Paul Gough is a British academic, writer, painter, broadcaster and the current Principal and Vice Chancellor of Arts University Bournemouth.
[8] As an author, Gough has published over 80 academic papers, and nine books [9] which cover the representation of war and peace, including several books on the British artist Stanley Spencer[10] and a study of the work of John and Paul Nash[11] which was published as part of a comprehensive suite of exhibitions, commissions and other events he curated during the centenary period of the First World War (2014–18).
[12] In April 2024 Gough's book 'Gilbert Spencer: the Life and Work of a Very English Artist' was published by Yale University Press.
[13] The biography was selected as ‘beautifully written and illustrated, and revelatory’ by Country Life as one of the twelve ‘unputdownable’ books from 2024.
In the past five years, Gough has given conference addresses and keynote speeches in Australia, New Zealand, Turkey, Macedonia, Belgium, France and UK.