Godfrey Barker, Esq

Godfrey Barker, Esq's Biography

Forename(s)
Godfrey Raymond
Sex
Male
Date of Birth
14/4/1945
Surname
BARKER
Style
Godfrey Barker, Esq
Recreations
campaigning for the National Heritage, opera, lieder, cricket

Godfrey Barker, Esq's Professional Career

Career
Cons Res Dept 1966-67, second sec UN Dept FO 1972; The Daily Telegraph: joined 1972, parly sketchwriter and leader writer 1981-89, arts ed 1986, arts and political columnist 1989-97; arts columnist Evening Standard 1997-2000; articles in The Times, Daily Telegraph, Die Welt, Sunday Times, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, The Economist, The Field, Art and Auction, Art Review and Artnews 2000-; lectr in history of the art market Sotheby's 2002-; broadcaster arts progs BBC Radio 3 and 3 and BBC TV

Godfrey Barker, Esq's Publications

Books and Publications
Visions of Europe (with Margaret Thatcher and others, 1993), Sovereign Britain (with Norman Lamont, 1995), The International Art Markets (contrib, 2008)

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