Mark Lawson - Definition and Overview

Mark Lawson (born April 11, 1962) is a British journalist, broadcaster and author. He has presented The Late Review on the BBC since 1994, has been a freelance contributor to numerous publications since 1984, has written a columnist for The Guardian since 1995, and has twice been TV Critic of the Year twice as well as many other journalism awards.

He was educated at St Columba's College in St Albans and took a degree in English at University College London. He presented The Late Show on BBC2 in the 1990's.

He is one of the regular presenters of BBC Radio 4's daily arts programme, Front Row.

Bibliography

• Enough Is Enough (Picador, 2005) ISBN 0330438034
• Going Out Live (Picador, 2001) ISBN 0330488600
• Idlewild (Picador, 1995) ISBN 0330341111
• The Battle for Room Service: Journeys to All the Safe Places (Picador, 1993) ISBN 0330323849
• Bloody Margaret: Three Political Fantasies (Picador, 1991) ISBN 0330323865

External links

• Guardian columns by Mark Lawson (http://www.guardian.co.uk/Columnists/Archive/0,5673,-18,00.html)
• BBC Radio 4 biography (http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/presenters/lawson_biog.shtml)
• Open Directory Project - Mark Lawson (http://dmoz.org/Regional/Europe/United_Kingdom/News_and_Media/Journalists/Lawson,_Mark/)