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Peter Hoskin (born 1984) is a British journalist. He is the Games Critic for The Daily Mail , and at the end of October 2022 became books and culture editor of Prospect magazine. [1]

Biography

Peter Hoskin was born in Oxford in 1984, and grew up in Wales. After studying Politics, Philosophy and Economics at the University of Oxford, [2] Hoskin became an economics researcher at the London-based public policy think-tank Reform, before moving to The Spectator in 2008, where he served as Online Editor and ran their daily political blog Coffee House until June 2012. [3]

Since leaving the staff of The Spectator, Hoskin has continued to write for the magazine on the arts. [4] His work has also been featured in other publications, including The Times , The Daily Beast , The Tatler, the Daily and Sunday Telegraphs, The Times Literary Supplement, ConservativeHome and The Paris Review . In October 2020, he became the Games Critic of The Daily Mail, contributing a weekly reviews column. [5]

Hoskin has written extensively about film, and lists his favourite directors as Jacques Tourneur, Josef von Sternberg and John Ford. [6] He co-authored "The Spectator’s 50 Essential Films" alongside former Spectator editor Matthew d'Ancona. [7]

In April 2018, Hoskin joined the Finch Publishing group as d'Ancona's Deputy Editor, with the pair eventually quitting in protest at the proposed sacking of two colleagues. [8] Hoskin subsequently joined Tortoise Media , first as its Culture & Technology Editor, then as Executive Editor. His work there included overseeing the Slow Reviews series, in which various critics – such as Peter Paphides, Nikesh Shukla and Deborah Frances-White – wrote about ″the pop cultural artefacts that really brought about change″. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ "Peter Hoskin to be Prospect's new books and culture editor". Prospect. 24 October 2022. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  2. ↑ Hoskin, Peter (22 April 2016). "The hypocrisy of political commentary". ConservativeHome. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  3. ↑ Nelson, Fraser (2 June 2012). "The end of an era". Coffee House Blogs. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  4. ↑ "Author: Peter Hoskin". The Spectator. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  5. ↑ Hoskin, Peter (9 October 2020). ""I'm delighted that..."". Twitter. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  6. ↑ "Introducing Peter Hoskin". ConservativeHome Blogs. 10 September 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  7. ↑ Hoskin, Peter; d'Ancona, Matthew (18 June 2009). "The Spectator's 50 Essential Films". The Spectator. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  8. ↑ Waterson, Jim (22 January 2019). "Editorial staff of magazine quit over sacking of colleagues". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  9. ↑ Hoskin, Peter (17 August 2020). "Slow Reviews: Introduction & contents". Tortoise. Retrieved 14 February 2022.


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