
Broadcasting
Radio and TV including
‘X Marks the Spot’
‘Private Passions’
‘Sky News’
‘Today’
BBC World Service
and even…
‘Test Match Special’
Preferred Daily Mail byline…
What they said…
‘Robin Simon has written with pace and passion the best book yet on Hogarth, encyclopaedic in
its range…’ Brian Sewell
The Standard
‘This highly original book convincingly defines almost the entire career and output of William Hogarth in relation to France… deals with Hogarth’s theatrical background in far more depth than anyone so far… a great wealth of surprising and fascinating information.' David Bindman
The Burlington Magazine
'... a rich, invigorating and highly individual addition to Hogarth scholarship.' Jenny Uglow
Daily Mail
'Robin Simon's brilliant tour de force of scholarship provides a vivid pictture of all aspects of English cultural life in the 18th century, ' William Palin
Country Life
Other books by robin simon
The Portrait in Britain and America
(Phaidon, 1987)
The Art of Cricket
(with Alastair Smart, Secker & Warburg, 1983) [aka John Player Art of Cricket, p/b]
The Editor’s chair…
Wales celebrate winning the Grand Slam having beaten France 29-12, Saturday 15 March 2008