Honorary Fellow

Sir Peter Stothard

  • I am a product of the Essex schools, state and direct grant (1956-68).
  • I read Classics at Trinity, where I was a grateful student of the late, and very tolerant, Peter Brown (1969-73).
  • I am a former editor of The Times newspaper and the Times Literary Supplement, and an author of ancient history and memoirs.
  • I was awarded the President’s Medal of the British Academy for services to the humanities.
  • I have been an honorary fellow since 2000.
Sir Peter Stothard

Profile

I am an author of ancient history and memoir (sometimes combined), a Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery and a member of the Bodleian Library advisory board. I was Editor of The Times (1992-2002) and of the Times Literary Supplement (2002-16). In 2012 I was Chair of judges of the Booker Prize for fiction and President of the Classical Association. I’ve served on the board of the medical information charity, CancerBackup and the Roundhouse, the Camden rock music centre and educational space for disadvantaged young people. In 2103 I was awarded the President’s Medal of the British Academy for services to the humanities.

My books include On the Spartacus Road, A Spectacular Journey through Ancient Italy (2010), Alexandria, The Last Nights of Cleopatra (2012) and The Last Assassin, The Hunt for the Killers of Julius Caesar (2020). Ever since I went down from Trinity, a part of my mind has never left.