Peter Florence

[2] Peter Florence was educated at Ipswich School, Jesus College, Cambridge, and the University of Paris and has an MA in Modern and Medieval Literatures.

He is the co-editor of the Oxtales and Oxtravels anthologies with Mark Ellingham of Profile Books, in partnership with Oxfam.

He has written for a number of publications including Index on Censorship,[4] The Guardian,[5] The Telegraph and The Spectator.

He was a governor of Fairfield High School in Peterchurch, Herefordshire, and a trustee of Hay Castle Trust.

Florence commented "I consider that my role had become untenable due to the conduct of the board and its insistence on holding a disciplinary hearing in my absence whilst I was off sick after a breakdown.