Godfrey Barker
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Godfrey Barker (born April 14, 1945) is an arts and politics commentator for The Evening Standard.[1]
His articles have also appeared in The Daily Telegraph, The Times, The Guardian, The Sunday Times, The Sunday Telegraph, The Daily Mail, The Economist and The Field in the UK, in Die Welt in Germany, in the Neue Zurcher Zeitung in Switzerland and in ARTNews, Art and Auction, Forbes and The Wall Street Journal in the United States.[2]
Barker broadcasts for BBC Radio 4 Front Row and Today, for BBC Radio 3 Night Waves, for BBC TV and for the BBC World Service.[3][4] He lectures on the history of the art market at Sotheby’s in London and at sea on the cruise ships of Noble Caledonia.[5]
[edit] Early Life
Barker was educated at Dulwich and at Cambridge, Oxford and Cornell Universities. He is D.Phil.
He started his career in journalism on ITN News at Ten. He moved to The Daily Telegraph in 1972 where he served as Parliamentary Sketchwriter, Arts Editor and a leader writer on political and home affairs until 1997.[6]
[edit] References
- ^ Billionaire interviews: Laurence Graff | This is Money
- ^ http://www.state-of-art.org/state-of-art/ISSUE%20TWO/barker.html
- ^ BBC - Radio 4 Front Row - 06/04/04
- ^ BBC NEWS | Programmes | Moneybox | Art: To invest or not to invest?
- ^ Layout 1
- ^ Greyfriars Ringwood
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