John Kampfner

Writer and columnist on politics and foreign affairs, he is currently Chair of the Board of the visual arts project Turner Contemporary. He was Political Editor and Editor of the New Statesman. In 2002 he won the Foreign Press Association award for Film of the Year and Journalist of the Year. He was the British Society of Magazine Editors Current Affairs Editor of the Year in 2006. In 2008 he was appointed Chief Executive of Index on Censorship.
He is the author of: Blair's wars, Simon & Schuster (2003); Freedom for sale. Come siamo diventati più ricchi e meno liberi, Laterza (2010).